The Complete Peanuts

The Complete Peanuts is a series of books containing the entire run of Charles M. Schulz's long-running newspaper comic strip Peanuts, published by Fantagraphics Books. The series was published at a rate of two volumes per year, each containing two years of strips (except for the first volume, which includes 1950–1952). Slipcased sets of two volumes are also available. The series comprises a total of 26 volumes,[1] including a final volume that was a collection of Schulz strips, cartoons, stories, and illustrations that appeared outside of the daily newspaper strip. These hardcover books were first published between 2004 and 2016. Later, Fantagraphics also began publishing the series in a softcover format. A companion series titled Peanuts Every Sunday, collecting only the Sunday strips of the Peanuts series, was launched by Fantagraphics in 2013 and ran until late 2022.

The Complete Peanuts
The cover to the first volume
Publication information
PublisherFantagraphics Books
ScheduleBiannual
FormatHardcover, softcover
Publication date2004 – 2016
No. of issues26
Main character(s)Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown, Sally Brown, Franklin, Lucy van Pelt, Linus van Pelt, Peppermint Patty
Creative team
Created byCharles M. Schulz
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Artist(s)Charles M. Schulz
Editor(s)Gary Groth

Schulz began to discuss an anthology of his work with Fantagraphics in 1997. The idea of a complete compendium of all published Peanuts strips was long resisted by Schulz; he did not want some early strips reprinted, as he felt they were not as good as the ones he drew later in his career.[2] Approximately 2,000 of the 17,897 strips had never appeared in a previous U.S. collection.

The first book in the series was published in April 2004 and topped the New York Times Best Seller List.

Volumes

Besides Schulz's work, each book contains an introduction by an influential individual (often with a connection to Schulz), an index of themes and characters, additional art by designer Seth (all of which are directly based on a specific Peanuts panel), and a biography of Schulz written by series editor Gary Groth. In addition, the first volume contains an interview with Schulz conducted by Groth and an extended biography.[3] Sunday panels, which originally appeared in color, are presented in black and white in the series (a decision approved by Schulz's widow, Jean Schulz). The hardcover volumes measure 8.5 inches (220 mm) × 7 inches (180 mm) while the softcover volumes are 8.25 inches (210 mm) × 6.5 inches (170 mm).

All the characters on the covers (and their styles) match the time period each volume represents.

Volume 25, covering the years 1999 and 2000, also includes the complete run of Schulz's 1947–50 strip Li'l Folks. This precursor includes early versions of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. A 26th and final volume was announced in 2016 which includes hundreds of miscellaneous sketches, designs, short stories, and covers drawn by Schulz.

#TitleISBNRelease dateCover artSpine artIntroductionPage count
1The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 19521-56097-589-XMay 17, 2004Charlie BrownShermyGarrison Keillor346
2The Complete Peanuts: 1953 to 19541-56097-614-4October 17, 2004Lucy van PeltCharlotte BraunWalter Cronkite344
3The Complete Peanuts: 1955 to 19561-56097-647-0April 17, 2005Pig-PenPattyMatt Groening344
4The Complete Peanuts: 1957 to 19581-56097-670-5October 17, 2005SnoopyViolet GrayJonathan Franzen314
5The Complete Peanuts: 1959 to 19601-56097-671-3May 17, 2006PattySchroederWhoopi Goldberg (US edition)
Russell T Davies (UK edition)		344
6The Complete Peanuts: 1961 to 19621-56097-672-1November 17, 2006SchroederSnoopyDiana Krall344
7The Complete Peanuts: 1963 to 19641-56097-723-XMay 1, 2007Linus van PeltLucy van PeltBill Melendez344
8The Complete Peanuts: 1965 to 19661-56097-724-8August 29, 2007Charlie Brown555 95472Hal Hartley344
9The Complete Peanuts: 1967 to 19681-56097-826-0April 23, 2008Violet GrayLinus van PeltJohn Waters344
10The Complete Peanuts: 1969 to 19701-56097-827-9October 19, 2008Snoopy (as the World War I Flying Ace)Pig-PenMo Willems344
11The Complete Peanuts: 1971 to 19721-60699-145-0April 29, 2009Sally BrownThibaultKristin Chenoweth344
12The Complete Peanuts: 1973 to 19741-60699-286-4September 8, 2009Woodstock (with a larger shadow hanging over him)FriedaBillie Jean King344
13The Complete Peanuts: 1975 to 19761-60699-345-3April 20, 2010FriedaCharlie BrownRobert Smigel344
14The Complete Peanuts: 1977 to 19781-60699-375-5September 27, 2010Peppermint PattySally BrownAlec Baldwin344
15The Complete Peanuts: 1979 to 19801-60699-438-7April 11, 2011Charlie BrownJosé PetersonAl Roker344
16The Complete Peanuts: 1981 to 19821-60699-471-9August 29, 2011 Linus van PeltEudoraLynn Johnston344
17The Complete Peanuts: 1983 to 19841-60699-523-5April 3, 2012FranklinRoyLeonard Maltin344
18The Complete Peanuts: 1985 to 19861-60699-572-3September 19, 2012SpikeMarciePatton Oswalt344
19The Complete Peanuts: 1987 to 19881-60699-634-7April 6, 2013Lucy van PeltPeppermint PattyGarry Trudeau344
20The Complete Peanuts: 1989 to 19901-60699-680-0October 18, 2013Charlie BrownFranklinLemony Snicket344
21The Complete Peanuts: 1991 to 19921-60699-726-2June 8, 2014MarcieWoodstockTom Tomorrow344
22The Complete Peanuts: 1993 to 19941-60699-773-4October 28, 2014Peppermint PattyMolly VolleyJake Tapper344
23The Complete Peanuts: 1995 to 19961-60699-818-8July 4, 2015Snoopy (as the "World Famous Attorney")SpikeRiffTrax/MST3K348
24The Complete Peanuts: 1997 to 19981-60699-860-9November 9, 2015Rerun van PeltRoyanne HobbsPaul Feig314
25The Complete Peanuts: 1999 to 2000 Plus Li'l Folks1-60699-913-3May 10, 2016Sally BrownTrufflesBarack Obama332[4]
26The Complete Peanuts: Comics and Stories1-60699-957-5November 22, 2016Charlie BrownRerun van PeltJean Schulz344

