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The Complete Peanuts #26
The Complete Peanuts, 1950-2000
This book collects all of Schulz’s rare, non-strip Peanuts art: storybooks, comic book stories, single-panel gags, advertising art, book illustrations, photographs―even a recipe! With close to 1000 Peanuts images included, all created by Schulz himself, no true Peanuts library would be complete without this final volume. As a fitting end to The Complete Peanuts series, Jean Schulz, who was instrumental in putting this beloved series together, provides an emotional introduction to the volume.
344 pages, Hardcover
First published November 22, 2016
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Charles M. Schulz
3,024 books1,636 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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December 23, 2024
Seeing the totality of Charles Schulz's daily work for more than 50 years reveals the real value of the The Complete Peanuts. Schulz was a genius. He had remarkable consistency, was willing to change but focused on fundamental truths and simplicity. He pointed out many truths about Americans. How many of them do not like coconut. The superiority of women. Routine as ritual. Some words are just plain funny; how could one not laugh repeatedly at Zamboni? Much like Asterix, Peanuts was an introduction to history, in this case the air and trenches of World War I, the exploits of enlisted men in World War II, Valley Forge, Civil War battlefields, and the French Foreign Legion. Most importantly, the totality of Schulz's work demonstrates how nostalgia, whether based on reality or contrived, is an essential American trait.
I guess like all retrospectives like this there has to be a clunker...and this is it. To fill out the requisite design needed to fill 13 two-volume dustcover boxes, a 26th volume was needed. This one collects a number of things that were not part of the daily strip that were verified to be of his pen, not the cottage industry of illustrators who did most of the marketing materials. It's OK, but I could have lived without it and the final filler of random drawings gave it the feel of an incomplete high school paper, albeit in a fabulously designed and executed volume.
The final part is an essay by Schulz's widow, Jean. But as nice as she is and as in love as she and Schulz were, we don't learn much we didn't know already. My conclusion is that Schulz was a singular intellect who was a good and relatively boring--regular, self-effacing--person. His work is the feature, not his biography. It reminded me a lot of Anton Bruckner. Sometimes brilliance doesn't have to come in dramatic packages.
I guess like all retrospectives like this there has to be a clunker...and this is it. To fill out the requisite design needed to fill 13 two-volume dustcover boxes, a 26th volume was needed. This one collects a number of things that were not part of the daily strip that were verified to be of his pen, not the cottage industry of illustrators who did most of the marketing materials. It's OK, but I could have lived without it and the final filler of random drawings gave it the feel of an incomplete high school paper, albeit in a fabulously designed and executed volume.
The final part is an essay by Schulz's widow, Jean. But as nice as she is and as in love as she and Schulz were, we don't learn much we didn't know already. My conclusion is that Schulz was a singular intellect who was a good and relatively boring--regular, self-effacing--person. His work is the feature, not his biography. It reminded me a lot of Anton Bruckner. Sometimes brilliance doesn't have to come in dramatic packages.
December 17, 2016
I have always loved Peanuts, even as I have winced at the way Schultz (and his publisher, distributor, and estate) has sold the characters to any marketing agent willing to pay for them. After reading all the volumes to this point I was afraid that this final one was better titled, '101 Ways to Monetize Peanuts'.
Yet I enjoyed most of this volume, as it focuses on all the non-daily efforts such as cartoon books, special compilations, and even advertising. Some of it is yet quite amusing (particularly 'Things I've Learned' and some of the golf cartoons). Well worth a look.
Yet I enjoyed most of this volume, as it focuses on all the non-daily efforts such as cartoon books, special compilations, and even advertising. Some of it is yet quite amusing (particularly 'Things I've Learned' and some of the golf cartoons). Well worth a look.
November 17, 2016
Even Snoopy's novel, 'It Was a Dark and Stormy Night', is published here in its entirety.
May 23, 2017
A quick note: the Goodreads entry for this volume says it collects "all" of the rare Peanuts material in non-strip form. As the introduction to the book states, it doesn't; there's simply too much stuff. But there's some nice comic book stories, reprints of Peanuts books (that often reused plots of strips but with new art), and cartoons published outside of the regular strip.
