The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz


The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
Title : The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
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ISBN : 1560976713
ISBN-10 : 9781560976714
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 323
Publication : First published January 1, 2006

As the first decade of Peanuts closes, it seems only fitting to bid farewell to that halcyon decade with a cover starring Patty, one of the original three Peanuts. Major new additions to classic Peanuts lore come fast and furious here. Snoopy begins to take up residence atop his doghouse, and his repertoire of impressions increases exponentially. Lucy sets up her booth and offers her first five-cent psychiatric counsel. (Her advice to a forlorn Charlie Brown: "Get over it.") For the very first time, Linus spends all night in the pumpkin patch on his lonely vigil for the Great Pumpkin (although he laments that he was a victim of "false doctrine," he's back 12 months later). Linus also gets into repeated, and visually explosive, scuffles with a blanket-stealing Snoopy, suffers the first depredations of his blanket-hating grandmother, and falls in love with his new teacher Miss Othmar. Even more importantly, several years after the last addition to the cast ("Pig-Pen"), Charlie Brown's sister Sally makes her appearance—first as an (off-panel) brand new baby for Charlie to gush over, then as a toddler and eventually a real, talking, thinking cast member. (By the end of this volume, she'll already start developing her crush on Linus.) All this, and one of the most famous Peanuts strips ever: "Happiness is a warm puppy." Almost one hundred of the 731 strips collected in this volume (including many Sundays) have never been collected in any book since their original release, with one hundred more having been collected only once in relatively obscure and now impossible-to-find books; in other words, close to one quarter of the strips have never been seen by anyone but the most avid Peanuts completists.


The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which Peanuts character she has tattooed on her body (and where)—as well as telling of her meeting with "Sparky" Schulz, and her fascinating theory on Snoopy's brother Spike. As always, this volume is gorgeously designed by award-winning cartoonist Seth. The Complete Peanuts continues to receive national and international media attention for its sophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century's defining American classics.


A 2007 Eisner Award winner: Best Archival Collection/Project: Strips; a 2007 Harvey Award winner: Best Domestic Reprint Project.


The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960 Reviews


  • Josiah

    Has it been a decade already? Book five of The Complete Peanuts, which includes every strip from 1959 and 1960, marks the franchise's tenth anniversary. It's hard to believe that by the time Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes notched ten years, it was at its end; Peanuts still had another forty to go. January 2, 1959 gets the year off to a fast start as Lucy presents her friends with lists of character faults they should eliminate in the coming year. Lucy has "high ideals," she explains to Charlie Brown. "I want to make this a better world for me to live in!" It always feels more gratifying to dissect and condemn other people's flaws than our own. January 12 (page six) is a nice strip: Violet says something insulting about dogs, and when Charlie Brown speaks up on their behalf, Snoopy's gratitude is heartfelt...if a bit clingy, as we observe the rest of the week. By 1959 Patty was less integral to Peanuts than she used to be, but on January 24 (page ten) she and Charlie Brown have an enlightening philosophical conversation. She assures him that everyone has good and bad days, but Charlie Brown counters that "Last year I was the only person I know who had three hundred and sixty-five bad days!" Negative experiences stand out in the mind more than good ones, so we tend to forget the good happened at all. A lot of Charlie Brown's depression stems from this.

    January 26 (page twelve), Charlie Brown writes to his penpal, a strip that ends with a witty punchline about spelling. Charles Schulz is a master of pithy comedy. On February 9 (page eighteen), Lucy uses her watch to count aloud as Charlie Brown ages, second by second. It's disconcerting to think about time ticking by, rather than focus on filling it with worthwhile activity. Charlie Brown engages in another smart discussion with Patty on February 25 (page twenty-four), telling her that arithmetic is a bad subject for him in school. "I'm at my best in something where the answers are mostly a matter of opinion!" The artist in each of us empathizes with that statement; trying to create beauty is very different from having to arrive at objectively correct answers. March 13 (page thirty-one) caps off a week of Charlie Brown fretting about a library book he lost. Plagued by anxiety over how the library will react, Charlie Brown goes wildly giddy with relief when he locates the book before the day of reckoning. Linus's comment: "In all this world there is nothing more inspiring than the sight of someone who has just been taken off the hook!" Aye, being "shot at and missed" is an unrivaled euphoria. Sunday, March 22 (page thirty-five), Linus builds a fantastically elaborate sandcastle, but heavy rain washes it away. Linus puzzles over the moral to his story, but I think it's this: before you pour your heart and soul into creation, be sure the investment is in something likely to last. Castles of sand inevitably disintegrate.

