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

Only What's Necessary : Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts
ISBN: 9781419716393
Publication Date: 1 October 2015

Charles M. Schulz's approach to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what's necessary.

For fifty 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 Professor Robert Thompson. In Only What's Necessary:

Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd assembles the long-awaited follow-up to Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, by focusing on Schulz's artistry--not the merchandise that was featured in his first book. Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot off the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, the book will feature ancillary images from the archives, including exclusive, rare and unpublished original art and developmental work--many never seen before their inclusion in this book.

Timed for the 65th anniversary of Peanuts and the theatrical release of their first-ever 3-D CG-animated feature film, Only What's Necessary is sure to give Peanuts fans the world over a reason to celebrate.

About the Author

Chip Kidd is an award-winning graphic designer and writer, and an editor-at-large for Pantheon Books. A three-time Eisner Award winner, his books on comics include Batman Collected (1996), Batman Animated (1998), Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits with Art Spiegelman (2001), Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz (Random House, 2001), Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (2005), The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days (Abrams, 2005), Bat-Manga! (2008), and Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's ...