Nothing here is necessary for the casual Peanuts reader, but I appreciated three things in particular. First, there's a collection of all the stories written by Snoopy that nicely highlights the most goofy side of Schulz's sense of humor. Second, the collection of golf and tennis cartoons published outside the strip (but with Peanuts characters) is wonderful. Third, there's an essay by Seth (who designed the look of the books in this series) with a cartoon by Joe Matt that is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
Nothing here is necessary for the casual Peanuts reader, but I appreciated three things in particular. First, there's a collection of all the stories written by Snoopy that nicely highlights the most goofy side of Schulz's sense of humor. Second, the collection of golf and tennis cartoons published outside the strip (but with Peanuts characters) is wonderful. Third, there's an essay by Seth (who designed the look of the books in this series) with a cartoon by Joe Matt that is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
December 30, 2021
Bought this for myself as a little Christmas treat, and I think it's a must for Schulz completionists. This final volume in the stunning Fantagraphics Complete Peanuts collection gathers a huge sampling of non-newspaper strip content created by Schulz himself. Early work, comic books, spot illustrations, Tennis game programs, short illustrated books, all ending in a lengthy and lovely essay on Sparky from Jean Schulz... I really enjoyed paging through so much of Schulz's lesser-known work, and I am so happy to add this to my collection.
Also, I probably say this whenever I review any of the Complete Peanuts, but Fantagraphics and Seth really knocked it outta the park. The design is so clean and easy to read, while still expertly weaving in Schulz's illustrations. It's such a loving monument to an unassuming genius.
Also, I probably say this whenever I review any of the Complete Peanuts, but Fantagraphics and Seth really knocked it outta the park. The design is so clean and easy to read, while still expertly weaving in Schulz's illustrations. It's such a loving monument to an unassuming genius.
November 30, 2021
I wasn't sure what to expect from this. Was it going to be a best of which I would have seen in all the other volumes? I am pleased to report it very much is not that. Vast majority not seen in decades and, over here in the UK, probably never seen before. It is worth having this 26th and final volume of the series not just for that, also for the wonderful end chapter with memories from Jean Schulz. A joy to read.
January 25, 2018
Comics and Stories, 1950-2000 is a bonus book in this outstanding series, The Complete Peanuts, whose previous 25 volumes collected all the original daily and Sunday strips by Schulz from that same fifty year time span; but, alas, this is more for the completist than the fan or general reader. It is a hodge-podge of cartoons, strips for special occasions and publications, advertising strips (Ford Falcon, for example), spot art, and special theme books. Some of it is fine, a few bits are splendid, most are in between fine and so-so. There is a nice introduction and a word from the series’ superb designer, Seth, and a touching but overlong afterward by Schulz’s widow. If you don’t have the others, get the others. If you are not a completist, borrow this one from a friend who is or there is the library.
November 13, 2025
And that's a wrap. 26 volumes of one man's life work complete. consistently joyous and heartfelt. Often uproarioulsy funny. A childhood hope, since I first bought a small coronet paperback, now achieved.
The final volume is patchy as it contains a lot of ad work, which is not as universal as the main strips. But still plenty to enjoy and an interesting final word from his widowed wife who gives us an insight into the man himself.
The final volume is patchy as it contains a lot of ad work, which is not as universal as the main strips. But still plenty to enjoy and an interesting final word from his widowed wife who gives us an insight into the man himself.
June 7, 2025
This final volume of The Complete Peanuts is a nice look back and overview of Charles Schulz's work. Lots of fun stuff in here with a nice afterward by Jean Schulz.
September 25, 2025
Sympatyczne, choć wolę od tych dodatków regularne paski o Snoopym i jego ekipie.
April 11, 2020
Otro volumen para coleccionistas y amantes de "Peanuts". Aquí uno puede descubrir arte perdido, arte comercial y más, que no se había visto en años. Algunos pueden leerse como cómics, otros los puedes pasar rápido. Vale la pena el último texto que acompaña el libro. La segunda esposa de Schulz cierra esta serie de la mejor manera, con un retrato humano del artista.
August 19, 2024
Un apéndice a la colección de 25 volúmenes que recoge todas las tiras de prensa de Peanuts en el que se incluye multitud de material interesante.
