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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781560978268 ISBN: 1560978260 Label: Fantagraphics Books Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 344 Publication Date: April 23, 2008 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Studio: Fantagraphics Books Editorial Review: Product Description: The newest collection of the classic strip. As we rush toward the end of Peanuts' second full decade, 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. If you're surprised by that last one, imagine how Charlie Brown feels... Lila makes only a brief appearance (as does Josè Peterson, a short-lived—and short—star member of Charlie Brown's baseball team), but this volume sees the appearance of what would be Schulz's most controversial major character: Franklin. (Yes, in 1968 the introduction of a Black character caused a stir.) Peppermint Patty, working toward her ascendancy as one of the major Peanuts players in the 1970s and 1980s, also has several major turns, including a storyline in which she's the tent monitor for three little girls (who call her "Sir"—a joke Schulz would pick up later with Peppermint Patty's friend Marcie). Stories involving other characters include a sequence in which Linus's flippant comment to his Gramma that he'll kick his blanket habit when she kicks her smoking habit backfires; Lucy bullies Linus, pesters Schroeder, and organizes a "crab-in"; plus Charlie Brown copes with Valentine's Day depression, the Little Red-Haired Girl, the increasingly malevolent kite-eating tree, and baseball losses. In other words: Vintage Peanuts! NOTE: Good grief! Through a printer's error one strip (May 3, 1967) from this period is missing and one (May 1, 1967) is duplicated in this edition. All copies of this book contain this mistake; there are no "good" ones available, sorry. The missing strip will be printed in the next volume (1969-1970) and is available here: http://tinyurl.com/6bwf7r Average Rating:
 Rating: - "You've Got Yourself a Used Dog, Charlie Brown."While it's Violet who's given the front cover for this book (more about the strip this image came from later...), it's Snoopy and Peppermint Patty who come into their own in this book. Snoopy's stint as the WWI Flying Ace is not nearly as strong as before, but it begins to to interact with the other characters (other than Charlie Brown, who HAS to interact with Snoopy on a regular basis) and affect their actions, as does some other of Snoopy's alternate characters. Snoopy is also given ... Read More Rating: - PEANUTS -- Keep Getting BetterThe Complete Peanuts l967-68 takes me back to the founding of my Peanuts related company, Aviva Enterprises, with Elliot Steinberg in l968. Every Peanuts 'fan' -- should own this entire collection. It is a wonderful gift to leave for future generation in your own families. Rating:  - Annoying Mistake by PublisherMy excitment at getting this the latest in the wonderful "Peanuts" reprint series, was tempered when an accidental double printing of the May 1st,1967 strip was brought to my attention by a previous reviewer.With the omission of the May 3rd,1967 strip it really isnt "The Complete" Peanuts any more is it? Bad job all around by Fantagraphics.I will not feel complete until the missing strip is finally printed.Thus far the only black mark on a truly wonderful series.Incidentally, has any one else ordered ... Read More Rating: - Peanuts rule!I love Peanuts, but there is no doubt it deteriorated in the last 10-15 years it was made, one was bound to run out of original ideas sooner or later. However, this book is from what was the heydays of the series, and is great reading. Rating: - Keep 'Em ComingIt's getting harder and harder to come up with new things to say that will convey how much I enjoy reading these old Peanuts strips. This comes from a period where I am less familiar with the strips themselves, so there are some surprises for me. In this volume we find the strips that will be the inspiration for the animated special, Snoopy Come Home, in which we find out Snoopy has an owner before Charlie Brown who is ill and in the hospital. This is the era where Franklin makes his first ... Read More |
