The Complete Peanuts: 1975 To 1976

When most book series, cartoon strips, TV series or other popular culture icons reach their 25th Anniversary they tend to get a little stale and predictable.  Not so with Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip.

In fact, Peanuts never seemed more relevant, irreverent, timely, topical or funnier than when it hit its 25th Anniversary as evident in Fantagraphics Books' newest Peanuts anthology reprinting strips from 1975 to 1976.

Here's just a few of the highlights that made the strip so memorable.  They include Peppermint Patty hiring Snoopy as a watch dog only to have him incapacitated by her waterbed, Charlie Brown's Valentine vigil, Snoopy and Linus's truffle hunt, Snoopy playing tennis and other classic moments.

For a real appreciation of Charles Schulz's genius for creating classic daily and Sunday comic strips for over 50 years take a look at the newest book from Fantagraphics to witness a true American treasure's work.