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But We Love You, Charlie Brown
The seventh volume in the classic Charles Schulz Peanuts collection!
Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz are arguably the world's most famous newspaper comic strip and cartoonist in history. The Peanuts cartoon strip holds the distinction of being the world's longest continuing story, running for a staggering 17,897 strips from October 1950 to February 2000.
Peanuts tells the story of meek, nervous Charlie Brown (a boy incapable of flying a kite, hitting a baseball or kicking a football), his dog - Snoopy and his group of childhood friends as they tackle the complexities of modern friendships, crushes, first loves, siblings and kicking a touchdown.
Illustrated with child-like innocence, this beautiful new facsimile edition introduces new characters like Linus and the beginnings of Charlie Brown's terrible baseball career
This collection of 248 daily Peanuts newspaper strips that appeared between 1957 -1959, includes the strips where Charlie Brown revealed that his father was a barber and his mother was a housewife.
Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz are arguably the world's most famous newspaper comic strip and cartoonist in history. The Peanuts cartoon strip holds the distinction of being the world's longest continuing story, running for a staggering 17,897 strips from October 1950 to February 2000.
Peanuts tells the story of meek, nervous Charlie Brown (a boy incapable of flying a kite, hitting a baseball or kicking a football), his dog - Snoopy and his group of childhood friends as they tackle the complexities of modern friendships, crushes, first loves, siblings and kicking a touchdown.
Illustrated with child-like innocence, this beautiful new facsimile edition introduces new characters like Linus and the beginnings of Charlie Brown's terrible baseball career
This collection of 248 daily Peanuts newspaper strips that appeared between 1957 -1959, includes the strips where Charlie Brown revealed that his father was a barber and his mother was a housewife.
124 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1959
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Charles M. Schulz
2,851 books1,640 followersCharles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”
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May 15, 2010
I love this strip! Frame # 1: Linus askes Lucy, ". . .why is the sky blue?" Frame 2: Lucy's acid response: "BECAUSE IT ISN'T GREEN!!" Frame 2: Lucy walks away with Linus quietly watching her. Frame # 4: He says--"That just shows how stupid I am. . . I thought there might be a more complicated reason. . ."
Or, a second, Linus and Charlie Brown. Frame # 1. Linus says: "The only way I see it. 'The cow jumped over the moon' indicates a rise in farm prices. . ." Frame 2. Linus continues, "The part about the dish running away with the spoon must refer to the consumer." Frame 3: Linus asks "Do you agree with me, Charlie Brown?" He responds to Linus--"I can't say. . .". Frame # 4. As he walks away from Linus, Charlie Brown says: "I don't pretend to be a student of prophetic literature."
In short, classic Peanuts! This was originally copyrighted in 1957, but it still stands up well over 50 years later. A good addition to the Peanuts oeuvre. . . .
Or, a second, Linus and Charlie Brown. Frame # 1. Linus says: "The only way I see it. 'The cow jumped over the moon' indicates a rise in farm prices. . ." Frame 2. Linus continues, "The part about the dish running away with the spoon must refer to the consumer." Frame 3: Linus asks "Do you agree with me, Charlie Brown?" He responds to Linus--"I can't say. . .". Frame # 4. As he walks away from Linus, Charlie Brown says: "I don't pretend to be a student of prophetic literature."
In short, classic Peanuts! This was originally copyrighted in 1957, but it still stands up well over 50 years later. A good addition to the Peanuts oeuvre. . . .
July 30, 2017
This is a fun burst of classic Charlie Brown with hilarious comic strips and some really witty humour. This is a great addition to any bookshelf and a lot o fun to read between books. So much fun!
I would definitely recommend this to non-Peanuts fans and Peanuts fans alike.
I would definitely recommend this to non-Peanuts fans and Peanuts fans alike.
June 10, 2021
1957-1959: definitely cementing my opinion that the Peanuts from the 50s were the best of the bunch.
There's only a little Snoopy in this one, but I remember his stints as a vulture so clearly. I also, for 30+ years, have always thought of "group of grapes" and grape bones every time I'm pulling them off their little bony stalks. That's the power of a memorable comic.
There's a lot of funny stuff in here, and a good balance between kids being jerks to each other and still remaining friends. Kids aren't actually that nice a lot of the time, but in this collection, they're not engaging in the unrelenting bullying that gets so anchored into the later Peanuts world. Violet even apologizes to Charlie Brown at one point for calling him names, and offers to make things even by letting him call her the same name. He refuses...because he can't remember what she'd called him.
Sweet, funny glimpses of childhood and all the joy and angst that comes with it. These is the Peanuts era that I enjoy. It's funny, I guess, that I only like about a decade of it, but I suppose that's why I never became a fervent collector. Or, as Linus would say: a fanatic!
There's only a little Snoopy in this one, but I remember his stints as a vulture so clearly. I also, for 30+ years, have always thought of "group of grapes" and grape bones every time I'm pulling them off their little bony stalks. That's the power of a memorable comic.
There's a lot of funny stuff in here, and a good balance between kids being jerks to each other and still remaining friends. Kids aren't actually that nice a lot of the time, but in this collection, they're not engaging in the unrelenting bullying that gets so anchored into the later Peanuts world. Violet even apologizes to Charlie Brown at one point for calling him names, and offers to make things even by letting him call her the same name. He refuses...because he can't remember what she'd called him.
Sweet, funny glimpses of childhood and all the joy and angst that comes with it. These is the Peanuts era that I enjoy. It's funny, I guess, that I only like about a decade of it, but I suppose that's why I never became a fervent collector. Or, as Linus would say: a fanatic!
January 27, 2015
Charlie Brown asks "How can a jump-rope be Hi-Fi?" Isn't it weird how marketing-speak even now, 53 years later, can spout similar rubbish?
Meanwhile Linus is asking Lucy what the difference is between a bug and an insect? That remains a good question to ask an adult today, preferably after a couple of pints in a pub.
January 7, 2011
Selected Peanuts comic strips from 1957-9. These are great cartoons, but the paperbacks have been superseded by The Complete Peanuts series. Still, if you have them, these are easier to carry with you on the go...
September 24, 2011
It's Peanuts. Who doesn't like Peanuts?
January 25, 2015
Classic Peanuts
January 9, 2016
Fun little book that brings a smile and laugh.
February 9, 2017
From fussbudget Lucy to self-deprecating Charlie, Peanuts can always elicit a giggle from me.
December 31, 2018
need to clean good laugh read a Charlie Brown Book.
January 12, 2020
Super funny
March 23, 2020
"friends in need, friend indeed" :))
Oh I am beginning to think this comic is not for children at all, second base, really, second base?!
Oh I am beginning to think this comic is not for children at all, second base, really, second base?!
September 21, 2023
Charlie Brown is wonderful. My heart is warmed.
February 9, 2024
It just makes me happy and laugh!
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