The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964
by Charles M. Schulz
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Author: Charles M. SchulzDesigner: Seth
Introduction: Bill Melendez
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05
ISBN: 156097723X
Number of pages: 326
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Book Reviews of The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964
Book Review: They Finally Got It Right
Summary: 5 Stars
A good addition to this series. The only let-down is that we're seeing more and more strips that have already been collected in other Peanuts books. It was bound to happen though, so I'm not knocking off a star for this.
There are two real gems to this book.
One is the story where Linus (my absolute favorite Peanuts character) runs for class president. I'm betting Schultz had a lot of fun with this. He lampoons the entire election process. This includes the speeches and promises, the press coverage, the polling, and everything else.
The other gem is even more important to me. This is where the title of my review comes into play. They had the great Bill Melendez write the foreward for this book.
Mister Melendez was an animator who wound up directing every single Peanuts movie and special ever made. In addition to this, he also did the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock on most of them (the exceptions being those few specials where Snoopy actually talked). Considering his close association with Schultz and his creation, he really should have been the one to write the foreward back in book 1 when this series started. Instead, throughout this series, we'd get nothing but celebrity endorsement after celebrity endorsement.
I was actually afraid that they'd do this entire series without so much as mentioning the man. Thankfully, these fears came to naught with the release of this book. Like I said, "they finally got it right".
The foreward itself is only 3 pages, but the quality makes up for it. Melendez talks about the events that led up to him meeting Schultz, his first impressions of the man, and how they went from a car commecial to a Peabody Award-winning special ("A Charlie Brown Christmas"), and then to a long and enjoyable career making other animated Peanuts titles (some great; some not so great). This is a story that certainly merits more than 3 pages, but Melendez takes the space he's given and manages both to inform and to satisfy.
If you're a Peanuts fan (especially if you're a Linus fan), click on that buy button. Trust me, you won't regret it.
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