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Snoopy
Celebrate over sixty-five years of Charles M. Schulz’ Snoopy with this jam-packed collection of stories starring everyone’s favorite beagle! From the top of the dog house to the skies with the World War I Flying Ace, these adventures are not to be missed.
- GenresGraphic Novels
97 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 22, 2017
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Charles M. Schulz
3,021 books1,641 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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August 8, 2025
Comprei este livro numa livraria de banda desenhada escondida numa ruela da cidade antiga de Estocolmo. A capa cativou-me e, para dizer a verdade, o facto de ser sobre o Snoopy. Na altura, estava longe de saber a aventura na qual esta leitura me ia levar!
Snoopy, a personagem adorada dos Peanuts, é um cão multifacetado. Adota várias personalidades, enfrentando realidades e ficções, por vezes na companhia do maravilhoso Woodstock.
Neste volume, que reúne histórias centradas no Snoopy, e que conta também com as personagens desta série maravilhosa, criada por Charles M. Schulz, viajamos por histórias mirabolantes e outras mais ancoradas na realidade.
Adorei o toque de cor, que tornou as histórias mais apelativas. Novos autores e ilustradores contribuíram para dar continuidade à vida do Snoopy e dos amigos, neste volume delicioso de ler ao deitar, e que sossega o coração em tempos turbulentos.
Adorei as histórias, cada uma mais mirabolante que a outra, mas que refletem os problemas da vida real, que Snoopy resolve de forma sempre original. «How to Be a World Famous Author» fez-me rir muito, bem como «The Masked Marvel». «Daisy Hill Days» foi uma história mais emotiva. Destaco estas histórias, mas adorei as outras também. Há algo de enternecedor em cada vinheta, na forma como as histórias progridem e nos surpreendem com o final!
Já diz o provérbio “Quem não sente, não é filho de boa gente”, e Snoopy demonstra que o poder das emoções tem muita força; que um abracinho resolve tantos problemas. Porque, quando não estamos sozinhos, a vida é bem mais fácil de enfrentar. Uma ternura de livro!
Snoopy, a personagem adorada dos Peanuts, é um cão multifacetado. Adota várias personalidades, enfrentando realidades e ficções, por vezes na companhia do maravilhoso Woodstock.
Neste volume, que reúne histórias centradas no Snoopy, e que conta também com as personagens desta série maravilhosa, criada por Charles M. Schulz, viajamos por histórias mirabolantes e outras mais ancoradas na realidade.
Adorei o toque de cor, que tornou as histórias mais apelativas. Novos autores e ilustradores contribuíram para dar continuidade à vida do Snoopy e dos amigos, neste volume delicioso de ler ao deitar, e que sossega o coração em tempos turbulentos.
Adorei as histórias, cada uma mais mirabolante que a outra, mas que refletem os problemas da vida real, que Snoopy resolve de forma sempre original. «How to Be a World Famous Author» fez-me rir muito, bem como «The Masked Marvel». «Daisy Hill Days» foi uma história mais emotiva. Destaco estas histórias, mas adorei as outras também. Há algo de enternecedor em cada vinheta, na forma como as histórias progridem e nos surpreendem com o final!
Já diz o provérbio “Quem não sente, não é filho de boa gente”, e Snoopy demonstra que o poder das emoções tem muita força; que um abracinho resolve tantos problemas. Porque, quando não estamos sozinhos, a vida é bem mais fácil de enfrentar. Uma ternura de livro!
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