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Many Faces of Snoopy
Snoopy is no ordinary beagle! Throughout the years, he has adopted many personas, each unique and full of personality. As Joe Cool, he's aloof, unflappable, above the fray, the hip dog we'd all like to be. As the World War I Flying Ace, he engages in aerial combat with the notorious Red Baron. Snoopy has adopted various guises, and pretended to be all sorts of different animals . . . and people. The Many Faces of Snoopy celebrates eight of Snoopy's most popular alter egos, along with quotes from Snoopy himself.
71 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2006
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Charles M. Schulz
3,183books1,586followersCharles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957�1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.�
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957�1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.�
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November 14, 2022
going through a real snoopy phase at the moment.
this DID include the many faces of snoopy and i did love each and every one of them.
that's all.
bottom line: snoopy!!!
this DID include the many faces of snoopy and i did love each and every one of them.
that's all.
bottom line: snoopy!!!
December 30, 2019
In 'The Many Faces of Snoopy', Snoopy's different personas (Joe Cool, the World War I flying ace, the world famous attorney, beagle scout and the world famous author) are divided into separate sections.
Snoopy's scintillating imagination, adventurousness and mischief made for a fast and enticing read. Whether he was the sunglasses-adorned cool dog or warring with the Red Baron / taking on court cases / embarking on a journey with his fellow scouts / attempting to write a bestseller, there was never a boring moment. I especially enjoyed his stories and how he amended them based on Lucy's advice. However, there were noticeable repeats of two or three strips.
Overall, 'The Many Faces of Snoopy' was delightfully entertaining, perfect for Peanuts and (especially) Snoopy enthusiasts.
Snoopy's scintillating imagination, adventurousness and mischief made for a fast and enticing read. Whether he was the sunglasses-adorned cool dog or warring with the Red Baron / taking on court cases / embarking on a journey with his fellow scouts / attempting to write a bestseller, there was never a boring moment. I especially enjoyed his stories and how he amended them based on Lucy's advice. However, there were noticeable repeats of two or three strips.
Overall, 'The Many Faces of Snoopy' was delightfully entertaining, perfect for Peanuts and (especially) Snoopy enthusiasts.
August 20, 2024
I mean, how could you even go wrong with this??
August 28, 2023
This was the CUTEST book that I showed to a small child!!!
December 28, 2023
This is so cute!
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November 8, 2024اسنوپی شاید مشهورترین سگ تمام ادبیات کودک باشد. تصویری که شاید حتی اسمش را ندانیم اما جایی آن را دیده باشیم. اسنوپی از دل ماجراهای «پیناتس» میآی� و سگ چارلی براون است. در کمیکها� اولیه هم نقش مهمی داشت اما خیلی کم دیالوگ داشت و وجهۀ انسانی کمی داشت اما از جایی به بعد بخشی از قصهه� را خود اسنوپی بیان میکن�. این کتاب به طور خاص روی اسنوپی تمرکز دارد و شخصیتها� مختلفی که دارد. این ویژگی کتاب را متمایز و جالب میکن� چون به شکل بانمکی هر کدام از شخصیتهای� که اسنوپی خلق میکن� ویژگی خودشان را دارند.
September 17, 2019
This collection made my love for comics even bigger. I always liked Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes, and I own collections of the books. I read this book in third grade whenever I had time, and I still love it.
June 30, 2020
Nice compendium of Peanuts comics focused on everyone's favorite beagle. Nice listing of a few of his most famous personas such as the WWI Fighter Ace and Joe Cool. The cover depicts more personas then the book actually has in it though, bringing the rating down to 3 stars.
November 30, 2017
What can I say, I'm biased when it comes to Snoopy. But this IS the best collection I've read so far :)
August 4, 2018
cute board book
December 6, 2018
So fun! This is great for Snoopy fans, I love the different Snoopy faces and facts about his personas they chose.
January 23, 2020
Best book about Snoopy ever!!
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July 25, 2011
"Sankarimme Ressu" (Otava, 2009) kerää yhteen joukon Charles M. Schulzin Tenavat-strippejä, joita kaikkia yhdistää sarjakuvan suosituimpien hahmojen joukkoon kuuluva beagle.
Sarjakuvan alkuperäinen nimi on suomenkielistä kuvaavampi, sillä albumin stripit on ryhmitelty Ressun eri sivupersoonien mukaan: edustettuna ovat niin linnuista koostuvan lippukunnan partionjohtaja, dysfunktionaalinen asianajaja, kustantajan hylkäyskirjeitä keräilevä kirjailija kuin länsirintaman yläpuolella Punaista Paronia jahtaava ensimmäisen maailmansodan lentäjäsankarikin. Vanhimpia strippejä ei ole mukaan otettu lainkaan: niissä kun Ressu on melko tavallinen koira-koira, ei fantasiamaailmassa seikkaileva puoli-inhimillinen otus.
Joukkoon mahtuu monia klassikkostrippejä, mutta viime kädessä albumi antaa Schulzin elämäntyöstä melko yksipuolisen kuvan. Ressu-stripit kun keskittyvät etupäässä hauskuttamiseen ja huumoriin, eivät niinkään mitalin toiseen, katkeransuloiseen puoleen. Tenavien ikimuistoisimmat, syvällisimmät ja koskettavimmat hetket onkin mielestäni koettu pikemminkin leijoja syövän puun juurella, Pienen Punatukkaisen tytön talon edessä, leikkipianon ääressä ja baseball-syöttökummulla kuin koirankopin katolla.
Sarjakuvan alkuperäinen nimi on suomenkielistä kuvaavampi, sillä albumin stripit on ryhmitelty Ressun eri sivupersoonien mukaan: edustettuna ovat niin linnuista koostuvan lippukunnan partionjohtaja, dysfunktionaalinen asianajaja, kustantajan hylkäyskirjeitä keräilevä kirjailija kuin länsirintaman yläpuolella Punaista Paronia jahtaava ensimmäisen maailmansodan lentäjäsankarikin. Vanhimpia strippejä ei ole mukaan otettu lainkaan: niissä kun Ressu on melko tavallinen koira-koira, ei fantasiamaailmassa seikkaileva puoli-inhimillinen otus.
Joukkoon mahtuu monia klassikkostrippejä, mutta viime kädessä albumi antaa Schulzin elämäntyöstä melko yksipuolisen kuvan. Ressu-stripit kun keskittyvät etupäässä hauskuttamiseen ja huumoriin, eivät niinkään mitalin toiseen, katkeransuloiseen puoleen. Tenavien ikimuistoisimmat, syvällisimmät ja koskettavimmat hetket onkin mielestäni koettu pikemminkin leijoja syövän puun juurella, Pienen Punatukkaisen tytön talon edessä, leikkipianon ääressä ja baseball-syöttökummulla kuin koirankopin katolla.
July 18, 2012
I loved the book. It is all cartoons about Snoopy. I especially liked the fancy "Snoopy Paper" that was thrown in here and their. Since the cartoons are black and white, the paper adds a touch of color to the book. I would recomend this book to any Snoopy fan!
July 27, 2011
Junebug loves any book about beagles- she wanted to give it a 5-star rating. I told her "Calvin and Hobbes" is 5-star, so she conceded to the 4-star rating. Even though he's a cat, Junebug does like Hobbes.
September 18, 2010
awsome and funny
February 13, 2011
I just love snoopy!
August 18, 2008
comics
January 2, 2016
Love love love
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