The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964

The Complete Peanuts 1963-64 includes over 150 strips that have not seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago. This collection will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors.

These 'lost' strips feature Linus making a near-successful run for class president, which is ultimately derailed by his religious beliefs (two words: 'great' and 'pumpkin'), as well as Snoopy getting involved with a group of politically fanatical birds. One wonders: Was it the political edge in these stories that got them consigned to oblivion for so long? Also noteworthy is an extended, never-reprinted sequence where Snoopy gets ill and heads to the veterinarian hospital.

Additionally, in this volume, Lucy's attempts at improving her friends branch out from her increasingly well-visited nickel psychiatry booth to an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown's faults; it's so long there's an intermission!

Moreover, Snoopy's doghouse begins its conceptual expansion, as Schulz reveals that the dog owns a Van Gogh and that the ceiling is so huge Linus can paint a vast (and, as it turns out, unappreciated) 'history of civilisation' mural on it.