Review: It's your turn, Snoopy : selected cartoons from Your̓e the guest of honor Charlie Brown, vol. 1

It's your turn, Snoopy : selected cartoons from Your̓e the guest of honor Charlie Brown, vol. 1 by Charles M. Schulz

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



It seems I ore often hear Schulz & Peanuts disaparaged then praised. And, with the publication of [b:Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography|195218|Schulz and Peanuts A Biography|David Michaelis|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348078577s/195218.jpg|188791], there is documentation to support artistic and personal disparagement. Still there is proof out there of innovation and success. Regardless of all that, I enjoyed breezing through this slim compendium in about 40 minutes and retrieving some grins I haven't had since my youth. All the faves are here: Linus, Marcie, Lucy, Pigpen (his blanket gets recalled!) and, of course, Charlie, Woodstock, and Snoopy. Many of these strips make for a series: Woodstock and Snoopy in a tiff over a New Year's Even gala, an ill-conceived "testimonial dinner" to Charlier from his baseball team members, along with the refrains of Lucy's adoration for Linus, Charlie's hyper insecurity and evidence that Snoopy was the first slacker.



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