Jared Gardner, Columbus, Ohio, is professor of
English at The Ohio State University. He is author of Master Plots:
Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845;
Projections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century
Storytelling; and The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine
Culture.
Ian Gordon, Singapore, is professor of American
history at the National University of Singapore. He is author of
Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945 and Superman: The
Persistence of an American Icon. He is also coeditor of Comics and
Ideology and Film and Comic Books and editor of Ben Katchor:
Conversations, the latter two published by University Press of
Mississippi.
Over half a century after its debut, Charles Schulz's deceptively
sophisticated Peanuts art continues to impact readers and cultures
worldwide. Gardner and Gordon's The Comics of Charles Schulz treats
Schulz's iconic property with the sophistication and care it
deserves. At once insightful and enjoyable, the volume is a
valuable addition not just to an understanding of Peanuts but also
to comics studies, literary analysis, and beyond."" - Stephen J.
Lind, author of A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual
Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz
""Charles M. Schulz, many of us believe, was the greatest
cartoonist of the twentieth century, but it is inarguable that the
characters in his comic strip, Peanuts, have become icons of
American culture. Just how powerful and influential they were can
be partially measured by the lucid and thoughtful essays in this
intelligently edited volume in the Critical Approaches to Comics
Artists Series. They set a high standard for the critical analyses
and scholarly appreciations sure to follow."" - M. Thomas Inge,
author or editor of many volumes, including My Life with Charlie
Brown and Charles M. Schulz: Conversations
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