Essentially, this is the best of the best of 50 years of Peanuts, the comic strip by the late Charles Schulz featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the beguiling little gang. Peanuts debuted in 1950 and became a global phenomenon, with book collections selling more than 300 million copies in 26 languages and television specials rerun year after year. To create this all-new Peanuts Guide to Life, we've combed through decades of comic strips to find those single panels which contain such pithy observations as Babysitters are like used cars. You never know what you're going to get,” and bits of wisdom like Never lick ice cream off a hot sidewalk.” Each droll, stand-alone speech bubble” or punchline appears with cartoon art. The panels are organized into short chapters, such as Love” and Life's Little Quirks.” For the millions of faithful Peanuts fans, this is a collection of greatest hits” to cherish and enjoy again and again.
Peanuts Guide to Life by Charles Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (/ʃʊlts/ SHUULTS; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts which features his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists in history, and cited by many cartoonists as a major influence, including Jim Davis, Murray Ball, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey.
"Peanuts pretty much defines the modern comic strip", said Bill Watterson, "so even now it's hard to see it with fresh eyes. The clean, minimalist drawings, the sarcastic humor, the unflinching emotional honesty, the inner thoughts of a household pet, the serious treatment of children, the wild fantasies, the merchandising on an enormous scale – in countless ways, Schulz blazed the wide trail that most every cartoonist since has tried to follow."
Publisher: Hallmark (January 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076242432X
ISBN-13: 9780762424320
Item Weight: 1.74 pounds