    Here we go! March 27 (page thirty-seven) is the beginning of an era as Lucy sets up her "Psychiatric Help 5¢" booth and delivers her first pitiless advice to Charlie Brown. The bit would remain a Peanuts mainstay for decades. On March 30 (page thirty-nine) Snoopy reminisces about a time when a girl walked by and shared her ice-cream cone with him. When Lucy happens by the same spot in the present day, she's less charitable, and a disappointed Snoopy thinks, "You can't go home again." The places where we had our greatest days feel almost magical, as though good things are waiting to come our way again in that exact spot, but rarely is fate so kind. Charlie Brown and Lucy talk social politics on April 10 (page forty-three). He mentions an article that says today's young people don't believe in any causes, and Lucy loudly objects: "I'm my own cause!" Her stance seems a silly one to take, but it's quite prevalent. Societies decline when we get so wrapped up in our own identities that we lose the vision and verve to promote causes beyond ourselves. May 15 (page fifty-eight) is a return to pure humor, as Charlie Brown reads a scary story to Linus. Snoopy's impression of a vampire bat when a nervous Linus turns to look at him is excellent visual comedy. A story arc that changes Peanuts forever commences May 25 (page sixty-three) when Charlie Brown remarks that his mother will be at the hospital for "about five days." Could it be...? Yes! May 26 confirms that Charlie Brown has a baby sister, and June 2 (page sixty-six), her name is given for the first time: Sally. Peanuts will never be the same.

    One of the funniest Sundays in this collection is June 14 (page seventy-one). Lucy attaches a bell to Snoopy's collar, but he's not used to the way it jingles when he trots around. Snoopy delivers the perfect punchline, in a single word. June 28 (page seventy-seven) is another good Sunday. Linus offers to share his ice cream with Snoopy, and Lucy throws a fit. Doesn't he know dogs have filthy mouths? Snoopy walks off feeling downcast and degraded. "I'm less than human!" Even people can feel that way, when others dehumanize us for personal traits they object to. It's a lonely, helpless feeling, and most of us can identify with Snoopy's dejection. July 1 (page seventy-eight), it dawns on Charlie Brown that his new sister isn't the life-changer he expected her to be. He adores Sally, but depression still overtakes him at times, and he doesn't feel that most people like him. Punctuated by Linus's poignant final line, this is one of the most famous strips Charles Schulz wrote, finding its way into A Charlie Brown Christmas, the classic 1965 television special. July 30 (page ninety-one) is a spiffy little insight into the human condition. Linus tells Charlie Brown he wants to develop concern for others; those more fortunate than himself, not less. "I want to bring them down to my level!" Such is the politics of envy, an outgrowth of warped human nature. We'd rather have no one do well than see anybody prosper more than ourselves. August 1 is an expansion on this point; Linus declares he wants to be a great philanthropist, but when Charlie Brown points out that it requires wealth, Linus amends his statement. "I want to be a great philanthropist with someone else's money!" Isn't that always the way? Distributing somebody else's cash is fun, but it's another thing entirely when the money represents your own blood, sweat, and tears. If generosity were easy, everyone would take part.

    August 23 (page one hundred one) is a historic day: the first appearance of Sally Brown, being pushed in a stroller by her brother. September 9 (page one hundred eight), Charlie Brown is discouraged that everyone is mad at him. He feels ill-equipped to deal with life: "I think the whole trouble is that we're thrown into life too fast...we're not really prepared." We only get one shot at life, so what hope is there of doing it right? Our time on earth is at least as defined by our mistakes as our triumphs, and we have to make peace with that or we'll never be happy. October 5 (page one hundred twenty) introduces Miss Othmar, the teacher Linus has fallen in love with. The next two weeks revolve around his crush on her, providing much of the material for the 1975 television special, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown. October 22 (page one hundred twenty-seven) is a cute, wordless strip involving Snoopy, Sally, and a game of "Spin the Bottle." If this one doesn't coax a smile, I don't know what will. Snoopy wrestles with existential dread on October 24, alone in his doghouse at night. What is life's purpose? The last panel is an honest, earnest admission by our favorite beagle: "I haven't got the slightest idea!" Confident as we may be in our worldview, no one is certain what lies over the final horizon. Another storyline that finds its way into a television special begins October 26 (page one hundred twenty-nine), with Linus writing a letter to the "Great Pumpkin." Oh, what fun this time of year is in the world of Peanuts. Debuting in 1966, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is arguably the most charming television special Charles Schulz wrote. Some of its memorable lines derive from this week of October 26, 1959, particularly the October 30 and 31 strips.

