The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968
by Charles M. Schulz
List Price:
Our Price: $16.17
You Save: $12.82 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Charles M. SchulzDesigner: Seth
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-23
ISBN: 1560978260
Number of pages: 344
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Book Reviews of The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968
Book Review: "You've Got Yourself a Used Dog, Charlie Brown."
Summary: 5 Stars
While it's Violet who's given the front cover for this book (more about the strip this image came from later...), it's Snoopy and Peppermint Patty who come into their own in this book.
Snoopy's stint as the WWI Flying Ace is not nearly as strong as before, but it begins to to interact with the other characters (other than Charlie Brown, who HAS to interact with Snoopy on a regular basis) and affect their actions, as does some other of Snoopy's alternate characters. Snoopy is also given a back story involving a former owner who was unable to keep him (a plot which was expanded into its own movie).
Peppermint Patty, having developed from a blank slate looking for something to believe in to a character strong enough to solo in late 1966, is now further expanding into what would become her role as Charlie Brown's female, power-filled alter-ego. With Jose Peterson (.850 in North Dakota?), Roy and Franklin (a Summer of '68 introduction) in tow and a possible peak at Marcie, Peppermint Patty is now the leader of her own gang - a Female Charlie Brown, only a competent leader of a group chosen for their strengths and winning ways (as compared to Charlie Brown, whose team is pretty much a collections of locals who don't really like him too much and are chosen more-or-less because of habit and closeness). Peppermint Patty's weaknesses would round out her character in the future, but here it's her strengths that are propelling her.
Given the growth in Snoopy and Peppermint Patty, the other characters work more in support. Charlie Brown already has become more a handmaiden to Peppermint Patty's attempts to improve her team (at first CB's team, then her own) and Snoopy's escapades more and more involve and affect the people around them. The Red-Haired girl again affects CB in bad ways, this time even going so far as to force CB to live in the dark of his bedroom for a whole week. And Freida still appears, still doggedly trying to turn Snoopy into the hunting dog she's always dreamed of owning.
And finally, the image on the front cover of this book comes from the "missing strip" in the book: Violet solo, shooting forth a cutdown only for us to learn of its weakness (May 3, 1967). Maybe the compiler thought it a bit odd that Violet, once able (with or without the original Patty) to rip into CB with a force powerful enough to destroy living men (never mind struggling boys with no self-esteem) weakened to a mere "nyaah." Anyway, it was replaced with the strip from two days before in the book. You can find a copy online and consider the irony of an image used in the front of a book that it's been banished from (unintentionally, but banished nevertheless).
Buy this book. Buy the books before this one as well, if you haven't done that yet.
Comics & Graphic Novels Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Peanuts: The best of Charles M. Schulz and the Peanuts
Peanuts Anniversary Treasury (Peanuts Miscellaneous)Ravette Publishing Ltd; Published: 2000-06-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $40.57
You Really Don't Look 50, Charlie Brown! (Peanuts miscellaneous)Ravette Publishing Ltd; Published: 2000-06-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.81
The World According to Lucy (Peanuts Colour Collection)by Charles M Schulz
Ravette Publishing Ltd; Published: 2005-08-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.13
Price in other shops:
Being a Dog Is a Full-Time Job (A Peanuts Collection)by Charles Schulz
Andrews McMeel Publishing; Published: 1994-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.40
Price in other shops:
Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulzby Charles M. Schulz
Pantheon; Published: 2001-10-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.63
Price in other shops:
Peanuts a Golden Celebration the Art and Sby Charles Schulz
Harper Collins Publishers; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.95
A Peanuts Valentineby Charles M. Schulz
Ballantine Books; Published: 2003-01-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Good Grief, It's Your Birthday! (Peanuts)Harvest House Publishers; Published: 2006-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
Peanuts Classics The Ultimate Box Set (Peanuts)by Charles M. Schulz
Cider Mill Press; Published: 2007-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.02
Price in other shops:
Peanuts Guide To Lifeby Charles M. Schulz
Running Press; Published: 2005-04-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.70
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 4 (The Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy)by Chester Gould
IDW Publishing; Published: 2008-05-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.34
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960by Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2006-05-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.83
Price in other shops:
The Muppet Show - The Complete Third SeasonBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-05-20; DVD
Best price: $27.89
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1959-1962 Box Setby Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2006-10-18; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.67
Price in other shops:
Schulz and Peanuts: A Biographyby David Michaelis
Harper Perennial; Published: 2008-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962by Charles M. Schulz, Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2006-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.06
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1963-1966 Box Setby Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2007-08-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $28.19
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964by Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2007-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966by Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2007-08-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.66
Price in other shops:
The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970by Charles M. Schulz
Fantagraphics Books; Published: 2008-10-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.58
Price in other shops: