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The Complete Peanuts 
The cover to the first volumePublication information Publisher Fantagraphics Books Schedule biannual Creative team Creator(s) Charles M. Schulz Editor(s) Gary Groth The Complete Peanuts is a series of books containing the entire run of Charles M. Schulz's long-running newspaper comic strip Peanuts. A new book in the series is released every six months, and each contains two years of strips (except for the first volume which includes 1950-1952, just under three months longer). Slipcased sets of two volumes are also available. A total of 25 volumes will be printed by 2016.[1]
Schulz began to discuss an anthology of his work in 1997, with Fantagraphics Books. The idea of a complete compendium of all Peanuts strips, considered the holy grail by fans, was long resisted by Schulz; he did not want some early strips reprinted as he felt they were not as good as the ones he drew later in his career. Indeed, some 2,000 of the 17,897 Peanuts strips had never been compiled into any previous collection, most of which were from 1953-1954.
The first book in the series was published in April 2004, and quickly topped the New York Times Best Seller List.[2]
Besides Schulz's work, each book contains an introduction by an influential individual (often one with a connection to Schulz), an index of themes and characters, additional art by designer Seth (all of which is directly based on a specific Peanuts panel), and a biography of Schulz written by series editor Gary Groth. In addition, the first volume contains an interview with Schulz conducted by Groth, and an extended biography.[3]
Sunday panels, which originally appeared in color, are presented in black-and-white in the series. This decision was approved by Schulz's widow, Jean Schulz.[4]
For the 2007 Free Comic Book Day, Fantagraphics' contribution to the event was a companion piece to this reprint series, a comic book called Unseen Peanuts, which features various strips that were little reprinted for various reasons that are speculated in the captions. The comic book is given away free with any of The Complete Peanuts books on Fantagraphics order catalogs, though they state "only one per person; PLEASE"
Contents
International editions
Canongate Books started publication of a UK edition of The Complete Peanuts in October 2007: by the end of December 2010, UK editions of the first eight volumes have been published. Volumes 9 and 10 are scheduled for October 2011.
Carlsen Comics already started publication of a German edition of The Complete Peanuts in October 2006, under the German title Peanuts Werkausgabe.[5] So far, the first eleven volumes have been published, with the tenth being scheduled for September 2011 and the eleventh for August 2012.
In Portugal, Edições Afrontamento started publishing the Portuguese translation under the name Peanuts - Obra Completa. The first two volumes were published in 2006 and the next two in 2007, the fifth in 2009 and the sixth in 2011. There is no schedule for the publication of the next volumes.
In France, Dargaud started publishing The Complete Peanuts in November 2005 under the title Snoopy et les peanuts. The first ten volumes have been published so far.
In Spain, Ediciones Planeta DeAgostini started publishing the Spanish edition of Snoopy y Carlitos. To date eight volumes have been published.
In Brazil, L&PM Editores started publication in November 2009, under the title Peanuts Completo. The next two volumes were published in 2010 and the next two is schedule for 2011.
All international editions retain the artwork, layout and format of the original US version. However, the German editions occasionally feature different introductions by German artists and authors, e.g. Robert Gernhardt (other introductions, such as those by Matt Groening and Whoopi Goldberg, were kept).
Volumes
All the characters on the covers match the time period each volume represents (this is especially evident in the first two volumes). The characters which appear on the cover more than once are Charlie Brown (five times), Snoopy (three times), Lucy (twice), Linus (twice), and Peppermint Patty (twice).
# Title ISBN Release date Cover art Spine art Introduction 1 The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 1952 ISBN 1-56097-589-X May 2004 Charlie Brown Shermy Garrison Keillor 2 The Complete Peanuts: 1953 to 1954 ISBN 1-56097-614-4 October 2004 Lucy van Pelt Charlotte Braun Walter Cronkite 3 The Complete Peanuts: 1955 to 1956 ISBN 1-56097-647-0 May 2005 Pig-Pen Patty Matt Groening 4 The Complete Peanuts: 1957 to 1958 ISBN 1-56097-670-5 October 2005 Snoopy Violet Gray Jonathan Franzen 5 The Complete Peanuts: 1959 to 1960 ISBN 1-56097-671-3 May 2006 Patty Schroeder Whoopi Goldberg/Russell T Davies (UK edition) 6 The Complete Peanuts: 1961 to 1962 ISBN 1-56097-672-1 October 2006 Schroeder Snoopy Diana Krall 7 The Complete Peanuts: 1963 to 1964 ISBN 1-56097-723-X May 2007 Linus van Pelt Lucy van Pelt Bill Meléndez 8 The Complete Peanuts: 1965 to 1966 ISBN 1-56097-724-8 August 2007 Charlie Brown 555 95472 Hal Hartley 9 The Complete Peanuts: 1967 to 1968 ISBN 1-56097-826-0 April 2008 Violet Linus van Pelt John Waters 10 The Complete Peanuts: 1969 to 1970 ISBN 1-56097-827-9 October 2008 Snoopy (as World War I Flying Ace) Pig-Pen Mo Willems 11 The Complete Peanuts: 1971 to 1972 ISBN 1-60699-145-0 March 2009 Sally Brown Thibault Kristin Chenoweth 12 The Complete Peanuts: 1973 to 1974 ISBN 1-60699-286-4 August 2009 Woodstock Frieda Billie Jean King 13 The Complete Peanuts: 1975 to 1976 ISBN 1-60699-345-3 March 2010 Frieda Charlie Brown Robert Smigel 14 The Complete Peanuts: 1977 to 1978 ISBN 1-60699-375-5 September 2010 Peppermint Patty Sally Brown Alec Baldwin 15 The Complete Peanuts: 1979 to 1980 ISBN 1-60699-438-7 April 2011 Charlie Brown José Peterson Al Roker 16 The Complete Peanuts: 1981 to 1982 ISBN 1-60699-471-9 August 2011 Linus van Pelt Eudora Lynn Johnston 17 The Complete Peanuts: 1983 to 1984 ISBN 1-60699-523-5 Scheduled April 2012 Franklin Leonard Maltin 18 The Complete Peanuts: 1985 to 1986 Scheduled October 2012 Spike 19 The Complete Peanuts: 1987 to 1988 Scheduled May 2013 Lucy van Pelt 20 The Complete Peanuts: 1989 to 1990 Scheduled October 2013 Charlie Brown 21 The Complete Peanuts: 1991 to 1992 Scheduled May 2014 Marcie 22 The Complete Peanuts: 1993 to 1994 Scheduled October 2014 Snoopy 23 The Complete Peanuts: 1995 to 1996 Scheduled May 2015 Rerun van Pelt 24 The Complete Peanuts: 1997 to 1998 Scheduled October 2015 Peppermint Patty 25 The Complete Peanuts: 1999 to 2000 Scheduled May 2016 Charlie Brown Charles M. Schulz References
- ^ "You're High Art, Charlie Brown". The Washington Post article by Tom Beer. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/591072081.html?dids=591072081:591072081&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAR+28%2C+2004&author=Tom+Beer&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=You're+High+Art%2C+Charlie+Brown&pqatl=google.
- ^ "The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960". Item page on Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1560976713.
- ^ "The Official Peanuts Website - News". The Official Peanuts Website Announcement. http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/news/news_042005.html.
- ^ "The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952". Item page on Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/156097589X.
- ^ "Carlsen - die Peanuts". Series page on the publisher's website. http://www.carlsen.de/web/comic/serie?id=40163.
- ^ "Upcoming release dates for the last 15 books in the series". http://aaugh.com/upcoming.htm.
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