Peanuts

This beautiful album will dazzle fans of Charles M. Schulz and his artproviding an unprecedented look at the work of the most brilliant and belovedcartoonist of... » 

This beautiful album will dazzle fans of Charles M. Schulz and his artproviding an unprecedented look at the work of the most brilliant and belovedcartoonist of the twentieth century. Here is the whole gangCharlie BrownLucy Linus Snoopy Peppermint Patty Schroeder PigPen and all the othersfrom the original Peanuts strips.More than five hundred comic strips are reproduced as well as such rare orneverbeforeseen items as a sketchbook from Schulzs army days in the early1940s his very first printed strip Just Keep Laughing his private scrapbookof prePeanuts Lil Folks strips developmental sketches for the firstversions of Charlie Brown and the other Peanuts characters a sketchbook from1963 and many more materials gathered from the Schulz archives in Santa RosaCalifornia.The art has been stunningly photographed by Geoff Spear in full colorcapturing the subtle textures of paper ink and line. The stripswhich wereshot only from the original art or vintage newsprintreveal how from the 1950sthrough 2000 Schulzs style and the Peanuts world evolved. The book featuresan introduction by Jean Schulz and has been designed and edited by renownedgraphic artist Chip Kidd who also provides an informed and appreciativecommentary.This celebration of the genius of the most revered cartoonist of our time is amust for anyone who has ever come under the spell of Peanuts. «