Fantagraphics Releases ‘The Complete Peanuts’

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Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the most eagerly-awaited and
ambitious publishing project in the history of the American comic strip: the
complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz’s classic, PEANUTS. For the
first time, the series will be collected in its entirety and published,
beginning in April 2004. Fantagraphics will launch The Complete Peanuts in a
series designed by the cartoonist Seth (Palookaville, It’s A Good Life If You
Don’t Weaken
) and produced in full cooperation with United Media, Charles M.
Schulz Creative Associates, and Mr. Schulz’s widow, Jean
Schulz.

Fantagraphics Books co-publisher Gary Groth said that publishing
The Complete Peanuts represented the apex of the company’s 27-year
commitment to publishing the best cartooning in the world. “Peanuts is a
towering achievement in the history of comics,” said Groth. “I can’t think of a
better way to honor Schulz’s artistic legacy than to make his oeuvre available
to the public in a beautifully designed format that reflects the integrity of
the work itself.”

Groth first approached Charles Schulz in 1997 with the
proposition of publishing Peanuts in its entirety. After Schulz’s death
in January 2000, Groth continued discussing the project with Schulz’s widow,
Jean Schulz. “It’s safe to say that this project wouldn’t have happened if Jean
Schulz weren’t as enthusiastic and supportive as she’s been,” said Groth. Added
Jean Schulz: “This seemed like an impossible project, considering all the ‘lost’
strips, but Gary’s determination never flagged, and we are so happy with the
aesthetic sensibility of the Fantagraphics team.”

Each volume in the
series will run approximately 320 pages in a 8″ x 6 1/2″ hardcover format,
presenting two years of strips along with supplementary material. The series
will present the entire run in chronological order, dailies and Sundays. Since
the strip began in late 1950, the first volume will include all the strips from
1950, 1951, and 1952, but subsequent volumes will each comprise exactly two
years. Dailies will run three to a page, while Sunday strips will each take up a
full page and be printed in black-and-white, an aesthetic choice agreed upon by
the editors, the designer, and Mrs. Schulz.

This first volume, covering
the first two and a quarter years of the strip, will be of particular
fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been
literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from
the series’ first two or three years have never been collected before – in large
part because they showed a young Schulz working out the kinks in his new strip
and include some characterizations and designs that are quite different from the
cast we’re all familiar with. (Among other things, three major cast members –
Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus – initially show up as infants and only “grow” into
their final “mature” selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy!)
The Complete Peanuts offers a unique chance to see a master of the
artform refine his skills and solidify his universe, day by day, week by week,
month by month.

The official publication date is 2004.


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