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A Smile Makes a Lousy
Umbrella is a collection of Peanuts comic strips written and drawn
by Charles M. Schulz. This book includes cartoons from the years 1967
and 1968. These comic strips originally appeared in the smaller paperback
books You're Something Else, Charlie Brown and You're You, Charlie
Brown. All of the comic strips appear in black and white.
This
collection contains the following story arcs: The Cheshire Dog, Jose
Peterson, Charlie Brown and Snoopy Go to Camp, Lying in a Dark Room,
Snoopy the Vulture, Grandma Stops Smoking - Linus Gives Up Blanket,
Linus and Snoop Await the Great Pumpkin, Trading Snoopy for Five of
Peppermint Patty's Players, A "Crab-In," Snoopy Playing Golf at The
Masters, Snoopy the Team Manager, and Peppermint Patty the Tent Monitor
at Camp.
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)
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