| The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1967-1970 Contributor(s): Schulz, Charles M. (Author), Waters, John (Introduction by), Willems, Mo (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1560979488 ISBN-13: 9781560979487 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Boxed Set - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2008 * Out of Print * Annotation: Woodstock propels "Peanuts" into the 1970s, in this collection that gathers all the strips published between 1967 and 1970. Two 344 page books. Click for more in this series: Complete Peanuts |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons |
| Dewey: 741.5 |
| Age Level: 12-17 |
| Grade Level: 7-12 |
| Series: Complete Peanuts |
| Physical Information: 2.94" H x 8.76" W x 7.14" L (4.63 lbs) 688 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock and the whole "Peanuts" gang in another classic boxed set of cartoons, ideal for holiday gift-giving As they have the previous four holiday seasons, Fantagraphics are offering a boxed set collecting the two most recent (1967-1968 and 1969-1970) volumes, in a new slipcase designed by the award-winning graphic novelist, Seth. It's the perfect gift book item of the season In "The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968": Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the World War I Flying Ace--to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Patty's bafflement). Still, Snoopy looms large, so this volume (a particularly Snoopy-heavy one) sees him arm-wrestling Lucy as the "Masked Marvel" and then taking off for Petaluma for the national arm-wrestling championship; impersonating a vulture and a "Cheshire Beagle"; enjoying golf and hockey; attempting a jaunt to France for an ice-skating championship; running for office on the "Paw" ticket; being traded to Peppermint Patty's baseball team, then un-traded and installed as team manager by a guilt-ridden Charlie Brown; as well as dealing with the return of his original owner, Lila. Plus an introductiom by John Waters In "The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970": Woodstock gains a name, Peppermint Patty runs afoul of her school's dress code (those sandals ), Lucy declares herself a "New Feminist," and Snoopy's return to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm on a speaking engagement climaxes in a riot and a new love found amidst the teargas ("She had the softest paws..."), plus an introduction by Mo WIllems, and many, many morecomics in each volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waters, John: - Director, screenwriter, and well-known raconteur of American kitsch and camp, John Waters' films include Pink Flamingos and Cecil B. Demented. In 2002 his film Hairspray was made into a hit Broadway musical.Willems, Mo: - Mo Willems is an award-winning animator, illustrator, and author. His many books include the acclaimed children's books Knuffle Bunny and The Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie series.Schulz, Charles M.: - Charles M. Schulz was born November 25, 1922, in Minneapolis. His destiny was foreshadowed when an uncle gave him, at the age of two days, the nickname Sparky (after the racehorse Spark Plug in the newspaper strip Barney Google).In his senior year in high school, his mother noticed an ad in a local newspaper for a correspondence school, Federal Schools (later called Art Instruction Schools). Schulz passed the talent test, completed the course, and began trying, unsuccessfully, to sell gag cartoons to magazines. (His first published drawing was of his dog, Spike, and appeared in a 1937 Ripley's Believe It or Not! installment.) Between 1948 and 1950, he succeeded in selling 17 cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post--as well as, to the local St. Paul Pioneer Press, a weekly comic feature called Li'l Folks. It was run in the women's section and paid $10 a week. After writing and drawing the feature for two years, Schulz asked for a better location in the paper or for daily exposure, as well as a raise. When he was turned down on all three counts, he quit.He started submitting strips to the newspaper syndicates. In the spring of 1950, he received a letter from the United Feature Syndicate, announcing their interest in his submission, Li'l Folks. Schulz boarded a train in June for New York City; more interested in doing a strip than a panel, he also brought along the first installments of what would become Peanuts--and that was what sold. (The title, which Schulz loathed to his dying day, was imposed by the syndicate.) The first Peanuts daily appeared October 2, 1950; the first Sunday, January 6, 1952.Diagnosed with cancer, Schulz retired from Peanuts at the end of 1999. He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine's Day--and the day before his last strip was published--having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand--an unmatched achievement in comics. |
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