The Complete Peanuts 1983-1986: Gift Box Set - Hardcover

Schulz, Charles M.

ISBN 10: 1606995731 / ISBN 13: 9781606995730

Published by Fantagraphics Books, 2012

About this Item

Slipcase has the lightest bumping to corners, otherwise set appears new; This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. Dust jacket condition is Very Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Seller Inventory # 1868914141

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Peanuts 1983-1986: Gift Box Set - Hardcover
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606995731
• ISBN 13: 9781606995730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 4.7 pounds

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Synopsis

Once again, a box set combining the latest volume (1985-1986) with the previous (1983-1984), complete with slipcase, available at a bargain price.

About the Author

Charles M. Schulz was born November 25, 1922, in Minneapolis. His destiny was foreshadowed when an uncle gave him, at the age of two days, the nickname Sparky (after the racehorse Spark Plug in the newspaper strip Barney Google). His ambition from a young age was to be a cartoonist and his first success was selling 17 cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post between 1948 and 1950. He also sold a weekly comic feature called Li'l Folks to the local St. Paul Pioneer Press. After writing and drawing the feature for two years, Schulz asked for a better location in the paper or for daily exposure, as well as a raise. When he was turned down on all three counts, he quit.

He started submitting strips to the newspaper syndicates and in the spring of 1950, United Feature Syndicate expressed interest in Li'l Folks. They bought the strip, renaming it Peanuts, a title Schulz always loathed. The first Peanuts daily appeared October 2, 1950; the first Sunday, January 6, 1952. Diagnosed with cancer, Schulz retired from Peanuts at the end of 1999. He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine's Day-and the day before his last strip was published, having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand ― an unmatched achievement in comics.