The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956 (Book 3)

Forgotten just how good Peanuts was. Had a few books as a kid and loved it. Now I’m grown up (well, old) I can afford to buy ALL the books and that’s what I’m doing. Amazing to see how the characters started out and how they developed within a few years into their unique and well-known personalities. The format of the books is very good - 2 years per volume, great design and reproduction.

Third volume in the series of hardback books which collect the classic cartoon strip Peanuts. Featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy et al.This follows the usual format of these. In that it has two whole years worth of the cartoons in them. In this case Peanuts from 1955 and 1956. There are six daily strips in a row, then a full page sunday one.There is an introduction from a famous person - in this case Simpsons creator Matt Groening - then the strips, dated at the foot of the page by year and month. Then an overview of the work of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz in two pages. The same one of these is in every volume. Followed by an index.Over the course of the two years worth of Peanuts in here, there's an interesting evolution on show. There are no new cast members, although the recently introduced character Charlotte Braun makes a handful of appearances then is never seen again. Linus can now walk and talk. And gradually, familiar Peanuts things such as Lucy pulling the football away, and Snoopy getting up to all sorts, come in. The art evolves as well, and they stop looking quite so young as they did in earlier volumes. When you have finished this one, go back to the start and you will be startled by how much the drawing of Snoopy comes along over the course of these two years.As with volume two, Lucy and Linus tend to get more and more to do, and Shermy rather gets squeezed out. Since he doesn't really have any comic characteristics, he only pops up occasionally as a straightman to Charlie Brown.Also as with other volumes, you see the birth of Peanuts series - strips that carried a storyline along - as some jokes run for a few days.Another great volume in a series that does these strips justice. And another well worth five stars.

Its Peanuts, you know Charlie Brown and the gang, what is there not to like, if you know who Charlie brown is then good on you, you know how much enjoyment there is in reading peanuts and if you don't know who we are talking about, what have you done with your life, live under a rock!! come on read Peanuts and have a smile on your face.

The book is in new condition and I'm more than happy. The shipment time was reasonable.

all my peanuts and book depository are 5stars+...

book deliveried in good condition, as new, at an unbelievable price.

Another peanuts anthology. Excellent quality, as you would expect had you aready purchased any of the others in the series.

I bought this for my Dad for his birthday, as he loves Peanuts but doesn't have many of the early ones. Most nights he sits laughing at it!