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Open LibraryAbout this book
First original book of the *Peanuts* collection containing the best *Peanuts* daily strips from 1950-1952. This collection introduces several of the comic strip's famous and familiar characters, including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Patty, Sherman, Schroeder and Violet. The strip's bitter-sweet humour and child-like innocence helped to cement the *Peanuts* comic strip's popularity and secure its reputation as a true, one-of-a-kind, timeless classic. Covers from basically the strip's beginning (the first strip actually included is from Thursday, October 12, 1950) through the week in March 1952 when Lucy first appeared.
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Comic booksComic stripsPictorial American wit and humor
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United States1950-1952
About the author
Charles M. Schulz
26 Nov 1922 – 12 Feb 2000
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip *Peanuts* (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among many others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by cartoonists including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, Schulz was the only child of Dena and Carl Schulz. From birth, comics played an important role in Schulz’s life. At just two days old, an uncle nicknamed him “Sparky” after the horse Spark Plug from the Barney Google comic strip, and throughout his youth he a…
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