Boxed sets

All of the volumes are also being released in boxed sets of two, housed in a specially designed slipcase.[5]

Title ISBN Release date Center character
The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 1954 1-56097-632-2 October 17, 2004 Charlie Brown (Volume 1 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1955 to 1958 1-56097-687-X October 17, 2005 Snoopy (Volume 4 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1959 to 1962 1-56097-774-4 November 17, 2006 Lucy van Pelt
The Complete Peanuts: 1963 to 1966 1-56097-868-6 August 29, 2007 Linus van Pelt (Volume 7 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1967 to 1970 1-56097-948-8 October 19, 2008 Snoopy (as the World War I Flying Ace) (Volume 10 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1971 to 1974 1-60699-287-2 September 8, 2009 Woodstock (Volume 12 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1975 to 1978 1-60699-376-3 September 27, 2010 Peppermint Patty (Volume 14 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1979 to 1982 1-60699-472-7 August 29, 2011 Schroeder
The Complete Peanuts: 1983 to 1986 1-60699-573-1 September 19, 2012 Spike (Volume 18 cover)
The Complete Peanuts: 1987 to 1990 1-60699-681-9 October 18, 2013 Sally Brown
The Complete Peanuts: 1991 to 1994 1-60699-774-2 October 28, 2014 Woodstock's bird friends
The Complete Peanuts: 1995 to 1998 1-60699-861-7 November 9, 2015 Lucy van Pelt
The Complete Peanuts: 1999 to 2000 and Comics and Stories 1-60699-958-3 November 22, 2016 Charlie Brown

Peanuts Every Sunday

Peanuts Every Sunday is a series featuring the Peanuts Sunday strips in full color. These books, unlike the Complete Peanuts series, were released one per year, in ten volumes covering half a decade each (except the first book, 1952–55). Slip-cased sets of two are also available.

Title ISBN Release date Character(s) in focus Introduction Pages
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952 to 1955 1-60699-692-4 December 2013 Charlie Brown Jonathan Rosenbaum 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1956 to 1960 1-60699-794-7 November 2014 Lucy van Pelt Chuck Klosterman 272
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1961 to 1965 1-60699-872-2 November 2015 Charlie Brown and Snoopy Lucy Sante 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1966 to 1970 1-60699-968-0 November 2016 Lucy van Pelt and Snoopy Max Apple 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1971 to 1975 1-68396-063-7 November 2017 Snoopy and Woodstock Alexander Theroux 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1976 to 1980 1-68396-141-2 December 2018 Pig-Pen and Peppermint Patty 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1981 to 1985 1-68396-252-4 October 2019 Charlie Brown's baseball team 288
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1986 to 1990 1-68396-373-3 September 2020 Snoopy and Woodstock 264
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1991 to 1995 1-68396-463-2 November 2021 Snoopy and Woodstock 264
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1996 to 2000 1-68396-663-5 November 2022 Snoopy and Woodstock 264

Box sets

Title ISBN Release date
Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1950s Gift Box Set 978-1-60699-873-1 2015-12-07
Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1960s Gift Box Set 978-1-60699-969-1 2016-11-17
Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1970s Gift Box Set 978-1-68396-142-0 2018-11-15
Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1980s Gift Box Set 978-1-68396-374-5 2020-09-22
Peanuts Every Sunday: The 1990s Gift Box Set 978-1-68396-664-7 2022-11-29

Both the complete series and the Sunday collections are being published in hardback and paperback form, with different covers and supplemental artwork.

