A Kiss on the None Turns Anger Aside

(Peanut Parade Book 8)
by
Charles M. Schulz

Holt Rinehart Winston, 1976, 186 pp.
ISBN: 0-03-018101-1

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Comic Strip / Humor
Reviewed: 3/26/2005

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Comic Strip

Peanuts comic strip

 

Synopsis

A Kiss on the Nose Turns Anger Aside written and drawn by Charles M. Schulz is a collection of Peanuts comic strips. This book includes cartoons from You Can't Win, Charlie Brown from the years 1960 - 1962 and You Can Do It, Charlie Brown from the years 1962 - 1963. All of the comic strips appear in black and white.

This collection contains the following storylines: The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for President, Linus' Glasses, The Baseball Scout, Rain, The Blanket Kite, Sally vs. Kindergarten, Sally and The Great Pumpkin, Blanket-Hating Grandma, and Baseball = Life.

On October 2, 1950, Peanuts debuted in seven newspapers and ran until January 3, 2000 when Charles M. Schulz bid a fond farewell to all his readers in the final daily Peanuts newspaper strip. On February 12, 2000, Charles Schulz died on a Saturday evening, of complications from colon cancer in Santa Rosa, CA. He was 77 years old. On February 13, 2000, the final Sunday Peanuts newspaper strip appeared. "Charles M. Schulz (b. 1922) is the most widely syndicated cartoonist in history, with his work appearing in over 2,300 newspapers. He has published more than 1,400 books, won Peabody and Emmy awards for his animated specials, and is responsible for the most-produced musical in the American theatre, entitled "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown". And all this diversity and recognition and continuous success began over 50 years ago." (Illustration House)

 

Review

I read a lot of Peanuts comics when I was growing up. I always made sure that I read the funnies in the paper and I also had a lot of the smaller paperback-size books. So, having read a lot about Charlie Brown and his gang, I was pleased to find that the comic strips in this book were all new for me.

To me, Charles M. Schulz was funniest in the 1950's and the 1960's. The characters were all still fresh and discovering new things.

A Kiss on the Nose Turns Anger Aside is another great collection by the man that revolutionized the comic strip industry. So, see if you can find a copy of this book (I found mine on eBay) and sit down for some fun reading.

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2005