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Title: Peanuts: A Golden Celebration : The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip by Charles M. Schulz, United Feature Syndicate ISBN: 0-06-270244-0 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (49 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: I want MORE!
Comment: IT's tough to rate this book because the strips are so good. But with anything that's gone on for so long, you have to wonder what was left out. I'll dock it a star for some rather strange compilation that gets strips out of order and leaves out huge chunks of strips in ongoing story lines. Additionally, Schulz's comments don't really illuminate the work behind the strip as much as one would hope. There also is no mention of the massive marketing of Peanuts products, and a section regarding letters Schulz has received is intriguing, but only covers a few pages.
Suggestion...... A true history of Peanuts trivia, with comment on strips, favorite products, production notes for shows and movies, and other information that a lot of us would love to read.
Still, buy it, or better yet, wait for the paperback, which will probably have the last strips in it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best loved comic strip for a good reason
Comment: Issued shortly before Charles Schulz's death, Peanuts: A Golden Celebration gives the true Peanuts fan a look at all five decades of Peanuts' history. From "Lil Folks," Schulz's original one panel cartoon to the latest strips, this book is a delightful journey through the years. Interspersed throughout is commentary by Schulz himself, which adds to the enjoyment of reading (or re-reading) these strips and understanding why it was one of the greatest comic strips of all times. With a few lines, Schulz was able to capture emotions that others couldn't do with thousands of words. Until the day it is decided to reproduce all the strips in collectable form, this is the one indispensable Peanuts collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful compilation for the casual Peanuts reader
Comment: When first printed in 1999, this book offered the best retrospective on Schulz' Peanuts. It's still a wonderful book, which I own. If you're a casual fan of the strip, and don't mind if you haven't read all the panels, then you'll love this compilation. It serves as a perfect introduction to Schulz' comic.
If you're a rabid, hardcore Peanuts fan like me, however, you might consider purchasing the complete Peanuts collection, which is available through Fantagraphics. (The first edition, printed in May, 2004, contains the first two years of Peanuts from 1950-1952. Several more volumes will volume over the next decade.) I've reviewed the first volume of that set, and plan on purchasing the others.
The "Golden Celebration" should still be in every "Peanuts" collector's library and is the best edited compilation I've seen on Peanuts.
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Title: Peanuts 2000: The 50th Year Of The World's Favorite Comic Strip by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0345442393 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz by Charles M. Schulz, Chip Kidd ISBN: 0375420975 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz, Garrison Keillor, Seth ISBN: 156097589X Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Good Grief!: The Story of Charles M. Schulz by Rheta Grimsley Johnson ISBN: 0886875536 Publisher: St Martins Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Being a Dog Is a Full-Time Job by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0836217462 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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