false <![CDATA[The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 (vol. 7)]]> 54588 1 <B>The series that launched a comic-strip renaissance continues.</B><BR><BR><I>"My name is 555 95472 but everyone calls me 5 for short...I have two sisters named 3 and 4."</I> With those words, Charles Schulz introduced one (in fact, three) of the quirkiest characters to the Peanuts universe, the numerically-monikered 95472 siblings. They didn't stay around very long but offered some choice bits of satirical nonsense while they did.<BR><BR>As it happens, this volume is particularly rich in never-before-reprinted strips: Over 150 (more than one fifth of the book!) have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid <I>Peanuts</I> collectors.<BR><BR>These "lost" strips include Linus making a near-successful run for class president that is ultimately derailed by his religious beliefs (two words: "great" and "pumpkin"), and Snoopy getting involved with a group of politically fanatical birds. One wonders: Was it the political edge in these stories that got them consigned to oblivion for so long? Also worthy of note is an extended, never-reprinted sequence in which Snoopy gets ill and heads to the veterinarian hospital...<BR><BR>Also in this volume: Lucy's attempts at improving her friends branches out from her increasingly well-visited nickel psychiatry booth to an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown's faults (it's so long there's an intermission!). Also, Snoopy's doghouse begins its conceptual expansion, as Schulz reveals that the dog owns a Van Gogh, and that the ceiling is so huge that Linus can paint a vast (and as it turns out unappreciated) "history of civilization" mural on it. <BR><BR>And baseball continues to be a mainstay: Charlie Brown suffers from pitcher's elbow and is replaced by Linus, who turns out to be a vast improvement; he also blows several more crucial matches through various screw-ups (one with the little red haired girl in attendance); and adding insult to injury, his favorite baseball player is demoted to the minor league.<BR><BR><I>The Complete Peanuts 1963-64</I> features a new introduction by animator Bill Melendez, producer of over 75 <I>Peanuts</I> animated specials and movies, including the classic <I>A Charlie Brown Christmas</I>.<BR><BR><I>Peanuts</I> is the most successful comic strip in the history of the medium. A United Media poll in 2002 found <I>Peanuts</I> to be the second most recognizable cartoon property in the world, recognized by 94 percent of the total U.S. consumer market and a close second only to Mickey Mouse (96 percent). 53209 5 2007 The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 (vol. 7) total:140|5:97|4:39|3:3|2:1|1:0| 140 652 201 10 5 27 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 18:51:45 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 19:33:53 -0800 2008 Time magazine is blurbed on the inside cover of The Complete Peanuts, 1963 - 1964 with as profound a statement as Time has likely ever published -- or ever will: "What a brilliant, truly modern, totally weird idea it was to create a comic strip about a chronically depressed child."
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