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Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts

Contributors:

Chip Kidd (Author)

Geoff Spear (Photographer)

Jeff Kinney (Introduction by)

Contributors: Chip Kidd (Author) ; Geoff Spear (Photographer) ; Jeff Kinney (Introduction by)

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BISAC categories: Comics & Graphic Novels -> Humorous

BISAC categories: Comics & Graphic Novels -> Anthologies

BISAC categories: Art -> Techniques -> Cartooning

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The Eisner Award-nominated tribute to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz

​Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot from the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, Only What's Necessary also features exclusive, rare, and unpublished original art and developmental work--much of which has never been seen before.

Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what's necessary. For 50 years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world.

In all, 17,897 strips were published, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being," according to Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University.

For Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California.
ISBN-10: 1419783335
ISBN-13: 9781419783333
Author: Kidd, Chip, Geoff Spear, Kinney, Jeff
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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ISBN-13: 9781419783333

ISBN-10: 1419783335

Publish Date: April 22, 2025

On Sale Date: January 1, 0001

Language: English

Pages: 304

Dimensions: 8.56 × 11.27 × 1.08 in

Weight: 3.2 lbs

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