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A review by mschlat
The Complete Peanuts 1950-2000 Comics & Stories by Charles M. Schulz
4.0
A quick note: the Goodreads entry for this volume says it collects "all" of the rare Peanuts material in non-strip form. As the introduction to the book states, it doesn't; there's simply too much stuff. But there's some nice comic book stories, reprints of Peanuts books (that often reused plots of strips but with new art), and cartoons published outside of the regular strip.
Nothing here is necessary for the casual Peanuts reader, but I appreciated three things in particular. First, there's a collection of all the stories written by Snoopy that nicely highlights the most goofy side of Schulz's sense of humor. Second, the collection of golf and tennis cartoons published outside the strip (but with Peanuts characters) is wonderful. Third, there's an essay by [a:Seth|5120|Seth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1199494766p2/5120.jpg] (who designed the look of the books in this series) with a cartoon by [a:Joe Matt|350842|Joe Matt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1199497241p2/350842.jpg] that is almost worth the price of admission by itself.
Nothing here is necessary for the casual Peanuts reader, but I appreciated three things in particular. First, there's a collection of all the stories written by Snoopy that nicely highlights the most goofy side of Schulz's sense of humor. Second, the collection of golf and tennis cartoons published outside the strip (but with Peanuts characters) is wonderful. Third, there's an essay by [a:Seth|5120|Seth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1199494766p2/5120.jpg] (who designed the look of the books in this series) with a cartoon by [a:Joe Matt|350842|Joe Matt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1199497241p2/350842.jpg] that is almost worth the price of admission by itself.