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Charlie Brown: Not Your Average Blockhead
Charlie Brown Not Your Average Blockhead Author:Charles M. Schulz One of the most popular characters in the history of comic strips, Charlie Brown, the focus of the first Peanuts daily on October 2, 1950, continues in his humble, hilarious and sometimes wishy-washy ways in this charming collection of "Good ol" Charlie Brown" comic strips. Did you know that Charlie Brown was named for a friend with whom ... more »Charles M. Schultz worked at Art Instruction, Inc. correspondence school?Charlie Brown (the man) inspired Schultz to draw what he calls Charlie Brown's "round, ordinary face." This ordinary face became symbolic of "everyman" everywhere; who went on to become the world's most beloved loser. The Charlie Brown we know and love is the brunt of the Peanuts gang's jokes, manager of a baseball team that has never won and is hopelessly devoted to his unrequited love, "the little red-headed girl." We also know that he has a heart of gold and is a devoted friend.The pages of Charlie Brown: Not Your Average Blockhead celebrate everything about the kid with the funny squiggle on his head and familiar zigzag shirt. The classic strips and special interactive features in each chapter will keep you turning page after page and bursting with laughter.With a foreward by Andrea Podley, the founder and editor of the world-wide Peanuts Collectors Club, and with an introduction by Charles M. Schultz himself, this treasury is a must for Charlie Brown and Peanuts fans everywhere.« less