false 54595 1 In the fourth volume in Fantagraphics Books' <I>Complete Peanuts</I> series, Snoopy continues to develop as a character, and the worm--Linus--turns against his fussbudget sister, Lucy. Sure, she's still a fierce intimidator of her little brother and Charlie Brown, but he's learned to strike back with a deft pair of pliers, a huge sand castle or snow dinosaur, or merely the will to walk up and change the channel. Lucy also continues her pursuit of the oblivious musician, Schroeder (contrary to the advice of Dear Agnes). Snoopy continues his impersonations (vulture, penguin, etc.), plays baseball and football, angsts over being called "fuzzy-face or "dime a dozen," and dances gleefully on Schroeder's piano. Charlie Brown, of course, has very little glee, especially when he has to manage a dysfunctional baseball team that only wins if he's sick or when the championship is riding on his catching a simple pop fly. But at least he has his pencil pal. Charles M. Schulz by this time was comfortably in his routine of multi-day stories, and there's a bit of foreshadowing when Schroeder, wildly inventing names of imaginary pianists, comes up with "Joseph Schlabotnik," which would later become the name of CB's baseball hero. The volume has an introduction by author Jonathan Franzen and a Sunday strip from May 3, 1953, which was discovered after the 1953-54 volume was printed. <I>--David Horiuchi</I> 53216 10 2005 The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958 (Vol. 4) total:177|5:128|4:38|3:11|2:0|1:0| 177 825 250 14 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 03:23:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 03:27:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 06:22:11 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 06:42:29 -0700 2007 Peanuts really comes together into the strip I never liked that much. I can appreciate it for what it is, but it doesn't appeal to me. The gags get repetitive, the characters become archetypes, and the art becomes tighter--which is a negative in that the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:03:03 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 07:35:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 18:59:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:00:06 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 24 21:01:55 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 21:03:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 19 14:12:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:13:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:50:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:40:57 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Mon Dec 15 19:03:18 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 19:53:31 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:03:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 16:01:35 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 06:55:48 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Oct 27 04:53:48 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 05:34:18 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 12:29:07 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 12:32:44 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Nov 08 04:02:53 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 31 20:12:47 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 20:18:06 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jun 24 19:43:19 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 21:33:00 -0700 2008 Linus grows up so fast.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 18:40:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 18:41:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 05:51:43 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 05:51:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 14:22:08 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 14:22:08 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 18:34:18 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 18:34:18 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 16:12:24 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:12:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 20:27:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 20:27:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 18:42:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:42:53 -0700 2009