Peanuts « The Comics Journal

The latest addition to the ever-growing comics criticism library at the University Press of Mississippi (one of my publishers) is My Life with Charlie Brown, a collection of the major prose writings of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, edited and with an introduction by M. Thomas Inge, a popular-culture scholar (and a friend of mine) and author or editor of more than 60 tomes on such esoteric subjects as author William Faulkner and African-American cartoonist Oliver Harrington, as well as comics generally.

The Bitter and the Sweet: The Complete Peanuts: 1975-1976

Posted by Rob Clough on April 28th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

Clough reviews the 13th volume in Charles Schulz’ The Complete Peanuts series, covering 1975 and 1976.

Charles Burns, Chip Kidd, Seth and Chris Ware Panel (Part Three of Three)

Posted by Jeet Heer on April 2nd, 2010 at 12:01 AM

The third part (of three) of a never-before-published panel, moderated by Jeet Heer, that occurred October 29, 2005 at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, Canada.

Charles Burns, Chip Kidd, Seth and Chris Ware Panel (Part Two of Three)

Posted by Jeet Heer on April 1st, 2010 at 12:01 AM

The second part (of three) of a never-before-published panel in which Seth and Chip Kidd discuss their respective thought processes for designing Peanuts, Heer puts Chris Ware on the psychiatrist’s couch, and Charles Burns reveals the best 16 oz. cheap beer to buy (if it were 1973).