Canongate Books The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958

"""One can scarcely overstate the importance of Peanuts to the comics, or overstate its influence on all of us who have followed."" -Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) ""The understated clarity of Peanuts influenced virtually every comic strip that's appeared in recent decades . . . TheComplete Peanuts reveals how one of the masters of the comic strip developed."" -Los Angeles Times Book Review ""These [early volumes] reaffirm that Schulz's work deserves the attention . . . the appeal of Schulz's minimalist penmanship is startling. And the existential quality that would make it famous is already in place."" -Saturday Night ""Undeniably crackling . . . the illustrations are a marvel of simplicity and the insights are haunting."" -Publishers Weekly ""The Complete Peanuts is a beautiful object, lovingly designed."" -Montreal Gazette ""Hats off to Fantagraphics for this ambitious, worthwhile tribute to the talent and imagination of one of the greatest artists of our time."" -Animation Magazine " ...