Recognition

The Complete Peanuts have won several awards including:

Eisner Awards[6]

Harvey Awards[7]

  • 2005 – "Special Award for Excellence in Presentation"
  • 2005 – "Best Domestic Reprint Project"
  • 2007 – "Best Domestic Reprint Project"
  • 2008 – "Best Domestic Reprint Project"
  • 2009 – "Best Domestic Reprint Project"

International editions

All international editions retain the artwork, layout, and format of the original American version (though some of the German volumes feature the original introductions, such as those by Matt Groening and Whoopi Goldberg, while others feature new ones by Germans such as Robert Gernhardt). As of January 2017, the following have been printed:

  • Canongate Books started publication of a U.K. edition of the series in October 2007, with all of the volumes published; Volume 5 features a different introduction from the U.S. edition, by Russell T. Davies.[8]
  • Carlsen Comics began publication of a German edition of The Complete Peanuts in October 2006, under the title Peanuts Werkausgabe. All of the volumes have been released.[9]
  • The Portuguese release of Peanuts – Obra Completa by Edições Afrontamento published the first two volumes in 2006, with the sixth released in 2011. There is no schedule for the publication of the following volumes.
  • Dargaud started publishing The Complete Peanuts in France, under the title Snoopy – Intégrales, in November 2005;[10] later volumes were re-titled Snoopy et les Peanuts. As of 2013, 17 volumes have been published.
  • In Poland, Nasza Księgarnia began publishing the collected edition in 2008, under the title Fistaszki zebrane, with 21 volumes released so far and the last volume scheduled for a 2021 release.
  • In Spain, Planeta DeAgostini is the publisher of Snoopy y Carlitos, with 18 volumes published as of 2013.[11]
  • In Brazil, L&PM Editores started publication in November 2009, under the title Peanuts Completo.[12] Eight volumes have been released so far.
  • In Italy, Panini Comics started publication in April 2005, maintaining the original title The Complete Peanuts. All of the volumes have been released.
  • In China, Shaanxi Tourism Press Co. Ltd. first started a Chinese edition of The Complete Peanuts in October 2007. One volume (1950–1952) was published, and then the publication was stopped.[13] Then, 21 Century Publishing Group started another Chinese edition of The Complete Peanuts in September 2009. Ten volumes (1950–1970) were published before the publication was stopped. Beijing Huawen Tianxia Changqingteng Books Issuance Co. Ltd. started a third Chinese edition of The Complete Peanuts in November 2015. Seventeen volumes (1950–1984) have been published so far, and more are expected to be coming.
  • In Greece, Kathimerini started publishing Peanuts Every Sunday, in January 2022. The Greek publisher kept everything the American version has. The only difference is that they decided to divide every volume in half. So, until now, five volumes (1950–1975) have been published.[14][15]

References
  1. "You're High Art, Charlie Brown". The Washington Post article by Tom Beer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. McKinnon, Heather (2004-02-15). "Seattle's Fatagraphics Books will release 'The Complete Peanuts'". Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. "The Official Peanuts Website – News". The Official Peanuts Website Announcement. 20 July 2020.
  4. Gustines, George Gene. New York Times, March 6, 2016. "Obama Pays Tribute to Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the 'Peanuts' Gang".
  5. "About the Complete Peanuts Project". Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  6. "2000s". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2 December 2012.
  7. "Previous Winners". Harvey Awards. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. "Complete Peanuts on Canongate". www.canongate.tv.
  9. "Peanuts Werkausgabe" (in German). Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  10. "Snoopy – Intégrales – Editions Dargaud" (in French). Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  11. "Snoopy y Carlitos" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  12. "Charles M. Schulz" (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  13. "《史努比漫画全集（1950–1952）》([美]查尔斯·舒尔茨)【摘要 书评 试读】- 京东图书". item.jd.com.
  14. "Ο πρώτος τόμος του Σνούπυ και της παρέας του, την Κυριακή 9/1 με την «Καθημερινή»" (in Greek). 4 January 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  15. "Αποχαιρετάμε το Καλοκαίρι με Peanuts" (in Greek). 22 August 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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