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Snoopy: Party Animal: A PEANUTS Collection

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Snoopy may only live in a doghouse, but he sure knows how to throw a party! Everyone’s stopping by for the fun in this new AMP! Peanuts collection. Who’s on the guest list? Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus? You betcha! Even some birds, bunnies, and a friendly snowman join the party. But here’s the best part . . . you’re invited too! Yup, that’s right. Just make sure you don’t forget to bring Snoopy his supper on time.
 
In this new collection the old gang is back at it with fun, adventures, and . . . a cat? Good grief! Check in with all your favorite Peanuts friends in this new addition, Snoopy: Party Animal. Don’t forget your party hats!

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 22, 2016

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Charles M. Schulz

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Charles Monroe Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.
Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to The Saturday Evening Post; the first of 17 single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association. Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through. Li'l Folks was dropped from the Pioneer Press in January, 1950.
Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but he abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth, a publication associated with the Church of God.
Peanuts ran for nearly 50 years, almost without interruption; during the life of the strip, Schulz took only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997. At its peak, Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries. Schulz stated that his routine every morning consisted of eating a jelly donut and sitting down to write the day's strip. After coming up with an idea (which he said could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours), he began drawing it, which took about an hour for dailies and three hours for Sunday strips. He stubbornly refused to hire an inker or letterer, saying that "it would be equivalent to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts for him." In November 1999 Schulz suffered a stroke, and later it was discovered that he had colon cancer that had metastasized. Because of the chemotherapy and the fact he could not read or see clearly, he announced his retirement on December 14, 1999.
Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8-14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side. Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about the gospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular culture items. From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist": “I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.”

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Profile Image for emma.
2,317 reviews77.7k followers
December 11, 2022
part of my ongoing snoopy phase

this includes about a hundred panels that are just snoopy being friends with a bunch of birds.

absolute bliss, in other words.

bottom line: with every peanuts collection i read, my snoopy phase gets closer to being a snoopy state of being.
Profile Image for Zain.
1,736 reviews229 followers
August 12, 2022
Clever and Funny.

A nice little book about The Peanuts, including Snoopy.

Lots of funny cartoons that center around Snoopy and his latest antics. Such as his sleeping outside in the cold, his anticipatory thoughts about eating (as usual), and his behavior showing his thoughts about his friends.

Nearly two hundred pages of cartoons are in this book and you will definitely enjoy reading them all. So get your copy.

You know you want to. 😎
Profile Image for Marjolein (UrlPhantomhive).
2,497 reviews55 followers
May 20, 2016
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Last Christmas I went to see the Peanuts movie (which is by the way adorable) and when I returned home, this book had become available on Netgalley. Coincidence? I think not!

It was another lovely collection of Peanuts comics featuring Snoopy. And although it was a lot of fun to read the collection didn't seem as balanced as some of the others I've read. Also, the Red Baron was completely missing. Exactly what made the 'party animal' part was not very clear either.

Some things, although I'm pretty sure they had to do with the ARC I read were that some drawing weren't very clear, even though I was reading at a magnification on my computer. Also some of the comics had copyright notices from websites on them (I'm not sure I've seen those before). These are of course minor things and it was great to read them again.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Profile Image for Carmen.
176 reviews54 followers
January 3, 2016
There's nothing new one can say about Peanuts, just another day another great adventure. I loved this book. I read it because I can remember when I was a kid I would watch a Snoopy movie every Christmas and after the new The Peanuts Movie (which was great) I needed more. It was a treat :)
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1,323 reviews21 followers
August 5, 2022
Reflections and lessons learned:
“‘See that building there? That’s the library. If you ever want to borrow a book, all you have to do is go in there and tell them which one you want, and they’ll let you take it home’
‘Free?’
‘Absolutely free!’
‘Sort of makes you wonder what they’re up to!’”

Reflections and justifiable cynical musings on life - from a mid childhood perspective, but is it though? The return of vulture snoopy!… Spiritual blotter blanket… sensible questioning of possible omnipresent worms under feet? Snoopy snow dance…!!! Lovely stuff and feels closer in age to myself and memories
Profile Image for Wayne McCoy.
4,123 reviews28 followers
July 2, 2016
'Snoopy: Party Animal' by Charles M. Schulz is a collection of classic Peanuts strips mostly featuring Snoopy.

The main thing we learn is that Snoopy likes his supper. And he doesn't mind hosting the occasional gathering of birds at his place. Frieda decides to get her own pet because she thinks Snoopy is too smug, so she gets a cat. There are cartoons featuring all teh seasons, but the Fall ones might be my favorite, with the Great Pumpkin and Charlie Brown trying to kick the football that Lucy is holding for him. Snoopy is a vulture and a fierce mountain lion, and after Linus' blanket.

