Calvin and Hobbes Creator Reviews New Charles Schulz Bio
The Grief That Made 'Peanuts' Good
October 12, 2007; Page W5
SCHULZ AND PEANUTS: A BIOGRAPHY
By David Michaelis
(Harper, 655 pages, $34.95)
The comic strip "Peanuts" was more than a decade old when I started reading it as a kid in the mid-1960s. At that time, "Peanuts" was becoming a force of pop culture, with best-selling books and a newly burgeoning merchandising empire of plastic dolls, sweatshirts, calendars and television specials. The overwhelming commercial success of the strip often overshadows its artistic triumph, but throughout its 50-year run, Charles Schulz wrote and drew every panel himself, making his comic strip an extremely personal record of his thoughts. It was a model of artistic depth and integrity that left a deep impression on me. While growing up, I collected the annual "Peanuts" books and used them as a personal cartooning course, copying the drawings with the idea of someday becoming the next Charles Schulz.
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Labels: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, Charles Schulz, review
posted by Rick Klaw at
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7 Comments:
Hm--I bought this just the other day and am really looking forward to reading it.
Funny... you didn't say the same about Comics Gone Ape!
True, but then again you haven't savaged the Peanuts book in print.
Paul, there was a very good interview with David Michaelis on NPR this morning. It should be availabe on their website sometime this afternoon.
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