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Peanuts Coronet #25
Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Selected Cartoons from "As you like it Charlie Brown"
This book, prepare especially for Fawcett Publications Inc comprises the first half of AS YOU LIKE IT CHARLIE BROWN.
"You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown" is the 2nd graphic novelette that you will need to complete this story.
This book, prepare especially for Fawcett Publications Inc comprises the first half of AS YOU LIKE IT CHARLIE BROWN.
"You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown" is the 2nd graphic novelette that you will need to complete this story.
124 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1970
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Charles M. Schulz
3,021 books1,653 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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October 24, 2015
Plenty of wisdom and philosophy from Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends in this volume; they all have views on many and varied subjects.
Snoopy for instance states, 'Happiness is coming home from the hospital' while Charlie fixed his supper, knowing he was at the hospital but forgetting the fact. Snoopy then adds, 'It's kind of nice to get home to your own bed again.' I must confess these two struck an immediate cord with me after my recent experiences!
An amusing cartoon is the new boy on the block who introduces himself to Snoopy and tells him his name is 5. Snoopy, a little puzzled, realises he often gets names wrong and ponders, 'Did he say V or 5?' Subtle or what, rather P G Wodehouse-ish indeed.
Rerun tells us that he always builds sand castles when he is depressed and is depicted surrounded by a multitude of them while Sally, playing catcher to Charlie Brown's pitcher, tells him that the last piano owned by Beethoven had been sent to Nuremberg for restoration, which leaves Charlie wondering about the sanity of his catcher and whether she is fit to do the job!
Lucy thinks Schroeder is cute when he is mad and she also tells Charlie that she will be happy all her life and invites him to visit her 60 years hence to check it out; Charlie walks away wondering.
As usual Charles Schulz presents us with 120 pages of cartoons that amuse and inform; it is simply jolly good fun.
Snoopy for instance states, 'Happiness is coming home from the hospital' while Charlie fixed his supper, knowing he was at the hospital but forgetting the fact. Snoopy then adds, 'It's kind of nice to get home to your own bed again.' I must confess these two struck an immediate cord with me after my recent experiences!
An amusing cartoon is the new boy on the block who introduces himself to Snoopy and tells him his name is 5. Snoopy, a little puzzled, realises he often gets names wrong and ponders, 'Did he say V or 5?' Subtle or what, rather P G Wodehouse-ish indeed.
Rerun tells us that he always builds sand castles when he is depressed and is depicted surrounded by a multitude of them while Sally, playing catcher to Charlie Brown's pitcher, tells him that the last piano owned by Beethoven had been sent to Nuremberg for restoration, which leaves Charlie wondering about the sanity of his catcher and whether she is fit to do the job!
Lucy thinks Schroeder is cute when he is mad and she also tells Charlie that she will be happy all her life and invites him to visit her 60 years hence to check it out; Charlie walks away wondering.
As usual Charles Schulz presents us with 120 pages of cartoons that amuse and inform; it is simply jolly good fun.
November 22, 2024
Many good cartoons. Only a few really great
cartoons. I would say only 2 really negative
cartoons.
Enough with the baseball cartoons. Although I
am sure there are people who like them.
cartoons. I would say only 2 really negative
cartoons.
Enough with the baseball cartoons. Although I
am sure there are people who like them.
May 6, 2019
It was funny what Lucy said to people and it was funny at some parts and you know what snoopy is saying.
January 3, 2024
Very thought provoking.
April 1, 2025
Sosososo cute - a little throwback to my childhood - has such lovely messages and a humorous tone!!
February 18, 2026
what the hell is lucy's problem
November 6, 2025
This is a facsimile edition of a compilation published by Coronet Books in 1970. The selected strips were originally published in newspapers in 1963-1964. It's pretty typical Peanuts stuff from that era when Charles Schulz was at his peak. Which is to say it's full of mostly nice, innocuous aphorisms that can be read in a few seconds each. Comforting perhaps, but rarely funny. There are some recurring themes such as Charlie Brown always losing at baseball. Snoopy is transitioning from more or less a real dog into the anthropomorphic jack-of-all-trades that he's now more famous for. There's one surprising element, a new kid named "5" (who clearly didn't catch on). Schulz's artwork is simple and confident.
January 2, 2014
Loved it, have had since the mid 60's.
October 2, 2021
I used to read Peanuts cartoons when I was young and I still love them. Still a great little escape from the world. Totally loved it.
December 2, 2022
This one was really good
October 15, 2025
Better than Shakespeare
November 8, 2025
A Peanuts compilation from the early 60's when Schulz was at the top of his game. These are the strips I really enjoy!
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