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The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 4: 1957-1958

Jonathan Franzen

4.5/5 ( ratings)

As the 1950s close down, Peanuts definitively enters its golden age. Linus, who had just learned to speak in the previous volume, becomes downright eloquent and even begins to fend off Lucy's bullying; even so, his security neurosis becomes more pronounced, including a harrowing two-week "Lost Weekend" sequence of blanketlessness. Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom, with spectacularly lost kites, humiliating baseball losses ; at least his newly acquired "pencil pal" affords him some comfort. Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, and Patty are also around, as is an increasingly Beethoven-fixated Schroeder. But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. He's at the center of the most graphically dynamic and action-packed episodes . He even tentatively tries to sleep on the crest of his doghouse roof once or twice, with mixed results. And his imitations continue apace, including penguins, anteaters, sea monsters, vultures and Lucy. No wonder the beagle is the cover star of this volume.

Language: English

Pages: 325

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Release: October 17, 2005

ISBN: 1560976705

ISBN 13: 9781560976707

The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 4: 1957-1958

Jonathan Franzen

4.5/5 ( ratings)

As the 1950s close down, Peanuts definitively enters its golden age. Linus, who had just learned to speak in the previous volume, becomes downright eloquent and even begins to fend off Lucy's bullying; even so, his security neurosis becomes more pronounced, including a harrowing two-week "Lost Weekend" sequence of blanketlessness. Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom, with spectacularly lost kites, humiliating baseball losses ; at least his newly acquired "pencil pal" affords him some comfort. Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, and Patty are also around, as is an increasingly Beethoven-fixated Schroeder. But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. He's at the center of the most graphically dynamic and action-packed episodes . He even tentatively tries to sleep on the crest of his doghouse roof once or twice, with mixed results. And his imitations continue apace, including penguins, anteaters, sea monsters, vultures and Lucy. No wonder the beagle is the cover star of this volume.

Language: English

Pages: 325

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Release: October 17, 2005

ISBN: 1560976705

ISBN 13: 9781560976707

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