What Cartooning Really Is: The Major Interviews with Charles M. Schulz (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781683963820)

Everybody knows the iconic characters of Peanuts, but few are privy to the character of the man who created this beloved cast and the world they inhabit--Charles M. Schulz. To illuminate the life story and rich inner life of the renowned cartoonist, Fantagraphics presents four of the most comprehen-sive interviews ever conducted with Schulz, by film critic Leonard Maltin, novelist Laurie Colwin, Comics Journal editor and critic Gary Groth, and comic strip historian Rick Marschall. These conversations delve into the moral, aesthetic, and intellec-tual foundations of Schulz's worldview and art. They reveal him to be a man who embodies elements of all of his characters--from the goofiness of Snoopy to the melancholy of Charlie Brown to the brashness of Lucy and more--but who also contains depths of personality far beyond the borders of his strip. Copiously illustrated with Peanuts strips and other comics and illustrations, What Cartooning Really Is humanizes Charles M. Schulz, the man who drew Snoopy.

Author: Gary Groth, Leonard Maltin, Laurie Colwin
ISBN-10: 1683963822
ISBN-13: 9781683963820
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2020
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020