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The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 16: 1981-1982 (2011)

by Charles M. Schulz(Favorite Author)

4.38 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1606994719 (ISBN13: 9781606994719)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Fantagraphics Books

series

Complete Peanuts

review 1: Lynn Johnston is the creator of For Better or Worse, the family strip featuring the Pattersons. She has a lot of great stuff about writing and drawing a daily strip. She was also a good friend of Schulz, so there are some great stories and anecdotes to share.As for the strip Snoopy, caught behind enemy lines eats one of Sally's book reports,she brings him in to class instead. Linus continues his denial of being "the sweet baboo" and finds he has to deny being "the cutest of the cute" too. Peppermint Patty gets hit in the head by a Charlie Brown pitch and when she comes to, she finds CB gave up a 50 run lead in the 9th inning with 2 out. She tries to find CB for an explanation and maybe retribution,but is being avoided. For Snoopy snowfishing is a thing, and then he tries t... moreo get the Olympics to recognize Downhill Superdish Racing, denied. The gang discovers bowling, Linus doesnt participate because he is staking out a pumpkin patch. CB rolls a wild ball thru the patch and Linus believes it was The Great Pumpkin flying by. Sally and Charlie Brown sell Christmas wreaths without much success until Sally puts them on Snoopy's nose. Snoopy discovers a new brother in this volume too, Marbles.This a great collection I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan,casual or fanatical. I have four more to read of what is already published. Five more to be published before the whole series is complete.
review 2: In the run of the strip so far, Peanuts is always Peanuts - meaning that there's a certain sameness to it through the years, for good or bad, and the quality never falls below a certain level. Still, this particular two year run has been my least favorite of the strip up to this point. Schulz has a tendency to really harp on the same joke, and in this particular period of time, Peppermint Patty's failings as a student get pretty heavy play, a little too much for my liking. Though it definitely makes her a genuine part of the Peanuts cast, her dexterity at sports had to be balanced with something, and complete incompetence in school would be the obvious choice.For Pigpen watchers, he makes once appearance during this spell, heralded by Violet's telling him that she hasn't seen him for quite a while - a bit of fun on Schulz's part since Violet herself had to be summoned from comics limbo to deliver her line.Anyway, here's hoping Schulz can rebound in the next volume from what seemed to me to be a bit of a lull. less

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