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Original art for a handful of unpublished Li’l Folks comic strips, spring 1950. Earlier versions ran on Sept. 19, 1948, top left, June 13, 1948, top right, and Nov. 28, 1948, bottom.
Original art for a handful of unpublished Li’l Folks comic strips, spring 1950. Earlier versions ran on Sept. 19, 1948, top left, June 13, 1948, top right, and Nov. 28, 1948, bottom. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Subscriber promotional ads for launch of Peanuts Sunday comics, which made their debut on Jan. 6, 1952.
Subscriber promotional ads for launch of Peanuts Sunday comics, which made their debut on Jan. 6, 1952. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Proof sheet for one of the first three Peanuts daily newspaper strips, Oct. 2–4, 1950.
Proof sheet for one of the first three Peanuts daily newspaper strips, Oct. 2–4, 1950. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Comic book cover, Peanuts: Comics on Parade no. 1, United Feature Syndicate, 1953.
Comic book cover, Peanuts: Comics on Parade no. 1, United Feature Syndicate, 1953. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Left, Sparkler Comics no. 115, United Feature Syndicate, Jan./Feb. 1954. This daily strip was first published in black and white on Dec. 6, 1951. Fritzi Ritz no. 40, United Feature Syndicate, May 1955. These two daily strips were first published in black and white on Dec. 13, 1951, top, and Dec. 5, 1951, bottom.
Left, Sparkler Comics no. 115, United Feature Syndicate, Jan./Feb. 1954. This daily strip was first published in black and white on Dec. 6, 1951. Fritzi Ritz no. 40, United Feature Syndicate, May 1955. These two daily strips were first published in black and white on Dec. 13, 1951, top, and Dec. 5, 1951, bottom. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Detail, Sunday comic strip, May 24, 1953.
Detail, Sunday comic strip, May 24, 1953. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Original art for Sunday comic strip, November 29, 1953.
Original art for Sunday comic strip, November 29, 1953. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
From left: Promotional flyer, United Feature Syndicate, c. 1956. Reprint of Sunday comic strip from July 15, 1956. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
“Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking,” a sixteen-page pullout storybook supplement, created two years before A Charlie Brown Christmas, for Good Housekeeping, Dec. 1963.
“Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking,” a sixteen-page pullout storybook supplement, created two years before A Charlie Brown Christmas, for Good Housekeeping, Dec. 1963. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Original art for “Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking,” 1963.
Original art for “Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking,” 1963. Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC
Only What's Necessary.
Only What's Necessary, released 2015 via Abrams.Copyright © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC

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