    Though it's not Christmas themed, November 26 (page one hundred forty-two) is quoted in A Charlie Brown Christmas. Charlie Brown suggests "Pig-Pen" might have on him the dirt and dust of ancient civilizations; maybe he's not just a slob. Christmas is in full gear by December 20 (page one hundred fifty-two), as Linus finishes dressing for the pageant and rehearses his lines. The climactic scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas is based on this storyline. December 24 (page one hundred fifty-four) is a cheerful holiday strip, Linus watching the snowfall through a window and announcing "It's pitch white outside!" I love his way with words. The Christmas special again finds source material January 5, 1960 (page one hundred fifty-nine), Linus catching snowflakes on his tongue and Lucy saying they're not ready to eat at this time of year. The timeline Lucy gives differs from that in the special, but Linus's punchline is the same: "They sure look ripe to me!" Charlie Brown talks at length on January 20 (page one hundred sixty-five) about people not liking him, explaining why he feels uncomfortable no matter what size group he's in. When your commentary is drenched in negativity, you don't present yourself as pleasant company, Charlie Brown discovers. March 20 (page one hundred ninety-one) is pure cuteness, the first time Linus spends quality time with baby Sally. Charlie Brown might not approve of him coaching her on how to suck her thumb and cling to a security blanket, but the strip is as charming as Peanuts ever gets. We see perhaps the most famous comic of Charles Schulz's career on April 25 (page two hundred seven). All that needs to be said: "Happiness is a warm puppy." May 30 (page two hundred twenty-two) is a smart insight, as Lucy tells Linus not to throw away her birthday card from Charlie Brown. She's a sentimental person, she informs her brother. "I'll save it for a little while, and throw it away tomorrow!" That's worth a chuckle, but also reveals how most of us truly feel about these things. After a short time we forget why we valued our sentimental keepsakes and then toss them out without another thought. We're more like Lucy here than we care to admit.

    Winsome humor is a Charles Schulz specialty, and June 5 (page two hundred twenty-four) is a prime example. How could Linus and Snoopy resist breaking into a song and dance number when they start connecting the bones of a dinosaur skeleton model? "Oh, the ankle bone connects to the leg bone..." Lucy isn't amused, but I love it. In early July, Lucy benignly picks on Charlie Brown for having a "failure face." Her closeup examination and explanation of its features to Linus on July 1 (page two hundred thirty-five) is hilarious. August 10 (page two hundred fifty-two) sees Charlie Brown under pressure on the pitcher's mound. If he can notch one more out, his team will somehow win this baseball game, and every player on his squad has advice regarding pitch selection. In life, everyone seems to have an opinion on how you should comport yourself, but as the saying goes, "too many cooks spoil the broth." You have to tune out the noise and make your own decisions, for better or worse. Sunday, August 21 (page two hundred fifty-seven) is vintage Peanuts comedy, Linus shouting at the rain to leave so the team can play baseball. When the downpour abruptly stops, he's spooked by his own power. August 22 (page two hundred fifty-eight) kicks off a major storyline. It's the first time Sally walks, and the first indication she's enamored of Linus. As her feelings deepen, so does his discomfiture; the narrative is two weeks of emotional ups and downs. September 1 (page two hundred sixty-two) may be the pinnacle of the arc, perfectly portraying the emotional extremes of love.

    Lucy scolds Snoopy for following her around on September 18 (page two hundred sixty-nine). His confidence is shaken—do all the kids view him as a pest?—but some timely affection from Violet remedies this. A friendly face and a few kind words are often all that's needed to heal a wounded heart. An extended story about the freeway commission planning to bulldoze Snoopy's doghouse to build a road ends September 26 (page two hundred seventy-three)...for now. The work is postponed until 1967, but will the issue resurface at that point in Peanuts history? I'm curious to find out in book nine of this series. Halloween of 1959 laid a firm foundation for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, but Sunday, October 30 (page two hundred eighty-seven) of 1960 provides the climax for the special, as Linus and Charlie Brown wait in the pumpkin patch for the "Great Pumpkin." Is that truly him rising among the gourds under the full moon? November 18 (page two hundred ninety-five), Lucy and Linus marvel over what appears to be a butterfly migrated up from South America. Or...is it a potato chip? Lucy's punchline is terrific. November 21 (page two hundred ninety-seven), Snoopy wistfully ponders the birds, gone south for winter. They're usually an annoyance, but the scene feels unnaturally silent without them. When it comes to family, friends, or even people we don't much like, we fail to realize what they mean to us until they're gone. The quiet is unsettling without them to fill it. It's another quirk of human (or beagle) behavior that Charles Schulz captures as deftly as any cartoonist who ever lived.

