The Complete Peanuts Volume 7: 1963-1964 [Hardcover]

These 1963–64 strips show Schulz continuing to mine high-grade humor and charm from his small cast and such concerns as Charlie Brown's inabilities to fly kites and procure Valentines, Linus' dependence on his security blanket, and Snoopy's obsession with the contents of his supper dish. Occasionally, something anomalous happens, such as a new kid in the neighborhood; named "5," he didn't stay long. Within a year, the Peanuts' fame would skyrocket with the debut of A Charlie Brown Christmas; animator Bill Melendez sketches the behind-the-scenes story of the show in this volume's introduction. Flagg, Gordon
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"Consider The Complete Peanuts as a revelation ... I felt the looming presence of the author emanating so powerfully from these pages." -- Globe and Mail Book Review

"One can scarcely overstate the importance of Peanuts to the comics, or overstate its influence on all of us who have followed." -- Bill Watterson

"My name is 555 95472 but everyone calls me 5 for short ... I have two sisters named 3 and 4." With those words, Charles Schulz introduced one (in fact, three) of the quirkiest characters to the Peanuts universe, the numerically monikered 95472 siblings. They didn't stay around very long but offered some choice bits of satirical nonsense while they did.

As it happens, this volume in the multi Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series is particularly rich in never-before-reprinted strips: Over 150 (more than one fifth of the book!) have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors.

Charles M. Schulz's (1922-2000) work lives on at Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California, where his widow Jean is president.