{"product_id":"the-complete-peanuts-1950-1952-9781560975892","title":"The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952","description":"Fantagraphics Books has announced the most exciting publishing project in the history of the American comic strip: the complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz's classic, \"Peanuts.\" The most popular comic strip in the history of the world will be, for the first time, collected in its entirety with this new publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles M. Schulz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.64h x 8.60w x 1.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560975892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2004 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 1358\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2004 pg. 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2004 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2004 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeillor, Garrison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGarrison Keillor\u003c\/strong\u003e has hosted the comedy\/variety radio show \u003cem\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e since 1974. His many books include \u003cem\u003eLake Wobegon Days, Leaving Home, Happy to Be Here, The Book of Guys, Homegrown Democrat, Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Love Me, Wobegon Boy, Pontoon, Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePilgrims\u003c\/em\u003e. Audio CDs and cassettes of compilations of \u003cem\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e and Keillor's readings of his books have sold in the millions. He wrote the script for and starred in the 2006 motion picture \u003cem\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e, the final film directed by Robert Altman.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchulz, Charles M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCharles M. Schulz \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born November 25, 1922, in Minneapolis. His destiny was foreshadowed when an uncle gave him, at the age of two days, the nickname Sparky (after the racehorse Spark Plug in the newspaper strip \u003cem\u003eBarney Google\u003c\/em\u003e). His ambition from a young age was to be a cartoonist and his first success was selling 17 cartoons to the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e between 1948 and 1950. He also sold a weekly comic feature called \u003cem\u003eLi'l Folks\u003c\/em\u003e to the local \u003cem\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Press\u003c\/em\u003e. After writing and drawing the feature for two years, Schulz asked for a better location in the paper or for daily exposure, as well as a raise. When he was turned down on all three counts, he quit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe started submitting strips to the newspaper syndicates and in the spring of 1950, United Feature Syndicate expressed interest in \u003cem\u003eLi'l Folks\u003c\/em\u003e. They bought the strip, renaming it \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e, a title Schulz always loathed. The first \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e daily appeared October 2, 1950; the first Sunday, January 6, 1952. Diagnosed with cancer, Schulz retired from Peanuts at the end of 1999. He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine's Day-and the day before his last strip was published, having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand -- an unmatched achievement in comics. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Charles M. Schulz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47712201801885,"sku":"9781560975892","price":47.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b685a3cf-7edf-4679-b52f-008c016498dc.jpg?v=1773172036","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-complete-peanuts-1950-1952-9781560975892","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}