    Reading the fifty-year Peanuts series from start to finish is a joy. I love the effervescence and moodiness of the strip; the television specials, too, all written by Charles Schulz himself through 1994. His devotion to Charlie Brown and the gang bleeds through in every stroke of artistic design, in every wise, emotional, or sweet saying uttered by his characters. The 1960s is said to be Peanuts in its prime, and book five indicates things are headed that way. I'd say it's the best two years from the first decade of the strip. If better is yet to come, I'm excited for it.

  • Rosemarie

    This was a fun read-lots and lots of Snoopy!

  • Robert

    1 of 26 volumes of collected work. Staggering. Review will be appended to all volumes when I've completed them all.

  • verbava

    що далі, то більше мені подобається лайнус:





    (а ще в коміксах 1959 року лайнус вирішує, що вірить у великого гарбуза, який на геловін встає з грядки і приносить дітлахам подарунки. і, здається, великий гарбуз із нами залишиться надовго, що дуже втішно).

  • Chris J

    I read these Peanuts books with my two oldest girls (11 and 8) because I have such fond memories of reading them when I was their age. I also think it's good for them to read these books because I want them to develop a sense of humor. I am convinced that a sense of humor, like anything else, is rarely natural but rather must be developed by hearing good story telling, reading intelligent humor and experiencing those who understand and enjoy the art of banter, wit and retortion.

    It is interesting to observe the impression Peanuts has made on my oldest girls. One has naturally incorporated the anachronistic "rats" into her vocabulary. They both equate the concept of cool with Snoopy. On a more complex note, while they have been taught by their prudent mother not to use the word "stupid," they can separate reality from a comic enough to understand why its so darn funny when Lucy uses it constantly.

    Seinfeld, the Grail and Caddyshack are years away, but thank God for Schulz, the conduit for generations into developing a sense of humor.

  • J.V. Seem

    Charles Schulz is one of those few people I've never met yet for whom I personally and seriously mourn (others in this exclusive club include the poet André Bjerke, actress Marilyn Monroe, and somewhat strangely perhaps, actor and funnyface Gary Coleman, among others). I can't help but feel that the world is a poorer place without him. It's a feeling of missed what-could-have-beens. You might argue that he'll always (always) be present through his art, and through us who hold it in our hearts, and though he left behind over 50 years of work, my greedy, sulky side says: "Even if he lived to be 500 years old, it would never have been enough."

    This volume of the Complete Peanuts series has a stunningly insightful interview with the fabulous Whoopie Goldberg (who has a tattoo of Woodstock, by the way, and That 70s Show aficinados will know, so does Eric Forman, on his behind).

    Between 1959 and 1960, Charlie Brown's little sister Sally is born into the Peanuts gang. Her childish crush on Linus is most endearing, though not as depressing or as enlightening and grown-up as her statements about men. Worldly relationship wisdom from a toddler!
    Sally also creates a lot of headaches for poor Charlie Brown, as his responsibilities to his new baby sister clashes with his already failing baseball manager career.
    These are also the years where the legendary Great Pumpkin strips enter the Peanuts world, followed by Linus' eternal disappointment.
    This too is where the famous "Happiness is a warm puppy" strip came to light.

    Yet again, a most memorable and quotable Peanuts volume. However many I consume, all I want is more.

  • Ray Smillie

    I admit. I am biased having been a fan of Peanuts since first becoming aware of the cartoon strips in the late 60s and it was, arguably, the 60s when they really hit top form. Snoopy is more human than the kids and I had forgotten about his boxing exploits. This volume sees the introduction of Sally Brown who is walking by the end of the book, very much smitten with Linus. Great stuff.

  • Spencer Borup

    The first decade of PEANUTS, the most famous comic strip ever created, finishes off with the same ol' cast of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy & Linus, Schroeder, Violet, Patty, Shermy, and "Pig-Pen," with a brief introduction of a brand new member: SALLY BROWN!

    I loved seeing Charlie Brown update everyone on the birth of his little sister, Sally. This was the first time we readers got to actually experience a character right from birth. I look forward to seeing Sally grow up!

