Fantagraphics Books
Complete Peanuts 1950-1954
Slipcased Hardcover Graphic Novels
The Story:
Includes volumes 1 and 2 in a cardboard
slipcase.
This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of
the strip, will be of particular fascination to PEANUTS aficionados
worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of PEANUTS
books published, many of the strips from the series’ first two or
three years have never been collected before — in large part
because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new
strip and include some characterizations and designs that are quite
different from the cast we’re all familiar with. (Among other
things, three major cast members — Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus —
initially show up as infants and only “grow” into their final
“mature” selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a
puppy!) Thus THE COMPLETE PEANUTS offers a unique chance to see a
master of the artform refine his skills and solidify his universe,
day by day, week by week, month by month.
Our second volume is packed with intriguing developments, as
Schulz continues to create his tender and comic universe. It begins
with Peanuts’ third full year and a cast of eight: Charlie Brown,
Shermy, Patty, Violet, Schroeder, Lucy, the recently-born Linus,
and Snoopy. By the end of 1954, Pigpen and his dust cloud join the
crowd. Linus, who still doesn’t speak, begins to emerge as one of
the most complex and endearing characters in the strip: garrulous
and inquisitive yet gentle and tolerant. And, in this volume, he
acquires his security blanket! Charlie Brown is becoming his
best-known self, the lovable, perpetually-humiliated round-headed
loser, but he hasn’t yet abandoned his brasher, prankish behavior
from Volume One. And, Lucy, this book’s cover girl, has grown up
and forcefully elbowed her way to the center of the action, proudly
wearing her banner as a troublemaker, or, in Schulz’s memorable
phrase, a “fussbudget”.
For readers unfamiliar with the early years of the strip, Snoopy’s
appearances here may come as the biggest surprise: he behaves, for
the most part, like a dog! But, although he doesn’t yet walk
upright, sleep on top of his doghouse, or possess a fantasy life,
Snoopy has started thinking for himself and his evolution continues
its fascinating course within these pages. If you watch carefully,
you’ll catch his very first shark impression.
The vast majority of the daily and Sunday strips collected here are
not currently available in any in-print Peanuts collection. Dozens
of them have not been reprinted since their initial appearance in
newspapers over 50 years ago. $49.95
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