The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 (Charles M Schulz)

We have the whole set so far. every fall they come out with a new box set. and every year at Christmas my husband looks for his books. He is a huge Peanuts fan and loves the older cartoons. there is even an older one where an adult actually talks!

I am so glad to have this book. So many things happen in this book and I will tell you them all. First, Peppermint Patty becomes a main character and she falls asleep in class for the first time. Woodstock goes to worm school. Peppermint Patty thinks Charlie Brown is in love with him so she sends him a letter but he things it's from the Little Red-Haired girl. Snoopy gets interested in the Bunny-wunnies books and Snoopy falls in love with the author Helen Sweetstory until he finds out that she has 24 pet cats. Sally goes to an art museum and her favorite part was the girls got to wear slacks. Peppermint Patty and Charlie Brown go to a carnival. Woodstock falls in love with a worm. Peppermint Patty meets Marcie at camp for the first time and she calls her sir. Lucy and Schroeder break up but then get back together. Charlie Brown and Snoopy go over to see Peppermint Patty and new girl Marcie to play a game of Ha Ha Herman. Behind Charlie Browns back Peppermint Patty says that Charlie Bro... Read more

I wouldn't go so far as to accuse Fantagraphics of misrepresentation, but... the heavy "Sally focus" promised on this volume's dust jacket (and teased by the preliminary interview with actress Kristin Chenoweth, who played Sally in the late-90s revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) can only be considered a minor theme in this latest collection. Sure, Sally is now a fully-paid-up cast member complete with enough hangups and neuroses to keep a platoon of shrinks occupied for weeks, but there are far deeper doings afoot than her struggles in school. Heck, she isn't even "Sweet Babboo"-ing Linus just yet. No, it's Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty who provide this volume's most memorable and poignant moments. Schulz may have made conscious efforts to be more "relevant" during this riotously incoherent cultural era, but the rock-solid virtues that had built PEANUTS' massive audience are still very much in evidence, above all Schulz' gift for characterization. Peppermint Patty and... Read more

There's not much more to add to the previous ten reviews I've written about this wonderful series. Gradually, we are approaching having the entire collection of Peanuts comic strips collected in 25 volumes. What is special about this volume? For me, it's the many appearances of "Joe Cool." Plus, Rerun Van Pelt is born, though we have yet to see him. That will have to wait for a future volume. I'm looking forward to it!

This book features the debut of Marcie who'd become Peppermint Patty's buddy and Joe Cool, one of Snoopy's alter egos. Of course, Snoopy carries on with his World War I Flying Ace persona and his vulture imitations (but almost gets clobbered when Lucy hears about the vulture on her snowman). Sally makes the cover and looks as if she's panicking since summer is almost over- "Holler in the streets!" Back to Marcie- she was a shy but sincere girl with glasses, who has a crush on Charlie Brown (whom she also calls "Chuck"). She's a little more honest about it then Peppermint Patty (who tactlessly denies it, unknowing that Charlie Brown has heard all). This was a gag used in the TV special There's No Time For Love, Charlie Brown. Snoopy steals Linus' blanket but when he threatens to toss the beagle's supper dish, he quickly returns it ("I never dreamed he'd fight dirty!" he ponders). Lucy threatens to run away to join a skating rink, albeit with ice skates as Linus quickly points out... Read more