Charles M SchulzThe Complete Peanuts: 1999-2000 and Comics & Stories Gift Box Set (COMPLETE PEANUTS BOX SET)

This series is so wonderful and such a great way to read all of the peanuts books in order. You can experience the character development as well as an evolution of the artist’s style.The box sets are really the way to go and I wish all years will be back in print soon.

I had mixed feelings about the arrival of this book on my doorstep. I was rapt as ever to have more Peanuts to read but I knew it was the end of an era of annually getting one of these amazing two volume four year sets. I feel that Peanuts went through a resurgence in the late 80's and 90's as it was sometimes not as sharp and observational in the late 70's and early 80's. That's what I feel anyway. The quality of these strips is very high though they are not as acidic and cruelly funny as they could be in the late 50's and 60's heyday. Less ranting from Lucy who is not as strident particularly and she accepts jibes at her baseball shortcomings. Charlie is not complaining that his stomach hurts or about depression and he is no longer so hapless. Snoopy is used in numerous ways from being quite dog like laying on Charlies lap running on all fours etc to being a Revolutionary war soldier, a Fighter pilot, a french legionairre etc ... He seemed to be used in a more flexible way in this era and Re-Run is a very prominent character and his longing for a dog can be added to the unrequited desires of the strip. The strips often have a bittersweet tone and surrealistic or visual gags like Snoopy rounding up Schroeder's music notes and Spike (who I love) is often in wistful scenes with his cactus or walking a tumbleweed like a pet dog.The quality of the drawing is first class and though I love the drawing in all eras of Peanuts there is a particularly fluent use of line and the strips are a fraction busier than in its earliest days. One of the last strips is classic Schulz with Charlie Brown confessing that he wouldn't know what to do if he ever received a longed for love letter. The main volume is completed by a set of Li'l Folks cartoons from before Peanuts and these are good rather than great but they did set the scene and helped develop the themes Schulz used so brilliantly in Peanuts. There is an accompanying volume full of interesting material including Schulz's strips for the comic he was assisted with. These long form stories are terrific. there are also ads for Ford Kodak and a bread company and all this material is good too. Overall an outstanding finale to the incredible complete publishing of the greatest comic strip that has ever existed.Oh well I think I will start the series over again.

I have been a fan of Charles Schulz and the peanuts gang since about the age of 8 or so I’m 81 now and still love reading the strip in the papers. When I came across this, I had to have it. It’s a must read for any peanuts lover. L

Like many reading this, I have been a lifelong fan of Peanuts. I've been collecting the Complete Peanuts series since it first came out in 2004, and I am so happy to see the series complete. I received this in the early afternoon, and just completed both volumes. The last year of the strip - when 'binge read' like this held up quite well. I was surprised to see a couple of elements recalled 'just one last time' - as if Schulz knew he was nearing the end of the strip's run. The books are consistent in their design and quality through the years, the final afterword by Schulz's second wife was both touching and illuminating, and the series ended with that slight melancholy and wistfulness that characterized the strip itself. I couldn't recommend the series and higher - even though I really dislike the layout of the included "Li'l Folks" - which is presented sideways on the page. Happily, five stars.

I've been waiting for this set for over ten years, since I discovered the series. Reading those last strips is a sad reminder that Sparky is gone, but having The Complete Peanuts at my fingertips allows me to bring him back over and over again. I grew up devouring every Charlie Brown book I could get my hands on. My best friend and I would sit on his front porch for hours, taking turns reading the strips out loud and cracking up--even at the ones we didn't get. It wasn't just Schulz's writing, but the way he could convey feelings with the simple expressions on the gang's faces. Peanuts helped me survive growing up poor, and owning these books makes me feel richer than I ever dreamed I would be. If you don't have these books, get them--all of them! This is one collection I will keep and use until I die. Then, my grandkids can have them. Hopefully, they'll pass them on.

As a very long fan of the Peanuts strip, this a great book. The 1999-2000 contains Charles Schulz last strips he did and the first strip he did "Sparky's Li'l Folks". The 1950-2000 contains other cartoons and art work by Schulz and some repeats from other Peanuts books.

I miss you, Schulz! In my mother language there is a word almost incapable of a full translation: "saudade". 13 boxes with 2 wonderfull books, each (except the final one) with two years of the daily strips of one of the most touching characters ever created. The touching farewell of Schulz and the sweet manner of ending forever new stories from the master creator was so to speak a bitter end for us all.- rest in peace, Schulz. Your legacy will endure as long as there will be kind hearts in the world. I wish this could mean forever.

This collection includes some really great comics over a variety of styles and years. It also has an introduction by Mo Willems and Barack Obama that are interesting to read. If you like Peanuts, this is a great sampling!