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The third volume in our acclaimed series takes us into the mid-1950s asLinus learns to talk, Snoopy begins to explore his eccentricities(including his hilarious first series of impressions), Lucy'sunrequited crush on Schroeder takes final shape, and Charlie Brownbecomes...well, even more Charlie Brown-ish! Over half of the strips inthis volume have never been printed since their original appearance innewspapers a half-century ago! Even the most dedicated Peanuts collector/fan is sure to find many new treasures. The Complete Peanuts will run 25 volumes, collecting two years chronologically at a rate oftwo a year for twelve years. Each volume is designed by theaward-winning cartoonist Seth ( It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken )and features impeccable production values; every single strip fromCharles M. Schulz's 50-year American classic is reproduced better thanever before. This volume includes an introduction by Matt Groening ( The Simpsons ) as well as the popular Complete Peanuts index, a hit with librarians and collectors alike, and an epilogue by series editor Gary Groth. 2005 Eisner Award winner, Best Archival Collection/Project.

Charles Schulz inaugurated the modern comic strip by creating the first (and still, really only) sympathetic cartoon character, which must be due in part to his work ethic: Schulz probably drew Charlie Brown as many times as he signed his own name. Throughout the course of over 17,000 strips read by hundreds of millions of people Schulz refined, developed, and codified the figures of his imagination to such a degree that they became an extension of himself-a handwriting that literally was Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and Snoopy. And while a few other artists might claim to work as hard, no other cartoonist ever imbued their characters with so much of his own heart; Charles Schulz couldn't publicly talk about Charlie Brown in the last year of his life without crying. Maybe the only person who cared more about Charlie Brown than the rest of the world was Charles Schulz himself". -Chris Ware.