Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
In what may be an expression of nostalgia, we carry a lot of the genius of newspaper-published graphic literature, a Golden Age that lasted from the 1930s to the departure of Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. The two comic book behemoths, Marvel and DC, are included here. We don’t cover the “universes” of each company. Occasionally, however, they publish some strikingly original or quirky work that suits our inventory. On this page we feature all our adult graphic literature (some of which, of course, is perfectly appropriate for children); our Young Adult graphic literature has its own page under that name.
Content note: I have moved all of Neil Gaiman’s work (Sandman and others) to his page here.
The Complete Peanuts 1991-1992: Volume 21 of the Paperback Edition
The Complete Peanuts 1991-1992: Volume 21 of the Paperback Edition
In this volume of The Complete Peanuts, Schulz’s world-famous newspaper comic strip enters its final decade.
In our latest paperback volume of The Complete Peanuts, love takes many shapes and shades. Charlie Brown’s infatuation with the Little Red-Haired Girl is rekindled; Linus fails to impress Lydia; Sally hoorays for Hollywood; Marcie pines for the World War I Flying Ace, who becomes lost in his cups (of root beer); Peppermint Patty and Marcie battle for Charlie Brown’s affection; and Snoopy is absolutely obsessed… with cookies. Throughout, Schulz makes Peanut’s balancing act of heartbreak and wry humor feel effortless — in these his strips of the ’90s, his cartooning has never looked more confident, and his sense of humor is unrestrained.
The Complete Peanuts is the publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz’s classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus material such as celebrity introductions, interviews, and a brief biography of Schulz himself.