Charles Schulz was, plain and simple, a great artist and philosopher . . . But most importantly, he teaches all ages that if you can learn to laugh at the things that cause you the most pain you will be the strongest of all. <i>Peanuts</i>: a real way of life

- JOHN WATERS,

Republishing <i>Peanuts</i> in one gorgeous volume after another is really the first time we can truly take a step back, appreciate Schulz's work as a whole and ultimately wrap our arms around the accomplishment of Charles Schulz. Sometimes, happiness is a warm book

* Huffington Post *

These timely re-issues illustrate not only the skill and subtle brilliance of his work but also the origins of the form beyond simple merriment

* Sunday Times *

All sorts of important writers have marvelled at the glorious simplicity of [Schulz's] draftsmanship and his unerring jokecraft, all underpinned by a quiet melancholy and stoicism . . . by some miracle, the entire <i>Peanuts</i> oeuvre is gradually being republished in this country, by Canongate . . . in lavishly appointed hardback . . . Unlike almost everything you read as a child, they are actually better than you remember them

* Spectator *

As essential as pop texts get

* The Onion *

<i>The Complete Peanuts</i> confronts us afresh with what a brilliant, truly modern and totally weird idea it was to create a comic strip about a chronically depressed child

* Time *