THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1963-1964

In The Complete Peanuts 1963 64 this volume is particularly rich in never before reprinted strips Over 150 more than one fifth of the book have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors These lost strips include Linus making a near successful run for class president that is ultimately derailed by his religious beliefs two words great and pumpkin and Snoopy getting involved with a group of politically fanatical birds One wonders Was it the political edge in these stories that got them consigned to oblivion for so long Also worthy of note is an extended never reprinted sequence in which Snoopy gets ill and heads to the veterinarian hospital Also in this volume Lucy s attempts at improving her friends branches out from her increasingly well visited nickel psychiatry booth to an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown s faults it s so long there s an intermission Also Snoopy s doghouse begins its conceptual expansion as Schulz reveals that the dog owns a Van Gogh and that the ceiling is so huge that Linus can paint a vast and as it turns out unappreciated history of civilisation mural on it