The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12) (The Complete Peanuts)
by Charles M. Schulz
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Author: Charles M. SchulzIntroduction: Kristin Chenoweth
Introduction: Billie Jean King
Cover Design: Seth
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-08
ISBN: 1606992872
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Book Reviews of The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12) (The Complete Peanuts)
Book Review: Li'l Folks, dontcha love them?
Summary: 5 Stars
I have bought and totally loved every single available box set in these Complete Peanuts series. So why pick this one for a review? Well, you've got to take a stand sometime. Can I add that I've got a special soft spot for Peppermint Patty -- the hippie kid? -- who seems to be on every page of volume 12? Charles M. Schultz began his Peanuts (can you believe he hated the "Peanuts" name to his dying day? It was imposed by the syndicate) strips back in 1950 and never missed a beat up until his death in 2000. We're talking 17,897 daily and Sunday strips here. And Fantagraphics will offer all of them. 50 years of Peanuts, 4 years of Peanuts per yearly boxed set. We're barely halfway through with this boxed set. This humble review comes as a tribute to the undying genius of Schultz. The man is a saint or something. I believe everybody on Earth has at least once in his life seen at least an image of Snoopy. On a T-shirt, a sticker or something. I bet every reader of this poor review knows his Peanuts through and through. If not, buy all the boxed sets already released in this series. In 1974, Schultz really was in full swing, his pencils literally took off while his mind was somewhere else. Peanuts are one of the milestones by which the second half of the 20th century will be remembered. Do not miss them. A big shout to Fantagraphics. Can't wait for the Complete Peanuts boxed set 1975-1978! (which will be available in October 2010)
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Summary of The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12) (The Complete Peanuts)
A gift set of the eleventh and twelfth Complete Peanuts volumes, in a handsome and durable slipcase.
Just in time for the holidays, designed by the Award-winning graphic novelist, Seth! This collection of books?identical to the individual volumes?ships shrinkwrapped, with two hardcovers containing complete strips from the years 1971-1972 and 1973-1974, packed in a sturdy custom box designed especially for this set. The perfect gift item.The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972: Sally Brown elbows her way to center stage, at least among the humans, and is thus the logical choice for cover girl... and in her honor, the introduction is provided by none other than Broadway, television and film star Kristin (Wicked) Chenoweth, who first rose to Tony-winning fame with her scene-stealing performance as Sally in You?re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Two long Summer-camp sequences involve Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty, who has decided that Charlie Brown is madly in love with her, much to his clueless confusion. Snoopy shows up at camp as well, as does Peppermint Patty?s new permanent sidekick, the one and only Marcie. The eternally mutable Snoopy mostly shakes off his World War I Flying Ace identity and turns into Joe Cool, college hipster extraordinaire. And in three long sequences he writes a fan letter to his favorite author, Miss Helen Sweetstory, then goes on a journey to meet her, and finally enlists Charlie Brown?s help when her latest opus, ?The Six Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out,? falls afoul of censors. Also, Woodstock attends worm school, falls in love with a worm (perhaps the most doomed unrequited Peanuts love story ever!), and is nearly eaten by the neighbors? cat... Peppermint Patty is put on trial for another dress code violation and makes a very ill-advised choice in terms of lawyers... Snoopy turns Linus?s blanket into not one but two sportcoats... Lucy hits a home run... and the birth of one Rerun Van Pelt!
The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974: This volume features a number of tennis strips and several extended sequences involving Peppermint Patty?s friend Marcie (including a riotous, rarely seen sequence in which Marcie?s costume-making and hairstyling skills utterly spoil a skating competition for PP), so it seems only right that this volume?s introduction should be served up by Schulz?s longtime friend, tennis champion Billie Jean King. This volume also picks up on a few loose threads from the previous year, as the mysterious ?Poochie? shows up in the flesh; Linus and Lucy?s new kid brother ?Rerun? makes his first appearance, is almost immediately drafted onto the baseball team (where, thanks to his tiny strike zone, he wins a game), and embarks on his first terrifying journey on the back of his mom?s bike; and, in one of Peanuts? oddest recurring storylines, the schoolhouse Sally used to talk to starts talking, or at least thinking, back at her! The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 also includes one of the all-time classic Peanuts sequences, in which Charlie Brown?s baseball-oriented hallucinations finally manifest themselves in a baseball-shaped rash on his head. Forced to conceal the embarrassing discoloration with a bag worn over his head, Charlie Brown goes to camp as ?Mister Sack? and discovers that, shorn of his identity, he?s suddenly well liked and successful. 1461 black-and-white comic strips
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