    All in all, I absolutely LOVED the 50s version of the PEANUTS. And it only gets better from here--the 60s is known to be their best decade!

    One complaint, though. With this collection's design, not the comics themselves. These volumes are beautifully designed, and so well-cared-for; such an excellent collection to finally bring together every PEANUTS strip Charles Schulz ever created. BUT--WHY IS IT ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE?!? They chose to print the Sunday comics, not in their original color, but in black and white... how could they call this "THE COMPLETE PEANUTS" and still do that? And now they are publishing 12 volumes of just the Sunday strips IN COLOR... WTF is wrong with you? Ugh.

    Anyways... I love PEANUTS! Haha.

  • Neil

    Just really enjoying these volumes. This is my first encounter with the early Peanuts years. Definitely darker. I can see the influence the strip had on things like the Simpsons. On the surface, it's a cartoon, but the issues and humor are quite sophisticated and adult. Truly ahead of its time.

  • Jane

    Some great pieces in this collection. My favorites include Snoopy being the mad punter and Linus' belief in the Great Pumpkin.
    Of course, the big moment in this collection is the arrival of Sally Brown. She starts unseen but eventually she is being pushed in a stroller by her big brother. Towards the end of the collection, she has discovered her great love, Linus.
    I can't wait to start the next Peanut collection.

  • Victor The Reader

    We see more comical strips on the Peanuts kids as they head into the 1960s, while we see Sally make her debut and see her grow and her unrequited love for Linus, his Great Pumpkin obsession and good ole Charlie Brown’s baseball escapades. A (100%/Outstanding)

  • Gabriel Franklin

    Charlie Brown: “Do you ever think much about the future, Linus?”
    Linus: “Oh, yes... all the time.”
    Charlie Brown: “What do you think you’d like to be when you grow up?”
    Linus: “Outrageously happy!”

  • Jasmine

    This one felt very classic to me. Sally was born in 1959 and Charlie Brown was a very excited big brother.

  • Becky

    Who doesn’t love the wisdom and warmth of Peanuts? Glad to be able to enjoy these comic strips again!

  • Andrew Shaffer

    Similar to volume 4, we get a lot of Snoopy. Not my cuppa, but Ol’ Sparky had to follow the money…

  • Mary Catelli

    Peanuts plugging along. This is the period in which Sally was born, with much dramatics from Charlie Brown, Lucy taking the occasion to wish Linus had never been born, and other complications. The baseball team. Snoppy branches out, once as Dracula, and once as "whirlydog." Miss Othmar appears to Linus's delight -- twice (with no explanation how she regained favor). Also, Linus gets a library card, Charlie Brown flies kites (or fails to), and Snoopy's home is threatened with demolition

  • Dave H

    Good ol’ Charlie Brown

  • Steve Maxwell

    Peanuts is timeless!

    An enjoyable, light read, and very entertaining.

  • Saskia Marijke Niehorster-Cook

    What is there not to like of Peanuts? I remember endless days when I sat around on my parent's couch reading all kinds of comic books. Snoopy's (as we called it) was one of our favorite and we never tired of reading them. We took it at face value, with no ability as a child to read in between the lines, or label the characters in particular spots. Peanuts worked because they were all different and they all somehow managed to live or survive each other, much like kids did in real life.

    Last year for Christmas, my husband's brother Michael sent three of these volumes for our kids, and they have all spent endless hours on the couch reading them. I was the only one who did not get around to it. Recently my husband Malcolm asked us all one morning during breakfast to chose one of the characters with whom each of us identified the most. I had to go back and re-read Peanuts to try and see. Sasha said he was Lucy, Leo said he was pigpen, Berend said he was Snoopy and Malcolm said he was Snoopy too but we vetoed his decision and said he is Schroeder, except instead of the piano, he has a computer. I decided I am Linus. I think we all agreed our personalities match these characters.

  • Ashley

    3.5/5 Stars

    I never realized that the Peanuts comics were so conservative. I've read snippets here and there, but had never actually read them at length. I picked up this collection because I found it at the thrift store for $1.89. I wouldn't have splurged on how expensive it is full price to read it.

    I can't really say too much bad about it. It's the beloved Peanuts. But there's also nothing I'm dying to rant or rave over. Snoopy's still my favorite, though. He's a great character. Overall, I enjoyed the stories, but didn't find it compelling enough to feel anything more than a 3.5 star rating. I might have even been a little generous. I've always loved the cartoons, so it was weird for me not to love the actual comics.

