{"product_id":"the-complete-peanuts-1977-1978-vol-14-hardcover-edition-9781606993750","title":"The Complete Peanuts 1977-1978: Vol. 14 Hardcover Edition","description":"As the 1970s wind down, the last two recurring \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e characters have fallen into place: Snoopy's brother Spike and the youngest Van Pelt sibling, Rerun. But that doesn't mean Schulz's creativity has diminished; in fact, this volume features an amazing profusion of hilariously distinctive new one- (or two-) shot characters!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For instance, in an epic five-week sequence, when Charlie Brown, found guilty by the EPA of biting the Kite-Eating tree, he goes on the lam and ends up coaching the \"Goose Eggs,\" a group of diminutive baseball players, Austin, Ruby, Leland, and--did you know there was a second black \u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e character, aside from Franklin?--Milo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also: a tennis-playing Snoopy ends up reluctantly teamed with the extreme Type \"A\" athlete Molly Volley... who then reappears later in the book, now facing off against her nemesis, \"Crybaby\" Boobie. (Honest!) Add in Sally's new camp friend Eudora, the thuggish \"caddymaster\" who shoots down Peppermint Patty and Marcie's new vocation, an entire hockey team, and a surprise repeat appearance by Linus's sweetheart \"Truffles\" (creating a love triangle with Sally), all in addition to the usual cast of beloved characters (including the talking schoolhouse and the doghouse-jigsawing cat, who gets hold of Linus's blanket in this one), and you've got a veritable crowd of characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's another two years of the greatest comic strip of all time, full of laughs and surprises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaldwin, Alec:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Alec Baldwin is an Emmy and Golden Globe-award winning American actor, writer, producer, and comedian. He has appeared in films such as \u003cem\u003eBeetlejuice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Jasmine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hunt for Red October\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also known for his role as Jack Donaghy in \u003cem\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/em\u003e and his appearances on \u003cem\u003eSNL\u003c\/em\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":50629510693138,"sku":"9781606993750","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0641f710-af79-429c-b25c-1a821d275ac2.jpg?v=1732730530","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-peanuts-1977-1978-vol-14-hardcover-edition-9781606993750","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}