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Title: Peanuts 2000: The 50th Year Of The World's Favorite Comic Strip by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0-345-44239-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must for any 'Peanuts' Fan and a True Work of Art
Comment: I have loved Peanuts since childhood, and have an almost complete collection of Peanuts books. Charles Schultz has always been an inspiration to me in my work as an occasional professional cartoonist. Not only is Schultz unsurpassed as an artist, he is also one of the great philosophers of twentieth century life in America.
This book is, first and foremost, a celebration of the comic strip. It is a work of art in its own right. All the cartoons in the book are photographed from either their original drawings, or directly from the newspapers. The reader can see the artistic details that Schultz has used in creating each frame in photos of the originals. And the use of the original strips, with their rough paper and newsprint lines, brings back the joy of reading the comics for the first time in the funnies. The Sunday comics are complete with the little color dots that created the color images. There are literally hundreds of comic strips, both daily and Sunday, in this book, and they give a good overview of Schultz's long career.
There are many photos of Schultz's doodles and rough sketches, of his desk and his artist's tools, early cartoons 'Sparky' sold to the Saturday Evening Post, early drawings of certain characters, some of which pre-date 'Peanuts' itself. One can actually see the characters develop, artistically and as human beings. Interspersed with the cartoons are textual explanations and stories about Schultz and his characters, including many insightful comments by Charles Schultz himself about the evolution and personalities of his characters. Also included are photos of early Peanuts toys and dolls, and even these are photographed lovingly and with attention to detail and shadow.
This is a magical book, and any Peanuts fan would love it and treasure it. It is a book one can return to over and over to enjoy. Leave it lying around the living room where everybody can enjoy it and relive the joy Charles Schultz and the Peanuts gang gave us for over fifty years. Better yet, introduce a new generation of kids to the strip. The Peanuts gang is a microcosm of us, and reading it reveals much about ourselves and helps us to look on life with tenderness and humor.
Buy this book, read it, and share it. It would make a wonderful present as well. It is the best Peanuts book to date.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great tribute to one of my favorite comic strips
Comment: Since I can remember, I was always fascinated by the Peanuts comic strip. I would watch and tape all the TV sepcials I could find, and check out all the books from the elementary school library (the shelving code was 741.5 Sch), even decorate my bedroon door with drawings of Good Ol' Charlie Brown. Sadly, Charles Schulz passed away a week after I turned 20, and it was sad that morning to read the final Sunday strip and find that their creator had died just hours before. In this chronicle, from 1-1-99 up to 2-13-00, we see the escapades of all the characters. Most notable was the direction that Schulz was taking with Linus and Lucy's little brother Rerun. If you read these strips, you can see the potential for development of Rerun that would have come. And like many, there was the question if Charlie Brown would ever kick the football, and much more. However, the fact that Schulz never revealed this, gives our imagination a chance to speculate. Some notable articles include Charlie Brown attending a dance class with a little girl named Emily, that Schulz introduced about 2-4 years ago. There is even a funny little weekday strip where Sally tries to write to Harry Potter. There are plenty of other intersting topics the gang covers, but I won't go into detail here. Believe me, this is a great way to relax: kick back and read Peanuts 2000.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not the greatest, but still Peanuts...
Comment: Charles Schulz was the most brilliant man who ever lived. That said, even brilliance starts to fade after a while. "Peanuts 2000," the last year of his magnificent comic strip, doesn't live up to some of the great strips done in earlier years, but it's still "Peanuts," it's still fun, and it's still a lot better than 99% of the stuff in newspapers today.
As Schulz got older he did less continuing storylines and more single-panel daily strips, which were probably less taxing on him. As a result, you don't get quite as high as the quality of the strips of the 60s and 70s where Charlie Brown got a rash on his head and was elected camp president or where Linus struggled with his Christmas Pageant lines... but even to say, "It's not as good as the best 'Peanuts'" is to say, "It's pretty good."
Worth getting for any "Peanuts" fan.
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Title: It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0345442695 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: It's a Big World, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0345442709 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0375420975 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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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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Title: The World According to Lucy by Charles M. Schulz ISBN: 0345442717 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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