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''The Complete Peanuts'' is a series of books containing the entire run of Charles M. Schulz's long-running newspaper comic strip ''Peanuts''. A new book in the series is released every six months, each containing two years of strips (except for the first volume which includes 1950–1952, just under three months longer, though there were no Sunday strips in 1950–51). Slipcased sets of two volumes are also available. A total of 26 volumes〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=You're High Art, Charlie Brown )〕 will be printed by 2016, including a bonus book with sketches, interviews, and other extra material. Schulz began to discuss an anthology of his work with Fantagraphics Books in 1997. The idea of a complete compendium of all published ''Peanuts'' strips, considered the holy grail by fans, was long resisted by Schulz; he did not want some early strips reprinted as he felt they were not as good as the ones he drew later in his career. Indeed, some 2,000 of the 17,897 ''Peanuts'' strips had never been compiled into any previous U.S. collection. The first book in the series was published in April 2004 and quickly topped the ''New York Times Best Seller List''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Complete Peanuts 1959–1960 )〕 ==Volumes== Besides Schulz's work, each book contains an introduction by an influential individual (often with a connection to Schulz), an index of themes and characters, additional art by designer Seth (all of which is directly based on a specific ''Peanuts'' panel), and a biography of Schulz written by series editor Gary Groth. In addition, the first volume contains an interview with Schulz conducted by Groth and an extended biography.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Peanuts Website – News )〕 Sunday panels, which originally appeared in color, are presented in black and white in the series (a decision approved by Schulz's widow, Jean Schulz).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Complete Peanuts 1950–1952 )〕 All the characters on the covers (and their styles) match the time period each volume represents. The characters which appear on the cover more than once are Charlie Brown (four times), Snoopy (three), Lucy (twice), Linus (twice), Sally (twice) and Peppermint Patty (twice). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Complete Peanuts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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