The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World’s Most Beloved Comic Strip
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This perfectly illustrated treasury celebrates “Peanuts”, the much-loved comic strip which appeared for the first time in print 60 years ago on 2 October, 1950. The lavishly designed “The Peanuts Collection” tells the tale of Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Woodstock and the host of additional characters who made “Peanuts” one of the most legendary and syndicated comic strips in the world. Featuring more than 200 colour and black-and-white illustrations, original sketches and rare artworks, this book comprises 25 essays, each focusing on some fascinating facet of, or character in, “Peanuts’” world. Open in a lovely slipcase, this stunning edition has 20 special features that unfold, pop out or that can be removed, building “The Peanuts Collection” the essential present and truly a book for collectors. This title is suitable: for anyone interested in “Peanuts”; for anyone interested in cartoons and graphic art; for anyone interested in graphic design; and, as a perfect gift.
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Full disclosure: first off, I’m not a huge fan of these `treasure trove’ types of books where the book comes with comes off reprints of memorabilia, and second, I like Peanuts. So these two things should even themselves out.
There’s something about the antics of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, et al. that just gets me. Whether it’s Charlie Brown’s constant underdog status, Snoopy’s understated cool, Linus’ unshakable belief in things he’s told are incorrect, or Lucy’s cynicism, there are so many fundamentals of the strip that resonate with me and, agreed it’s endurance and popularity, millions of others.
Even long-suffering my all-purpose dislike of this kind of book, this – unrestricted to coincide with Peanuts’ 60th anniversary – is a nice example of how they should be done. Not every page has something detachable, thankfully, but virtually every page does have several pictures of rare items. Items included include a film cel, some frameable prints, stickers, comics, a Fantastic Pumpkin carol leaflet, early publicity featuring the characters (for the Ford Falcon) and much more.
On the text side, the book is relatively light – but that seems to be par for the course for these things. Yes, there are over 25 `chapters’ but each one takes only a page of the book and focuses on one topic. Subjects range from character pieces (why Linus and Lucy get combined on one page I’ll never know) to merchandising, animation, and a look at how the character of Franklin broke new ground. Writer Nat Gertler has an amazingly comprehensive knowledge of the strip and it’s history so they never fail to be entertaining, if fleeting.
Accurately, this book isn’t going to win any new fans to the world of Peanuts but conversely it’s probably not aimed at them. For fans of the strip already, there’s plenty new here to delight in – and for persons people, I’d highly recommend the book.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
Nat Gertler’s The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World’s Most Beloved Comic Strip is perhaps one of the greatest collection of Peanuts memorabilia in book form. This is the essential book for the Peanuts enthusiast. If you live in North America it’s a excellent chance that Peanuts has crossed your life at one point or another. The archetypes of the Peanuts universe have touched many facets of the pop culture and is part of the American lexicon fabric. Peanuts has become a security blanket to our youth. That eternal young optimism is captured by the strip and gives us hope even if Charlie Brown is doomed to be a failure. Nat Gertler’s book is a collection of memories of our own life as we skip through a time capsule of rare time pieces emulated through the Peanuts impact on society. We all have a aver on the Peanuts universe, there is a piece of us in all the characters. The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World’s Most Beloved Comic Strip is a celebration of our like for the basic fundamentals of a rich comic strip that beats to a universal chord. Peanuts permanently leaves you with a fuzzy feeling of happiness. After all, happiness is a warm puppy.
Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5