En el volumen podemos disfrutar de varios libritos que fueron publicados al margen de las tiras, publicidad, panfletos sobre deportes y un largo ensayo muy especial en el que la mujer de Shultz nos habla de la vida de Sparky desde la intimidad y el cariño.
Interesantísimo volumen que no puede faltar en la colección de cualquier fan de Carlitos.
Lamentablemente esta entrada fue omitida de la colección en Español, por lo que solo está disponible en ingles.
En el volumen podemos disfrutar de varios libritos que fueron publicados al margen de las tiras, publicidad, panfletos sobre deportes y un largo ensayo muy especial en el que la mujer de Shultz nos habla de la vida de Sparky desde la intimidad y el cariño.
Interesantísimo volumen que no puede faltar en la colección de cualquier fan de Carlitos.
Lamentablemente esta entrada fue omitida de la colección en Español, por lo que solo está disponible en ingles.
January 25, 2017
With the completion of this book, I have now read the entire Complete Peanuts. This volume, like the “Bonus Material” on a DVD, is largely unnecessary. It is also very heavily dominated by Snoopy, who is really better off left as a side character. Nevertheless, my hat is off to Seth and Fantagraphics for producing this wonderful set of books dedicated to what surely is one of the great comic strips of all time!
November 3, 2024
The End Of The Peanuts Series
I have now read the entire run of Peanuts. The book shows odds and ends that weren't in the comic strips. I'd recommend it any true Peanuts fan.
I have now read the entire run of Peanuts. The book shows odds and ends that weren't in the comic strips. I'd recommend it any true Peanuts fan.
September 20, 2020
The last two volumes of the series — it’s really over, after thirteen years — only include about a year’s worth of strips, Schulz having retired at the end of 1999. That happened to be his best year of material since the mid-1970s, and given the uptick in the strip’s humor and richness at the end, it seems hard to fathom that he didn’t know it was ending, but he didn’t. He didn’t draw another strip after his cancer diagnosis, which means not a single Peanuts was drawn with that knowledge. (The final strip, containing his letter to readers, recycles old artwork.) This is particularly eerie when taking into account that the last football strip, for instance, features a unique scenario in which we don’t get to find out whether Charlie Brown managed to kick the ball or not. (I went into this in another post recently.) The book is rounded out by the complete run of Schulz’s pre-Peanuts strip, L’il Folks, a splendid addition (though a bit difficult to read since it’s in a different page orientation) that’s complemented nicely in the 26th and final volume, an initially unplanned addition, by all of his contributions to the Saturday Evening Post during the late ’40s. That final book also contains a host of odds and ends, original artwork by Schulz for other Peanuts-related ventures through the years like some of the rare complete stories he authored and illustrated for the many Peanuts comic books, and a bunch of material for advertisements and books. I had spoken to Nat Gertler before the release and he was pretty thrilled about what he was getting to include, but unfortunately some of his ideas got wiped afterward and I have to admit I found the book a bit disappointing. What’s there is mostly good and nice to have, and I loved the comic book stuff, but I really don’t need pages and pages of the kids shilling for cars and cameras. It’s sad to know there won’t be any further volumes and to know that I’ve now read every single solitary Peanuts… but I plan on a special related project soon.
May 3, 2019
With Volume 26, The Complete Peanuts project comes to an end. And while it will be another decade or so before I've worked my way through much of the series, this final volume is an important capper to an incredible career.
This really is a volume for completists and collectors only, a hodgepodge of advertising material, easter eggs, and other appearances of the Peanuts gang from across their 50-year lifespan. (Or, I should say, their first first fifty years, as they continue in other formats to this day!)
But this really showcases the commitment that the producers have shown to the series, and the wonderful way Schulz's legacy will live on for decades to come.
At its lowest points, the monetisation of Peanuts could be depressing, disillusioning, and often plain dull. But at its best, as in some of the classic TV specials, the characters overflow with vibrancy, proving what a wonderful, broad, mature world Schulz created. This is also a part of that.
Thanks again, Mr. Schulz.
This really is a volume for completists and collectors only, a hodgepodge of advertising material, easter eggs, and other appearances of the Peanuts gang from across their 50-year lifespan. (Or, I should say, their first first fifty years, as they continue in other formats to this day!)
