The Complete Peanuts #1

That earnest, furrowed expression on a young Charlie Brown's face — rendered in Schulz's wonderfully spare early line work — sets exactly the right tone for this landmark collection of dailies and sundays from 1950 to 1952. This first volume from Canongate gathers the very beginning of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, offering readers a chance to experience the Peanuts world in its earliest, most unguarded form. With an introduction by Garrison Keillor and the strips presented in faithful chronological order, it's an essential volume for anyone who wants to understand how this deceptively simple strip found its footing.