Author: Charles M. Schulz Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1524865990 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 448
Book Description
Includes all of the comics and bonus materials from Snoopy: Cowabunga! and Charlie Brown and Friends. Good grief! Charlie Brown’s baseball team has the worst record in history, he’s constantly tormented by a kite-eating tree, and his crush doesn’t even know he exists. Fortunately, he’s surrounded by some of the best friends around. In this special collection of Peanuts comics for kids, you’ll meet outspoken Lucy, philosophical Linus, musical genius Schroeder, and, of course, Charlie Brown’s wave-surfing, airplane-piloting, Beagle Scout–leading dog, Snoopy, who treats life as one big adventure. Join in the fun and find out why Peanuts is the most cherished comic strip of all time. The gang’s all here!
Author: Charles Solomon Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1452126208 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 629
Book Description
For “fan[s] of all things Charlie Brown animated . . . gives you insight as to what . . . Charles M. Schultz felt about these TV and film adaptations” (MTV News). For the first time, this deluxe visual history treats Peanuts fans to an in-depth look at the art and making of the beloved animated Peanuts specials. From 1965’s original classic A Charlie Brown Christmas through the 2011 release of Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, animation historian Charles Solomon goes behind the scenes of all forty-five films, exploring the process of bringing a much-loved comic strip to life. The book showcases the creative development through the years with gorgeous, never-before-seen concept art, and weaves a rich history based on dozens of interviews with former Peanuts directors, animators, voice talent, and layout artists, as well as current industry folk. Filling a void in animation publishing—there is no other history or art book of the Peanuts specials—this volume celebrates five decades of the artistry and humor of Charles M. Schultz and the artists who reimagined the comic for the screen. “This engaging art book features dozens of interesting interviews, but the real treasure is all the often-seen images and little-seen artifacts associated with the five decades of Emmy-winning Peanuts specials.” —The Washington Post “The beautiful, display-worthy book unfolds the history of the Peanuts TV specials and is filled with interviews with the creators of the ’toons; insider scoop on the productions; and fun, exclusive material like storyboards, Charles Schulz’s model sheets, scripts, original cels, and publicity materials.” —Yahoo! TV “A compelling journey through Schulz’s world.” —Sioux City Journal
Author: Blake Scott Ball Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190090480 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
Despite--or because of--its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang. In postwar America, there was no newspaper comic strip more recognizable than Charles Schulz's Peanuts. It was everywhere, not just in thousands of daily newspapers. For nearly fifty years, Peanuts was a mainstay of American popular culture in television, movies, and merchandising, from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to the White House to the breakfast table. Most people have come to associate Peanuts with the innocence of childhood, not the social and political turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. Some have even argued that Peanuts was so beloved because it was apolitical. The truth, as Blake Scott Ball shows, is that Peanuts was very political. Whether it was the battles over the Vietnam War, racial integration, feminism, or the future of a nuclear world, Peanuts was a daily conversation about very real hopes and fears and the political realities of the Cold War world. As thousands of fan letters, interviews, and behind-the-scenes documents reveal, Charles Schulz used his comic strip to project his ideas to a mass audience and comment on the rapidly changing politics of America. Charlie Brown's America covers all of these debates and much more in a historical journey through the tumultuous decades of the Cold War as seen through the eyes of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Simon Beecroft
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Charles Solomon
Author: Blake Scott Ball
Author: Charles M. Schulz
Author: Charles M. Schulz