The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972: Vol. 11 Hardcover Edition

by Charles M. Schulz

Peanuts surges into the 1970s with Schulz at the peak of his powers and influence: a few jokes about Bob Dylan, Women's Liberation and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" (!) aside, these two years are as timeless as Peanuts ever was.

Sally Brown--school phobia, malapropisms, unrequited love for Linus and all--elbows her way to center stage, at least among the humans, and is thus the logical choice for cover girl... and in her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606991450
• ISBN13: 9781606991459
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Peanuts...The Classics continue

Another year of Peanuts has arrived, and with it, several hours of great joy. How else can you read a full year of frustrations, celebrations, Red Baron adventures, and blanket seizures than with the esteemed world of Schultz. With every season from New Years to Christmas, he intermingles wisdom with humor, joy with sadness, and laugher, with pain. Inbetween, he even inserts some of his own life, as with the Gordie Howe/Snoopy strip seen below. Today, we could add any `star' to the list, yet for a 38 year old comic, it is timeless. I am highly impressed with the quality of the book, strip reproduction, and intelligent forewords for any of these books. To say that I have disliked any Peanuts annual would be a lie, and if Charlie Brown can't lie, neither can i. Tim Lasiuta

must have classic

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!

Charlie Brown and Peppermint Patty: the unlikeliest couple!

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 her cast of friends -- Roy, Franklin, and, starting in the summer of 1971, Marcie -- are now established as regular players, albeit in a neighborhood that seems to be somewhat removed from the "classic" PEANUTS neighborhood. (Whenever Patty wants to get together with Charlie & co. for some reason, she still either has to meet him at camp or call him on the phone.) As pages flick by, however, Patty and Charlie begin to appear together more and more often, and their relationship begins to turn into something very unique and touching, reflecting the growing complexity in Patty's personality. Patty veers between exasperation at Charlie's inevitable gaffes, inadvertent disparagement (as during the classic game of "Ha Ha Herman!"), intrigue at the possibilities inherent in his presence ("you touched my hand, you sly dog!"), and, most painful of all, realization that she carries certain burdens that, while they are not as heavy as Charlie's, make the two of them kindred spirits of sorts. When Charlie tactlessly mentions the Little Red-Haired Girl during a trip to a carnival (a sequence that, while I don't believe it was ever reprinted in book form, did appear as part of the movie Snoopy Come Home), Patty stalks off in disgust. During a later trip to camp, though, Patty actually sees Charlie's would-be girlfriend and is overcome by sudden self-loathing. The long series of "treeside conversations" between Patty and Charlie commences, with each struggling to communicate deep feelings with decidedly mixed success. It is during this period, too, that Patty begins to clash with authority figures, including a run-in with the school administration over the dress code. The carefree, swaggering Patty of the late 60s is no more. Welcome to the psychological jungle, kid. Speaking of well-developed characters, Snoopy continues to score plenty of memorable moments, though "Joe Cool" -- this era's attempt to hatch lightning from the same bottle from which Schulz had earlier decanted "T

What More Can I Say?

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!

"Sir, I think you also have a crush on Chuck"

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. Linus tries giving up his blanket with some "help" from Snoopy (the beagle uses the blanket to make 2 sportcoats- one for him and one for Woodstock). Charlie Brown tries to intervene but his help also isn't appreciated (Lucy gives some very true advice- "More harm has been caused by people who thought they were doing the right thing!"). Lucy tries "breaking up" with Schroeder and Schroeder keeps reminding her they never got together in the 1st place! He also promises her a kiss if she hits a home run (thinking the odds of her scoring a point are against it!). This was used in the TV special It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown. Cartoons appeared in You've Come A Long Way Charlie Brown, Ha Ha Herman Charlie Brown and Thompson Is In Trouble Charlie Brown.