    They were still enjoyable, but nothing I'm dying to read more of.

  • Gijs Grob

    This volume is another testimony of the Peanuts' undeniable peak period. Some of the all time best sequences are here: the birth of Sally (May 1959), the classic 18 days long story in which Charlie Brown can't manage his baseball team because he has to push Sally around (August 1959), the egg-shell story (January 1960), and my all-time favorite: the icicle life-threatening Snoopy (February 1960). Also featured is an isolated psychiatric help 5 ct. strip (March 27, 1959), the first two Halloween seasons devoted to the Great Pumpkin, and Sally's first crush on Linus (August 1960). But apart from the stories there are countless great panels, many devoted to Charlie Brown's struggles and Linus's problems. The complete book is an excellent blend of satire, sarcasm, bitter realism and sheer slapstick. You can find some of the best facial expressions ever put on paper here. Surely, at this stage Schulz was at the pinnacle of cartoon art.

  • Jeff

    Schulz is ten years in to the fifty-year (!) run of the Peanuts with this volume, you can feel the strip starting to become fully-formed: Snoopy, while still down on all-fours at this point, is beginning to develop his rich inner life; Lucy opens her psychiatrist’s booth for the first time; Charlie Brown’s baseball-manager and kite-flying woes are front and center; Schroeder stumps for greater recognition of Beethoven’s birthday; and Linus introduces the gang to idea of the Great Pumpkin. Plus, Sally Brown appears on the scene—she doesn’t talk yet, but she goes from crawling to walking and already has a big-time crush on Linus. This volume is a wistful and melancholy delight from start to finish.

  • Megan Kirby

    Great years for Peanuts! I bought this as a Christmas gift for myself, and it did not disappoint.

    This collection has one of my favorite strips of all time, where Linus, Lucy and Charlie Brown are all looking at the clouds. It's a classic Linus child prodigy moment. "That group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen... I can see the apostle Paul standing there to one side." Then Charlie Brown's punchline: "I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind."

    The internal lives of children, the wide and distinct cast of characters, the way Schulz uses those characters to explore his own shortcomings and anxieties... What can I say about Peanuts that hasn't already been written?

  • Jerry

    In the process of buying and reading this entire series. I have been a Peanuts fan since I was 4. At one point I owned more than 400 Peanuts books including many original $0.05 and $0.10 copies from the 50s. Then the flood happened...all those books were lost to me, and there were just too many to try and replace. Thank God this series came to be. I will be able to own the almost 18,000 comics that Schulz drew, colored, and worded himself.

    Schulz has long been a hero of mine and growing up I related so well to Charlie Brown, but still saw parts of me in each of his characters. And Schulz would be a guest at my "dinner with..." table along with Abraham Lincoln and Jesus.

  • Nate Hipple

    Loved having this on the shelf and picking it up for all of those little snippets of time that are too short to get into something bigger. I'm a big fan of Peanuts and Schulz, but I've never made a real effort to go through the series methodically. This volume was a great place to start (ignoring a false start with the first volume years ago). So much begins here that you see play out in later comics or the TV specials and Schulz's cartooning skills are absolutely top notch. His use of motion and expression is second to none. I kept intentionally slowing my reading to go back and really pay attention to how much he is able to convey with so few lines. Most definitely recommended.

  • Neil

    This is the only volume in the Complete Peanuts series (as far as I'm aware) where the UK edition differs from the US one, in that the introduction for the UK version is by the acclaimed TV screenwriter Russell T. Davis and the US version has an introduction by the acclaimed Whoopi Goldberg, Whoopi Goldberg. Schultz by this time had more or less perfected the strip, although there are many of it's most well known features still to come. Sally is introduced, as is the great pumpkin and Lucy here has her first psychiatrists booth strip.

  • Joaquin del Villar

    En este tomo sigue el desarrollo de los personajes. Destacamos la aparición de Sally, hermana de Carlitos. Snoopy cada vez interactúa mas con el techo de su caseta. Sin embargo, el personaje mas destacado en esta época es Linus: las peleas con Snoopy por su manta, la serie de la Gran Calabaza (The Great Pumpkin) y su enamoramiento con Miss Othmar. Una gran obra maestra de la historieta.

  • Peter

    Ten years into Peanuts and Schulz was still just getting warmed up — although there are plenty of signs here of the strip’s brilliant decade to come. The Great Pumpkin, Miss Othmar, the introduction of Sally, Charlie Brown’s Ill-fated attempt to steal home — just some of the highlights.