These are reprints of classic strips and they've be colorized. I don't mind these being in color, but they've made Charlie Brown's shirt red! It's always been yellow, so I'm not sure what they were thinking. Also, Frieda's cat is one color, then in another strip, it's a completely different color. So, consistency in the color would have been nice and also referencing colors from other sources. But this is a collection for kids, not particularly enthusiasts or collectors, and it's a fun one for old and new readers alike.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
367 reviews
August 19, 2024
This is a collection of some Snoopy's funniest strips.
Profile Image for Eustacia Tan.
Author 15 books283 followers
March 27, 2016
I'm actually not sure what there is to say about this. It's a collection of Snoopy comics. If you're a fan of the beagle, you'll probably enjoy it. If you aren't, well... you might still enjoy it. It's Snoopy after all.

Most of the strips are standalone stories, so I can't really comment on that either. There are a few which deals with one of the kids getting a cat, and Snoopy's reaction to it. In general, I enjoy all the comics that involve Snoopy writing. I'm not actually familiar with the human characters, so those didn't hold my attention as strongly.

As for the non-comic bonus content, this is supposed to have a "pull out poster", "flip book animation", and I did see a partial origami instruction (I assume the final book will have everything).

I did enjoy reading this, but I don't have much to say about it. It's a Snoopy comic - by this time, it's unlikely to win any new fans, unless you're talking about introducing it to children. If you're already familiar with the comics, you can more or less predict if you're going to enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I got a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a free and honest review.

This review was first posted at Inside the mind of a Bibliophile
Profile Image for Carla.
168 reviews20 followers
April 10, 2016
**I received a free eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

This is a great collection of Snoopy comics! The Peanuts gang always puts a smile on my face :)

Most of the stories included here feature Snoopy, although a lot of the kids make an appearance as well (and Charlie Brown is always around, of course), and we can see the adorable dog usually just hanging out on top of his dog house, enjoying the little things in life.



I've always loved how simple these comic strips are and how entertaining they can be! If you're a fan of Snoopy then this is definitely for you.

I also thought it was really cute that they included some tutorials for parties at the end, like how to make origami party hats.


More reviews on my blog: Lipstick and Mocha
Profile Image for Didi.
417 reviews
March 12, 2016
Reading Snoopy brings me back to when I was little and sneaking the comics section from the Sunday newspapers without letting my father see.

I was enjoying this too much and find that it's much too short. Not sure whether I'll buy it for myself but makes a great gift to introduce someone to the a Peanuts family. It's suitable for the young and the young at heart.

Special thanks to NetGalley, for providing a free copy from the publisher, in return for an honest review.
Profile Image for Vitor.
64 reviews29 followers
December 31, 2015
I don't really have to say much about this comic-book in particular.
Since it doesn't feature a continuous plot-line, it was more easy to read and still grabbed my attention with funny remarks from certain characters that I grew attached to over the years and scenarios that were reminiscent of the old Peanuts tv-show.
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295 reviews13 followers
May 17, 2020
Ternyata Snoopy ini lucu, saya kira serius. Soalnya kalau lihat dia yang terbayang malah karakter anjing putih di Tom and Jerry haha.
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13.8k reviews421 followers
March 7, 2016
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. 3.5 stars.

Well, I kind of expected better from this. But right from the start I have to reduce 1 star. Why? Most of the border around the images are High-res, but then the comics are so Low-res that it actually hurt my eyes. I know the comics are old, but come on, try to make it all High-res. Not blurry, hard to read stuff (some text bubbles were impossible to read), which ruins the comics.
So I had to struggle through it, I already don’t really like reading from a screen, but if the images are Low-res it is doesn’t make it better. :(

Also can we please have the comics in one place. Not: Left > Right > Left > Middle > Left. Or with, or without backgrounds. Pick one, not more. I can imagine it might work on paper, but sorry, it looks highly unprofessional on ereaders/tablets/phones.

This book is (as the title suggest) about Snoopy. Though there are also quite a lot of comics not about him, which was a delight. Don’t get me wrong, Snoopy is great, but I love seeing the other characters as well.
I really like Snoopy, he was one of my favourite characters (though no one can top Linus).
It was really fun to see old comics getting collected and centre around one character, hopefully there is already, or there will be one, about Linus. I would get that in a heartbeat, well, if the graphics are good. Otherwise, no thank you.

There are several themes which run through the book, Snoopy trying to snipe people from his house, or tree, but failing each and every time. :) Or about his food times (which he seems to not be able to remember).

There was just one character that I don’t like, and never liked, and that was Frieda. Obnoxious, annoying, frustrating.

But in overall this was a really fun book, I really enjoyed seeing the characters again, see their stories, their dialogues, everything again. And I still like the artstyle of Schulz. :)

I also liked the extras at the end, they really were fun, and it was nice they were added. Maybe they could have used a more Peanuts kind of theme though (as that is what the book is about).

