![]() But no Peanuts history is really complete without a discussion of this major holiday as featured in the strip and on TV.Īnd, while I’m at it, let me note that there’s never been a comprehensive collection of Peanuts Christmas strips, and there should be. ![]() Perhaps the author thought “A Charlie Brown Christmas” had been written about enough, and it’s true that there’s a book about it, as well as at least a couple books featuring Christmas strips. Any fan of Peanuts knows that Christmas was the basis of a seasonal plot line almost every year, as well as being the subject of the first, best, and most famous of the Peanuts TV specials. Why did I give this otherwise excellent book only four stars? Because Christmas - either as a theme in the strip or in the form of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” - is almost entirely neglected in this book, except for a few passing references. Even The School Building is featured as a character. Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Snoopy are there, of course, as are the well-known Great Pumpkin and the Little Red-haired Girl, but so is Charlotte Braun, who came and went in a short time during the 50s. ![]() It features original artwork, finished strips, and memorabilia among the illustrations, and provides one- or two-page spread on all of the major characters, many of the minor characters, and some of the themes that recur in the strip. The Peanuts Book is a well-researched and extensively illustrated history of the greatest comic strip. ![]()
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