Charlie Brown's America
Charlie Brown's America

Author: Blake Scott Ball

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0190090480

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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.

What's the Big Idea, Charlie Brown?
What's the Big Idea, Charlie Brown?

Author: Charles M. Schulz

Publisher: Regnery Publishing

Published: 2014-09-29

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1621572579

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Schulz's beloved Peanuts gang is back in a brand-new series. In this title, Snoopy and the rest learn about America's great inventors, introducing a few lesser known inventors who don't often make it into the history books. Full color.

Why, Charlie Brown, Why?
Why, Charlie Brown, Why?

Author: Charles M. Schulz

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780345455314

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Back in print for the first time in many years, this classic tells the story of how the Peanuts( gang faces the illness of Jenny, a good friend who's stricken with leukemia, with the sensitivity, caring, and warmth that is the trademark of Schulz's work. Illustrations.

Charlie Brown and Friends
Charlie Brown and Friends

Author: Charles M. Schulz

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1449451772

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Charles Schulz's Peanuts is one of the most timeless and beloved comic strips ever. In this second book of the series, the gang's all here and getting into classic Peanuts hijinks. Whether it's the dynamic duo of Snoopy and Woodstock, or the never-ending crush that Peppermint Patty has on Charlie Brown, the gang's interactions are the heart of strip and will resonate with kids for years to come.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas

Author: Charles M. Schulz

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2005-09-27

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 006076659X

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Since its first airing, it's always a memorable night when "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is on TV. After forty years, the animated special is still a favorite. This lushly illustrated tribute to the beloved television classic has many unique features, including: Original animation art A look at the behind -- the -- scenes making of the cartoon Vince Guaraldi's original score and publication notes Interviews with the original child actors who were the voices of the Peanuts gang An introduction by the show's executive producer, Lee Mendelson And much more! A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition is a delightful and fitting salute to the holiday special that never fails to deepen your love of Christmas, touch your heart, and give you hope.

The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life
The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life

Author: Andrew Blauner

Publisher: Library of America

Published: 2019-10-22

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1598536176

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A one-of-a-kind celebration of America's greatest comic strip--and the life lessons it can teach us--from a stellar array of writers and artists Over the span of fifty years, Charles M. Schulz created a comic strip that is one of the indisputable glories of American popular culture—hilarious, poignant, inimitable. Some twenty years after the last strip appeared, the characters Schulz brought to life in Peanuts continue to resonate with millions of fans, their beguiling four-panel adventures and television escapades offering lessons about happiness, friendship, disappointment, childhood, and life itself. In The Peanuts Papers, thirty-three writers and artists reflect on the deeper truths of Schulz’s deceptively simple comic, its impact on their lives and art and on the broader culture. These enchanting, affecting, and often quite personal essays show just how much Peanuts means to its many admirers—and the ways it invites us to ponder, in the words of Sarah Boxer, “how to survive and still be a decent human being” in an often bewildering world. Featuring essays, memoirs, poems, and two original comic strips, here is the ultimate reader’s companion for every Peanuts fan. Featuring: Jill Bialosky Lisa Birnbach Sarah Boxer Jennifer Finney Boylan Ivan Brunetti Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell Rich Cohen Gerald Early Umberto Eco Jonathan Franzen Ira Glass Adam Gopnik David Hajdu Bruce Handy David Kamp Maxine Hong Kingston Chuck Klosterman Peter D. Kramer Jonathan Lethem Rick Moody Ann Patchett Kevin Powell Joe Queenan Nicole Rudick George Saunders Elissa Schappell Seth Janice Shapiro Mona Simpson Leslie Stein Clifford Thompson David L. Ulin Chris Ware