{"product_id":"the-complete-peanuts-1959-1962-gift-box-set-hardcover-9781560977742","title":"The Complete Peanuts 1959-1962: Gift Box Set - Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Peanuts 1959-1960\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: As the first decade of \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e closes, it seems only fitting to bid farewell to that halcyon decade with a cover starring Patty, one of the original three Peanuts. Major new additions to classic \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e lore come fast and furious here. Snoopy begins to take up residence atop his doghouse, and his repertoire of impressions increases exponentially. Lucy sets up her booth and offers her first five-cent psychiatric counsel. (Her advice to a forlorn Charlie Brown: \"Get over it.\") For the very first time, Linus spends all night in the pumpkin patch on his lonely vigil for the Great Pumpkin (although he laments that he was a victim of \"false doctrine,\" he's back 12 months later). Linus also gets into repeated, and visually explosive, scuffles with a blanket-stealing Snoopy, suffers the first depredations of his blanket-hating grandmother, and falls in love with his new teacher Miss Othmar. Even more importantly, several years after the last addition to the cast (\"Pig-Pen\"), Charlie Brown's sister Sally makes her appearance -- first as an (off-panel) brand new baby for Charlie to gush over, then as a toddler and eventually a real, talking, thinking cast member. (By the end of this volume, she'll already start developing her crush on Linus.) All this, and one of the most famous \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e strips ever: \"Happiness is a warm puppy.\" Almost one hundred of the 731 strips collected in this volume (including many Sundays) have never been collected in any book since their original release, with one hundred more having been collected only once in relatively obscure and now impossible-to-find books; in other words, close to one quarter of the strips have never been seen by anyone but the most avid \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e completists. The introduction is by comedienne extraordinaire Whoopi Goldberg, who reveals which \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e character she has tattooed on her body (and where) -- as well as telling of her meeting with \"Sparky\" Schulz, and her fascinating theory on Snoopy's brother Spike. As always, this volume is gorgeously designed by award-winning cartoonist Seth. \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Peanuts\u003c\/em\u003e continues to receive national and international media attention for its sophisticated treatment of one of the 20th Century's defining American classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Peanuts 1961-1962\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e: Launching into the 1960s, Schulz adds another new cast member. Two, in fact: The obnoxious Frieda, of \"naturally curly hair\" fame, and her inert, seemingly boneless cat Faron. The rapidly maturing Sally, who was after all just born in the previous volume, is ready to start kindergarten and not at all happy about it. Linus' life is particularly turbulent in this volume, as he is forced to wear glasses, sees the unexpected return of his favorite teacher, Miss Othmar, and coaxes Sally into the cult of the Great Pumpkin (with regrettable results). Snoopy, meanwhile, becomes a compulsive water sprinkler head stander, unhappily befriends a snowman or two, and endures a family crisis involving a little family of birds. Plus baseball blowouts (including a rare team victory), Beethoven birthdays, and plenty of dubious psychiatric help for a nickel. This book collects 730 daily and Sunday comic strips, the vast majority of which are not currently available in any in-print \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e collection, and many of which have never been reprinted since their initial appearance in papers over 50 years ago. With a new introduction by legendary jazz pianist\/vocalist Diana Krall and gorgeous design by award-winning cartoonist Seth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoldberg, Whoopi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWhoopi Goldberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is a household name; she's one of the few people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony. She currently hosts the talk show \u003cem\u003eThe View\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrall, Diana:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJazz pianist and singer \u003cstrong\u003eDiana Krall\u003c\/strong\u003e's albums include \u003cem\u003eThe Look of Love, The Girl in the Other Room, From This Moment On, Quiet Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and more. She has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s. and is the the only jazz singer to have eight albums that debuted at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums. She has won multiple Grammy Awards and Juno Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807266668818,"sku":"9781560977742","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b0c35ab-6804-4515-ba44-37786470ef35.jpg?v=1766048768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-peanuts-1959-1962-gift-box-set-hardcover-9781560977742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}