But this really showcases the commitment that the producers have shown to the series, and the wonderful way Schulz's legacy will live on for decades to come.
At its lowest points, the monetisation of Peanuts could be depressing, disillusioning, and often plain dull. But at its best, as in some of the classic TV specials, the characters overflow with vibrancy, proving what a wonderful, broad, mature world Schulz created. This is also a part of that.
Thanks again, Mr. Schulz.
January 3, 2021
How to review Charles Schulz's entire collected "Peanuts" comic strip? To quote the publisher: "Fantagraphics Books is proud to present the most ambitious publishing project in the history of the American comic strip: the complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz's classic, Peanuts. Considered to be one of the most popular comic strips in the history of the world, Peanuts is, for the first time, collected in its entirety." These strips are collected in 26 volumes (the first 25 contain two year sequences of the strip in most volumes, with volume 26 collecting miscellaneous drawings and side projects involving the "Peanuts" characters. It is particularly fascinating to read the first few years of this strip - Schulz is experimenting with the look of each character, and the general tone of the "Peanuts" most of us would come to know from our childhoods does not really cement itself until the 1960's. That decade, and the 1970's strips, are probably the high water mark for Schulz's creativity and subtle cultural commentary, but "Peanuts" (and Schulz) remained surprisingly relevant for me all the way through the final decade of the 1990's. Fantagraphics has produced a worthy testament to the amazing work that Charles Schulz created - they present the strips accurately and in a straightforward style, and also feature forwards by various luminaries (Garrison Keillor, Walter Cronkite, Diana Krall, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and many others) and a touching, lengthy afterward by Charles Schulz's widow Jean Schulz in the final volume. These 26 volumes are truly a wonderful tribute to the great Charles M. Schulz, and his magnificent half century achievement that is "Peanuts."
March 22, 2023
Peanuts : Snoopy
Este libro es una joya para los Fan´s de la serie. Aunque es un libro bastante TOCHO (largo) se disfruta por que no solo es una compilación de la serie de cómics a lo largo de la historia si no también nos cuenta datos curiosos, el como surgieron los personajes?, cuales fueron sus diseños originales? y algunas historias sobre el creador Schulz.
El libro representa NOSTALGIA pura, recordé y me reí como niña de nuevo de las ocurrencias y aventuras de Snoopy, Charlie Brown y sus amigos.
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Este libro es una joya para los Fan´s de la serie. Aunque es un libro bastante TOCHO (largo) se disfruta por que no solo es una compilación de la serie de cómics a lo largo de la historia si no también nos cuenta datos curiosos, el como surgieron los personajes?, cuales fueron sus diseños originales? y algunas historias sobre el creador Schulz.
El libro representa NOSTALGIA pura, recordé y me reí como niña de nuevo de las ocurrencias y aventuras de Snoopy, Charlie Brown y sus amigos.
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August 13, 2018
Fascinating denouement to Fantagraphics's documentary edition of Peanuts. The editors compile a sample of Charles Schulz's comic book stories, pre-Peanuts strips, holiday stories, advice manuals, advertisements (especially for the 1962 Ford Falcon), and sports tournament gags. Apparently Schulz was a fiend for golf, hockey, and tennis! Reprinted booklets about Snoopy's adventures as a novelist and World War I Flying Ace are the volume's highlights. Jean Schulz, the cartoonist's widow, provides an afterword that, while meandering and featuring a bit of name-dropping, is heartfelt. Mrs. Schulz connects her reminiscences to the conclusions of Schulz's biographers, creating a unique interplay between memoir and historical analysis. The Fantagraphics editions of Peanuts give the cartoons superior treatment, and will be resources for fans and aspiring cartoonists for decades to come.
September 4, 2018
Everybody has cultural landmarks that they remember from when they were kids: Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Saturday morning cartoons, etc. Charlie Brown and Snoopy were definitely part of my world growing up, and it was wonderful to visit with the gang in this. To be honest, this was not what I was expecting. I ordered volume 1 through an interlibrary loan, and somehow I got the final volume instead, which is a collection of non-comic strip drawings, ads, books, one-shots, and other material that featured the Peanuts characters. I very clearly remember read "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" when I was a kid as well as some of the others here. The fairly long article written by Jean Schulz, Charles Schulz's widow, was warm and interesting. I honestly enjoyed this. Also, I feel compelled to buy a 1960s Ford Falcon now. And some Butternut bread.
