Peanuts: A Golden Celebration: The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip

Arrived on time Great book

As a huge fan of Charles Schulz's work, I am immensely pleased with the personal hand-picked collection of comic strips. It was a fascinating journey to see the development of the world-wide favorite "Peanuts" gang from the early 1950s to 1990s. For some of us younger fans it's a pleasure to see Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the other beloved characters in early stages of creation. Mr. Schulz's incredible talent and obvious insight to children and dogs will be missed. I looked forward to reading his comics every Sunday...:) at least I now have this staggering and timeless collection. Every strip had me busting my gut, and surely it will uplift others ! As a fan of comic strips, or Snoopy and friends, this book is a must have in your collection!

It seems like once every 5 or 10 years, there has been a book about the history of Peanuts. This one is almost complete, considering it came out a month or 2 before Schulz's surgery right before his retirement (which I think helped alleviate the devastation of the sad news on 12 February). It'll probably be a collector's item since Schulz stated in this book he had no plans to retire. This book features some of the best Peanuts cartoons, and touches only briefly on the classic Charlie Brown TV specials (the book's only disappointment).Mostly, this book emphasizes what I love about Peanuts. I love Charlie Brown because he's the perfect everyman, somone like you and me (mainly me). I love Linus for his philosophical viewpoints (he has the answer to everything except why the Great Pumpkin never pays him a visit!). I love Lucy because she's dared to say and do the things we only wish we could! And I love Snoopy because he can do it all (a shortstop, a World War I Flying Ace, a vulture, a dancer, an author, and Joe Cool!)!Goodbye, Sparky, and thanks for everything! You'll be missed!

PEANUTS: A GOLDEN CELEBRATION is a remarkable celebration of one of two of the great achievements of American popular culture: the life of Charles Schulz and the quintessential comic strip of this or any generation. This magnificent volume is both a coffee-table book for the Peanuts fan and a skillfully-presented history of the Peanuts strip. Filled with entertaining examples of the Sunday and weekday strips, anyone who collects 20th century iconography, and any historian who will want to someday chronicle the feelings and foibles of the last five decades of the American people will want a copy of this book.

After being a Peanuts for most of my 29 years, I can guarantee that this book will have a special place on my bookshelf. This book is a great history of Charlie Brown, the gang and my favorite, Snoopy (being a golfer, I have to like someone who has qualified for the Masters as often as he has). I know I'll be sharing this book with my young nieces as they like the Peanuts too. On a serious note, my thoughts and prayers are with Charles Schulz during his battle with colon cancer.

This is the best Peanuts anniversary book ever! From the 50's to the 90's, great care has been taken to choose a representative sample of the best of Mr. Schulz's long running comic strip. I would highly reccomend this book to all fans of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and company. This book proves why Peanuts was and still is my all time favorite comic strip! Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown!