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The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 9: 1967-1968 (Complete Peanuts #9)
Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the World War I Flying Ace to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Patty's bafflement).Still, Snoopy looms large, so this volume (a particularly Snoopy-heavy one) sees him arm-wrestling Lucy as the "Masked...more
Hardcover, 325 pages
Published
April 30th 2008
by Fantagraphics Books
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Of all the Charlie Browns so far, this collection is the Charlie Browniest. The storylines are generally set up for the of the series by now - we still haven't learned Woodstock's name, a cameo character looks strangely like the girl we'll come to know as Marcie - but there's a depth of sadness in the irony that creates laughter only because of how recognizably human it all is. Charlie Brown finds an of rejection during these two years, not only in spite of, but because of what a good guy he is...more
"Peanuts" was a fixture of my childhood and teenage years. I learned to read from the strip when I was 3 years old and read it every day from then on. In school, I was the art kid who counterfeited the strip for everyone's campaign posters. I know the work intimately.
Sorry to say, but by 1967 it was over, as far as I'm concerned. "Peanuts" had achieved monster success, which led to it becoming self-conscious and precious. We'd had 17 years of Charlie Brown's self...more
Sorry to say, but by 1967 it was over, as far as I'm concerned. "Peanuts" had achieved monster success, which led to it becoming self-conscious and precious. We'd had 17 years of Charlie Brown's self...more
My wife borrowed this from the library to see if this was a book she wanted to buy. In her opinion, Peanuts jumped the shark in the late sixties and while she's been faithfully buying each volume of the series, the time is coming when she will stop. The verdict, by the way, is yes, she will be buying this volume. (Well, actually the second printing of it, since there's a error on page 53 in which the May 1st strip is printed twice and the May 3rd strip has been left out.)(Hmmm, I had that p...more
Having read the biography I was more even more eager to get my hands on the latest volume in this wonderful project (volume nine of a projected twenty-five, all handsomely designed and produced). Before I begin, a word of warning to any obsessive completists out there: the first printing of this volume contains a sin of omission. The May 1, 1967 strip appears twice, the second time in place of the May 3, 1967 strip. So it is for now The Virtually Complete Peanuts. The publisher informed me that ...more
Two more great years for the Peanuts gang. Among the highlights: Snoopy goes to Augusta for the Masters Tournament, tries to go to the Olympics as a figure skater, and first hides from, then runs to his original owner, Lila; Woodstock appears as "bird hippie"; Franklin makes his first appearance (and is freaked out by the gang's quirks); Peppermint Patty becomes a camp counselor; and Charlie Brown has a breakdown on the mound in front of the Little Red-Haired Girl.
Too much Snoopy for my taste--he's really started to shove other characters to the margins, and a little Flying Ace goes a long way--but Peppermint Patty's ascendancy more than makes up for that. "Have you seen out baseball schedule for this year, "Chuck"? My team plays your team twelve times....We slaughter you twice in April, smash you three times in May and ruin you once in June. We murder you twice in July, annihilate you three times in August and pound you once in Septembe...more
This is better than psychotherapy and crack combined. I read these to keep my head on straight. Charlie Brown is so profoundly messed up. Snoopy rules.
oh man, i love these comics. only one star short b/c i am especially fond of the old paperbacks of peanuts comics.
Please see my comprehensive review, entered for The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 (Volume 10)
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I am almost ready to stop collecting these books.
I've learned I can't read a large amount of Peanuts in a short amount of time. It gets boring. Who knew?
Classic and interesting as always!
If there's one thing Charles Schulz did, it's remind us that it's the little things that make up a life. Some moments are life-changing, but they're mostly few and far between, and you come to realize that the small incidents of everyday life matter more than you thought.
Because happiness is a warm puppy, and love is walking hand in hand.
Because happiness is a warm puppy, and love is walking hand in hand.
Schultz at his best. King Lear paraphrase on 4 May 1967.
This edition offers stellar Peanuts comics--the late 60's was their nadir of brilliance, I think. I loved the intro essay by John Waters.
It was fun to read the Peanuts strip from the day I was born (it was about books, and Jeff's, also in this collection, was about art). My favorite bit involves Snoopy assuming management of the baseball team, and giving all bad players and back-talkers a boot in the rear.
"I could never eat a cold mouse on a foggy morning." -Snoopy on why he would make a terrible cat.
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These were a lot more entertaining back in 1967-68 when I only read one a day. As a continuous volume, they are often tedious, some funny, but not ha-ha funny, and a few laugh alouds.
"I love going to camp... for a girl like me, it's the next best thing to being in the infantry!" - Peppermint Patty
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