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Loading... The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life (original 2019; edition 2020)by Andrew Blauner (Editor)
Work InformationThe Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life: A Library of America Special Publication by Andrew Blauner (Editor) (2019)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A Library of America Special Publication focused on the impact of the comic strip "Peanuts," which presents a number of essays, poems, & two comic strips. The impression for this book the critic receives is as if one is the Psychologist sitting in a chair having to listen to a sorry display of narcissism riddled characters living otherwise meaningless existence. The "Peanuts" comic strip is the Psychologist while many contributors to this book serve as the "patients." To be fair, there are a few essays that actually rise above this like Umberto Eco's essay. The poems leave much to be desired failing to come close to literary achievement. The attempt of the comic strips are somewhat amusing but still fall far short. The editor's choices of the writers is questionable as the reader finds oneself having to plow through what little tidbits which are far & few between. My preference is avoid this editor like the plague! no reviews | add a review
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"A one-of-a-kind celebration of America's greatest comic strip--and the life lessons it can teach us--from a stellar array of writers and artists. Over the span of fifty years, Charles M. Schulz created a comic strip that is one of the indisputable glories of American popular culture--hilarious, poignant, inimitable. Some twenty years after the last strip appeared, the characters Schulz brought to life in Peanuts continue to resonate with millions of fans, their beguiling four-panel adventures and television escapades offering lessons about happiness, friendship, disappointment, childhood, and life itself. In The Peanuts Papers, thirty-three writers and artists reflect on the deeper truths of Schulz's deceptively simple comic, its impact on their lives and art and on the broader culture. These enchanting, affecting, and often quite personal essays show just how much Peanuts means to its many admirers--and the ways it invites us to ponder, in the words of Sarah Boxer, "how to survive and still be a decent human being" in an often bewildering world. Featuring essays, memoirs, poems, and two original comic strips, here is the ultimate reader's companion for every Peanuts fan."--Publisher's website. No library descriptions found. |
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I liked the chapters drawn as comic strips and the ones that had more reminiscing than analyzing. The Jonathan Lethem poem made me want to set fire to my kindle.
I picked this up because I have fond memories about the strip and the specials, but a lot of the chapters were kind of a bummer. Written by some clearly very brainy people, but not what I was expecting. It took me a while to get through, but I’m glad I finally got to it. It does make me want to read more books about Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, or some of the old collections again. ( )