The Complete Peanuts

    (Fantagraphics, 2004-2018)
™ and © 2004 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. and respective contributors

Before the animated TV specials and mass merchandising for children, the late Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts was a comic strip about kids made for grown-ups. The insightful, sarcastic wit of early Peanuts, beautifully packaged here by Fantagraphics Books, will likely trespass beyond the comprehension of the grade-schoolers the series focuses on. The first volume of these vintage reprints introduces Charlie Brown, the introverted, pessimistic and yet lovable loser who became a role model for nerds everywhere. There’s an underlying darkness to these comic strips that keeps them fresh several decades after they were initially written and drawn. Schulz captured how children really felt, accurately portraying their playfulness while not ignoring their awkwardness and melancholy. There is slapstick humor, but adult revelations as well. This introductory book also includes the first appearances of Lucy, Shroeder, Snoopy, and an infant Linus.

— Michael Sutton
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  • 2/HC
    #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover w/dustjacket
    Sep 2004
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    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Collects 1953-1954; Introduction by Walter Cronkite
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  • 3/HC
    #3 Hardcover
    Hardcover w/dustjacket
    Mar 2005
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    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Afterword by Gary Groth; Collects 1955-1956; Introduction by Matt Groening
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  • 4/HC
    #4 Hardcover
    Hardcover w/dustjacket
    Sep 2005
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    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Collects 1957-1958; Introduction by Jonathan Franzen
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  • 11/HC
    #11 Hardcover
    Hardcover w/dustjacket
    Mar 2009
    Cover: $28.99
    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Collects 1971-1972
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  • 26/HC
    #26 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Charles M. Schulz
    Cover: $29.99
    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Collects Schulz’s non-strip related Peanuts art
    1 copy for $16.30
  • CS 1/HC
    Collector's Set #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Box Set of Two Volumes collecting 1999-2000 and 1950-2000 Peanuts stories and art
    Cover: $49.99
    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    1 copy for $49.99
  • CS 3
    Collector's Set #3
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    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
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  • CS 4
    Collector's Set #4
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    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
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  • CS 5/HC
    Collector's Set #5 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Charles M. Schulz
    Cover: $49.95
    W: Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Charles M. Schulz
    Boxed Set Collects The Complete Peanuts #3/HC-4/HC (1955-1958)
    1 copy for $49.95