The Complete Peanuts, 1973-1974 (Hardcover)
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Charles M. Schulz is my favorite cartoonist, so I was excited to see that the twelfth volume in the series has an introduction by the legendary Billie Jean King... This is a important series of books which I give an A Plus and I...
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Charles M. Schulz is my favorite cartoonist, so I was excited to see that the twelfth volume in the series has an introduction by the legendary Billie Jean King... This is a important series of books which I give an A Plus and I think it would be the ultimate part of a Peanuts fans collection! (The Catgirl Critics "Media Mewsings" ) Even though Woodstock casts a large shadow on the cover of Fantagraphics The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974, its Peppermint Patty who should get star billing. Not to take anything away from Snoopys yellow-feathered avian sidekickwho does make several appearances through the hardcover tomeits just that Patty eventually gets the brunt of character development attention, while Woodstock exists as the perfect foil for Snoopy. ... Also of note is Schulzs repeated use of standard gags (Lucy pulling the football from Charlie) along with a few new ones, including the consoling 'Poor, sweet baby.' Because of his tendency to keep running gags contained within a years span, it makes a trade collection work better than with most comic strips. (Christopher Irving - Graphic NYC ) Its impossible to think of another popular art form that reaches across generations the way the daily comic strip does
at the pinnacle of that long tradition, there was Charles Schulz. (Seattle Times ) Most comic strips today, especially those that are humor strips, often avoid topical subjects. Schulz embraced the topics of the era. They may date the strip, but it never leaves them outdated. ... Schulz was also not afraid to carry on-going storylines for several days or in some cases, even a couple of weeks. ... [The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974] also features all the favorite subjects like Linus annual wait for the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Browns trip to Summer camp, and Sallys letters to Santa Claus. This is why Peanuts is the greatest strip ever! (Tim Janson - Newsarama ) Reading [The Complete Peanuts 1971-72 and 1973-74] in one fell swoop, I've kind of come to the conclusion that this period is really the apex of Schulz's career. ...he was never as consistently hilarious or as poignant as he was in the early to mid-70s. If you're only buying two volumes of this series, it should be these two. (Chris Mautner - Robot 6 ) Schulz had gone from a fairly grounded sense of consensus reality to Snoopy's flights of fancy to outright weirdness... That seems to be the essence of Sparky Schulz to me: even with the pressure of the daily grind and his position as the linchpin of what had become a vast empire, Schulz wrote to amuse himself... At his best in this volume, Schulz gave the readers some of the best stories of his career. (Rob Clough - High-Low ) What more can I say about these wonderful collections? Ive enjoyed each one immensely so far; they make me laugh and grin and even smirk a little from time to time... Top notch book. You cant have a much better time than reading these collections. Highly recommended. (Todd Klein, comic book letterer, designer, and writer )
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