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Summary: Yet another classic by Schultz
Review: Charles Schultz knew how to entertain his audience. No matter how many times I read this book I always get many laughs.-You're a good man, Charles Schultz!
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Summary: Yet another classic by Schultz
Review: Charles Schultz knew how to entertain his audience. No matter how many times I read this book I always get many laughs. -You're a good man, Charles Schultz!
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Summary: Not the greatest, but still Peanuts...
Review: Charles Schulz was the most brilliant man who ever lived. That said, even brilliance starts to fade after a while. "Peanuts 2000," the last year of his magnificent comic strip, doesn't live up to some of the great strips done in earlier years, but it's still "Peanuts," it's still fun, and it's still a lot better than 99% of the stuff in newspapers today. As Schulz got older he did less continuing storylines and more single-panel daily strips, which were probably less taxing on him. As a result, you don't get quite as high as the quality of the strips of the 60s and 70s where Charlie Brown got a rash on his head and was elected camp president or where Linus struggled with his Christmas Pageant lines... but even to say, "It's not as good as the best 'Peanuts'" is to say, "It's pretty good." Worth getting for any "Peanuts" fan.
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Summary: Peanuts will live forever
Review: I got this book for Christmas, and it does not disappoint. It contains all the strips from the final year (Jan. 1, 1999 to Feb. 13, 2000), and it's great to have it all in one book. And my copy contains the actual final strip published the weekend Charles Schulz died. He may have left us, but books like this one prove that we can revisit Charlie Brown, Snoopy and their pals any time we want. Thank you, Mr. Schulz.
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Summary: peanuts, you are forever in our hearts..
Review: i have been a peanuts fan since i was 5. the drawings, characters and interesting situations always fascinated me. and as i grew older, charlie brown, snoopy and the whole gang only got better and became as relevant as they were funny. no comic strip in the history of the universe can match up to its simplicity, its humour, its lessons and its heart.peanuts 2000 showcases just that..it is one of the nicest and most dramatic collections of the world's finest comic strip from the world's finest cartoonist. they are all there..charlie brown and his red haired girl, his baseball failures and the kite that simply refuses to scale new heights, snoopy and his undying quest for glory in the battle field, his literary classics, his casual observations and his trademark dog house, lucy and her crabby attitude, linus and his blanket as well as his sublime philosophy, rerun and his growing amazement at the way things work in the world around him,woodstock and his exclamation marks, peppermint patty and marcie talk about the d minus hall of fame, spike roughs it out in the sahara with his cactus pal, sally is still making sense of things and good ol' schroeder cant get beethoven out from under his skin. i am telling you this is as good as fiction gets. whats the highest compliment i can pay mr.schulz? peanuts is not a comic strip, it's a world for us to live in and delight in. and with peanuts 2000, this world will live on forever. dear schulz, thank you for bringing so much joy and hope into our lives. we have laughed, sighed, pondered, freaked out, wondered, dreamed, won,lost and celebrated life with every one of those heart warming souls...peanuts, we love you. and we always will
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Summary: A Must for any 'Peanuts' Fan and a True Work of Art
Review: I have loved Peanuts since childhood, and have an almost complete collection of Peanuts books. Charles Schultz has always been an inspiration to me in my work as an occasional professional cartoonist. Not only is Schultz unsurpassed as an artist, he is also one of the great philosophers of twentieth century life in America.
This book is, first and foremost, a celebration of the comic strip. It is a work of art in its own right. All the cartoons in the book are photographed from either their original drawings, or directly from the newspapers. The reader can see the artistic details that Schultz has used in creating each frame in photos of the originals. And the use of the original strips, with their rough paper and newsprint lines, brings back the joy of reading the comics for the first time in the funnies. The Sunday comics are complete with the little color dots that created the color images. There are literally hundreds of comic strips, both daily and Sunday, in this book, and they give a good overview of Schultz's long career.
There are many photos of Schultz's doodles and rough sketches, of his desk and his artist's tools, early cartoons 'Sparky' sold to the Saturday Evening Post, early drawings of certain characters, some of which pre-date 'Peanuts' itself. One can actually see the characters develop, artistically and as human beings. Interspersed with the cartoons are textual explanations and stories about Schultz and his characters, including many insightful comments by Charles Schultz himself about the evolution and personalities of his characters. Also included are photos of early Peanuts toys and dolls, and even these are photographed lovingly and with attention to detail and shadow.
