The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968

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As we rush toward the end of Peanuts second decade Snoopy looms large Peppermint Patty ascends toward future stardom Lucy antagonizes everyone and Charlie Brown is... Charlie Brown. Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the World War I Flying Ace to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Pattys bafflement). Still Snoopy looms large so this volume (a particularly Snoopy-heavy one) sees him arm-wrestling Lucy as the "Masked Marvel" and then taking off for Petaluma for the national arm-wrestling championship; impersonating a vulture and a "Cheshire Beagle"; enjoying golf and hockey; attempting a jaunt to France for an ice-skating championship; running for office on the "Paw" ticket; being traded to Peppermint Pattys baseball team then un-traded and installed as team manager by a guilt-ridden Charlie Brown; as well as dealing with the return of his original owner Lila. If youre surprised by that last one imagine how Charlie Brown feels... Lila makes only a brief appearance (as does Jos Peterson a short-lived and short star member of Charlie Browns baseball team) but this volume sees the appearance of what would be Schulzs most controversial major character: Franklin. (Yes in 1968 the introduction of a black character caused a stir.) Peppermint Patty working toward her ascendancy as one of the major Peanuts players in the 1970s and 1980s also has several major turns including a storyline in which shes the tent monitor for three little girls (who call her "Sir" a joke Schulz would pick up later with Peppermint Pattys friend Marcie). Stories involving other characters include a sequence in which Linuss flippant comment to his Gramma that hell kick his blanket habit when she kicks her smoking habit backfires; Lucy bullies Linus pesters Schroeder and organizes a "crab-in"; plus Charlie Brown copes with Valentines Day depression the Little Red-Haired Girl the increasingly malevolent kite-eating tree and baseball losses. In other words: Vintage Peanuts! All this plus an introduction by beloved transgressive filmmaker John Waters and award-winning design by Seth. 730 black-and-white comic strips