Would I recommend this one? If the resolution of the comics is better, yes. Otherwise, don’t ruin your eyeballs.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Profile Image for Karla.
143 reviews28 followers
January 5, 2016
Here's Snoopy, good ol' Charlie Brown and the gang in a comic book of classic laughs. I really enjoyed this book and if you're a Peanuts fan you will too. There are some oldie originals in here that will get you chuckling and some newer ones (when did Linus get glasses?) too. While there are a few standard "Lucy pulls the football away" frames, the main star in this book is Snoopy. He delivers one-liners that just crack me up. I hee-hawed my way through this book and it reminded me of reading the funnies in the Sunday paper every morning while growing up. I also just saw The Peanuts Movie (awesome!) so I was primed and ready to see more of the Peanuts gang.

This book will be released on March 22, 2016. Pre-order it now from your favorite bookseller or get on the list to check it out at your local public library for some good, clean entertainment. Suitable for all ages, although some of the humor would be more understood by ages middle grade to adult. 5 of 5 stars. I was given a digital ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for this honest and unbiased review.
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1,374 reviews11 followers
April 2, 2016
It really is impossible to say something about Peanuts that hasn’t been said over the past 50 years. The humor isn’t edgy, and sometimes the joke’s pretty obvious, but a huge proportion of the time you chuckle, snicker, or outright laugh. Kids will get the jokes too.
One sticks in my mind: Snoopy sleeping on his doghouse when a football smacks him on the stomach. After that he sleeps with a helmet covering his torso. Every time he gets tickled is a highlight as well. Okay, one more: Snoopy being asked what he would do if he was in the woods and spotted a rabbit. With a big smile he sticks his paw out to shake. . .
Again, nothing groundbreaking, just funny.
Profile Image for Carla.
6,949 reviews165 followers
March 2, 2016
This is a series of comics starring Snoopy and his friends. Lots of fun going on during all seasons. Of course there are many strips involving Supper time, Snow, Linus and his blanket and Charlie Brown with his exploits with the football and his kite. Freida makes several appearances with her boneless cat. I do not remember her from the comics in the newspaper, but they were entertaining strips. This is a great collection for all fans of Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang. At the end there are a couple of activities to do to prepare for a Snoopy Party. I enjoyed this book, it is for all ages!

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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1,087 reviews10 followers
April 20, 2016
It's always a good sign when I'm giggling on the first page. The first panel takes you into Snoopy's world where he hosts birds, bunnies and that round headed kid along with a girl with naturally curly hair and her cat.

Some of these cartoons I'd seen in other anthologies, however still fresh and clever. Time spent with Snoopy whether he's a beagle, an ape or a vulture is always time well spent.

Still waiting for a book devoted to Snoopy, the novelist. Maybe that will be out on some dark and stormy night.
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406 reviews1 follower
February 2, 2016
This is the most quotable Peanuts book I've ever read. My favorite one is "Until it is demonstrated, one forgets the really great difference that exists between the merely competent amateur and the very expert professional". The title book is not about Snoopy partying all the time but is does show how much fun he has. The best parts are when you see him having fun with others and bringing joy to those around him. This is a great book for anyone to read.
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853 reviews104 followers
September 16, 2016
SNOOPY!!!
End of review.

I've said it before these comics do not require a wordy review, they speak for themselves. If a picture is worth a thousand words then these comics are worth twice that, if not more.
The selection in this book are darling, charming, adorable and, as always, so much fun. I found myself getting completely lost while reading this.


I received this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
2,114 reviews34 followers
March 9, 2016
I love this book! Snoopy was always my favorite comic strip dog and still is! It was fun seeing Snoopy interact with all his friends and a cat. This is not just for adults to enjoy but also today's kids! The illustrations are exactly as I remember and they're great! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.


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120 reviews35 followers
June 12, 2016
I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review. I have loved Snoopy since I was a little girl. I was very excited to see this on Netgalley. I'm sure I have probably read this collection of comic strips before but I got caught up in them anyway. This collection was very good and of course featured Snoopy.

If you like The Peanuts gang you will like this book.
Profile Image for Alan Peralta.
36 reviews7 followers
April 6, 2016
It's Snoopy. It's the whole Peanuts gang. You know exactly what you're going to find here. If not, what are you waiting for!? Go ahead! Read it! Now!

This has to be the best Snoopy edition from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Fantastic selection of strips. Loved that it includes a good bunch of Frieda strips, pestering Snoopy to be useful and go hunting some rabbits.
Profile Image for Preston Watts.
62 reviews1 follower
December 29, 2015
Another day, another great Peanuts collection. What can I say that's not already been said, classic Peanuts comic strips are funny and are a great read, either by themselves or in a collection like this one. Pick it up!
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January 9, 2016
Our favorite beagle Snoopy is back to bring us cheer in this wonderful collection of comics. Snoopy and the gang will have you on your sides; definitely worth check this collection out.

Rating 5 out of 5
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