This is a magical book, and any Peanuts fan would love it and treasure it. It is a book one can return to over and over to enjoy. Leave it lying around the living room where everybody can enjoy it and relive the joy Charles Schultz and the Peanuts gang gave us for over fifty years. Better yet, introduce a new generation of kids to the strip. The Peanuts gang is a microcosm of us, and reading it reveals much about ourselves and helps us to look on life with tenderness and humor.
Buy this book, read it, and share it. It would make a wonderful present as well. It is the best Peanuts book to date.
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Summary: Happiness is another Peanuts book. Even if it's the Last One
Review: It was with great sadness that I read the final Peanuts strips. The strips were fantastic and funny as always. But I did know that this was the end. Charlie Brown would never get another chance to kick the football or win a baseball game. His love would go unrequited, as it had for 50 years. Charlie Brown reminds us, "The inside of a mailbox should always be kept clean in case you get a love letter." But he received no valentines this year either. Marcia and Peppermint Patty never got a chance to tell them how they felt. I don't know if Snoopy ever got to Bill Maudlin's house on Veteran's Day either. But if Charles Schultz were still here, would they eventually be successful? As Charlie Brown once said, "Never stay awake at night asking yourself questions you can't answer." Peanuts seemed at first glance to be a simple strip. But it is complex and full of meaning. I read my first Peanuts strip in 1958 and they have only gotten better. The different characters seemed to be different parts of Charles Schultz. They are funny and they are thoughtful. This book is a perfect example of that. (Missing from the first edition was the good-bye from Mr. Schultz. I wrote a letter to Random House about this. They sent be, at no charge, a copy of the next edition.) So within the sadness there is laughter. The book is perfect Peanuts. And while his books will last forever, it is time to say goodbye. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus.......Charles Schultz, how could we ever forget you?
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Summary: Happiness is another Peanuts book. Even if it's the Last One
Review: It was with great sadness that I read the final Peanuts strips. The strips were fantastic and funny as always. But I did know that this was the end. Charlie Brown would never get another chance to kick the football or win a baseball game. His love would go unrequited, as it had for 50 years. Charlie Brown reminds us, "The inside of a mailbox should always be kept clean in case you get a love letter." But he received no valentines this year either. Marcia and Peppermint Patty never got a chance to tell them how they felt. I don't know if Snoopy ever got to Bill Maudlin's house on Veteran's Day either. But if Charles Schultz were still here, would they eventually be successful? As Charlie Brown once said, "Never stay awake at night asking yourself questions you can't answer." Peanuts seemed at first glance to be a simple strip. But it is complex and full of meaning. I read my first Peanuts strip in 1958 and they have only gotten better. The different characters seemed to be different parts of Charles Schultz. They are funny and they are thoughtful. This book is a perfect example of that. (Missing from the first edition was the good-bye from Mr. Schultz. I wrote a letter to Random House about this. They sent be, at no charge, a copy of the next edition.) So within the sadness there is laughter. The book is perfect Peanuts. And while his books will last forever, it is time to say goodbye. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus.......Charles Schultz, how could we ever forget you?
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Summary: Peanuts 2000
Review: Make sure you get the edition that has the final farewell Peanuts comic strip dated 2-13-2000.
This book is a gem...my copy still say First Edition Sept.2000.
My edition has 9 blank pages at the end, but more importantly, it has ALL the daily and Sunday comics for 1999. The daily comics ended on 1/1/00;
The Sunday comics continued for 1/2/00, 1/9/00, 1/16/00, 1/23/00, 1/30/00, 2/6/00, and finally 2/13/00.
All the comics are in COLOR INCLUDING the daily strips.
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Summary: May the Blockhead Live On
Review: Oh, Charlie Brown. A great character, a great story. This is a fabulous way to celebrate it, and I recommend this books to anyone with a heart. Schulz' world truly allows us all to escape to childhood, away from rigged elections and corruption - forget all that, focus on the innocence, fun, comfort, and unmistakable beauty.
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