June 20, 2017
Complete Peanuts -sarjan viimeisestä osaa varten on samojen kansien väliin kerätty yhtä jos toista Charles M. Schulzin pitkältä uralta. Lukija voi tutustua muun muassa Saturday Evening Post -lehteen piirrettyihin Li'l Folks -strippeihin, jotka julkaistiin vuosina 1948-1950 ja jotka olivat eräänlainen Tenavien esiaste. Lievästi hämmentäviltä tuntuvat puolestaan Fordia varten tehdyt mainosstripit, joissa Jaska Jokunen ja kumppanit päivittelevät uuden automallin edullista hintaa ja vähäistä kulutusta. Suomalaisille tutumpia mahtavat olla Ressu ja Punainen paroni -sekä Ressu kirjoittaa kirjan "Oli synkkä ja myrskyinen yö" -pokkareihin koottu materiaali.
Lopputeksteissä Jean Schulz muistelee edesmennyttä miestään.
Lopputeksteissä Jean Schulz muistelee edesmennyttä miestään.
January 8, 2021
As much as I love Peanuts, and as much as I enjoyed seeing some material I hadn't seen before, I wasn't crazy about this book. Much of it felt like filler- a large portion of it was old Ford ads featuring the Peanuts gang that I couldn't have cared less about- and, in all honesty, the layout was a bit of a turnoff. The entire book had to be turned sideways on numerous occasions because the pages were printed that way. This is definitely not one of the better Peanuts anthologies I've come across, but if you're strictly interested in material you might not have seen anywhere else, it's a decent bet.
December 28, 2022
The last volume of Fantagraphics complete Peanuts set is something of a grab bag, collecting Peanuts comic book stories that Schulz himself produced, some but not all of the Peanuts books, some cartoons that he produced for various advertising campaigns using Peanuts characters, and other miscellaneous material. Some of it is pretty good while some of it feels a bit like filler, which might fit the reality that at least some of it was filler when it was produced. Still, I think Schulz was talented enough that even the filler is high quality as filler goes. This book is not at all essential if you’re making you’re way through the Fantagraphics set, but like all the rest of it, it’s fun.
January 27, 2025
At last, at long last, I know what Charlie Brown had to say about the Ford Falcon. And Butternut Bread.
And so, I have finished the last volume of the Complete Peanuts, but I am not finished. This one arrived from the library before #25, comprising the year 1999 and those last Sundays of 2000.
And then I will have read all of Peanuts, a project I started last spring.
And so, I have finished the last volume of the Complete Peanuts, but I am not finished. This one arrived from the library before #25, comprising the year 1999 and those last Sundays of 2000.
And then I will have read all of Peanuts, a project I started last spring.
July 19, 2025
i love charlie brown, he's been a huge part of my childhood, especially during the holidays, so im glad i read this book. however, i wish they focused more on charlie and his friends and less on snoopy. snoopy's good and all, but the writing and characters of charlie and his lil gang has always intrigued me the most about peanuts. still, its a good book.
February 11, 2018
I have mixed feelings about this collection. It's sort of awkward and clunky, especially for sharing with an 8 year old. It's more of a collectors book for the avid Peanuts collector, which... I'm not sure if there really are any. We enjoyed it but lots of it was pointless and seemed like just filler (like the advertising stuff).
September 12, 2021
The final volume of the magnificent Fantagraphics Peanuts books collects odds and ends, standalone books, corporate shills, and so forth. It ends with a long and loving essay from the widow Schulz. For completists only.
May 7, 2017
This volume contains Peanuts material that has not been reprinted in many years. It skid has a long afterword written by Schulz's widow that is very interesting.
December 25, 2017
I can’t say I’d ever realised just how much advertising for Ford, Schultz had done! This was an enjoyable addition to the rest of my collection.
April 15, 2018
There is some unevenness is this book collecting some of Mr. Schulz's books, comic book stories, and other art, but the beautiful afterword by Jean Schulz raises this one to five stars.
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