This Is Your Life, Charlie Brown!

Peanuts Coronet #8

by Ccharles M. Schulz

Selected cartoons from It's a Dog's Life, Charlie Brown, Vol. 1.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Fiction, Comic Strips, Middle Grade, Cartoon, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1968

Reviews

[kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charlie Brown is my favourite, he's just, well, my favourite... This made me laugh out loud at 4am which I wasn't expecting but it was just what I needed. I have a lot of love in my heart for these characters!

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another delightful collection (copyrighted from 1960 to 1962) that, in addition to bringing a smile to this readers face, also makes you realise that - from what the characters said and did in the early 60s - however much we might think it was, life wasn’t all that different then. This is filled with some terrific runs - Lucy trying to wean Linus off his blanket by burying it, Charlie Brown’s struggles with his baseball team, Sally learning to walk and falling in love with Linus and Frieda (her of the “naturally curly hair”) getting a cat - and also some smart single strips - Lucy saying “Snoopy isn’t as smart as I thought he was - he moves his lips when he reads”, Pigpen realising why he shouldn’t play hide-and-seek and Snoopy eating corn on the cob. Great fun and highly recommended.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how these comics address a variety of topics and situations. Makes a lovely, light-hearted palette cleanser in between tougher books I’m reading.

Poor Charlie Brown gets unnecessary hate, though. And did you know that Frieda has naturally curly hair? If you don’t, you will by the time you finish with this one.

3.5⭐️

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always found the cartoons on TV to be a bit over my head with this cartoon character, but then after reading a few books, I realized Mr. Shulz's humor, And must say, I enjoy it. Not for everybody, But Check it out! See the other side of Charlie Browns life, outside of being a Holiday special :-)

[Kenneth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very funny, I loved this as a kid!

[Vincent Darkhelm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant as always.

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just found a bunch of old Charlie Brown books, back from the 1960s. Most are in pretty bad shape; this one is still in pretty decent condition. The first cartoon has Snoopy asking Charlie Brown if he could be a "house-dog." Brown notes that "We're not accepting any applications for house-dog." Snoopy goes back to the doghouse and wistfully notes "I thought there might be an opening. . ." Nice start to this volume.

It always amazed me that one could get so much into four panels in this comic strip. Charles Schulz was awfully good at his business!

Another. . . Linus wonders if cows always come in for the night from the pasture. Lucy brightly responds "If they leave them out overnight, they get pasteurized." To which Linus can only say "I guess I'd make a lousy farmer."

And so it goes. There are quite a few of the cartoons that focus on the baeeball team, with Charlie Brown somehow trying to keep the team that he is managing together and focused on winning (yeah, right!).

A delight to revisit these treasures from my youth!

[Tristan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have a 1978 printing of this book. It contains strips from the early 1960s, including the introduction of Frieda and her cat, and the beginning of Sally’s infatuation with Linus. There are quite a few strips where the punchline requires knowledge of US celebrities of the day, so they’re a bit lost on me. Nevertheless a great read time and again.

[Iain Watson]

This Is Your Life, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz (1982)

[Duc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite funny.
My first read about Charlie.

[John Love IV · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Charlie Brown!

[Shahna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love Charlie Brown. He's the best.

[Laura7mayo7gmail.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Peanuts!