{"product_id":"the-complete-peanuts-1967-1968-vol-9-hardcover-edition","title":"The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968: Vol. 9 Hardcover Edition","description":"Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the World War I Flying Ace -- to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Patty's bafflement).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Still, Snoopy looms large, so this volume (a particularly Snoopy-heavy one) sees him arm-wrestling Lucy as the \"Masked Marvel\" and then taking off for Petaluma for the national arm-wrestling championship; impersonating a vulture and a \"Cheshire Beagle\"; enjoying golf and hockey; attempting a jaunt to France for an ice-skating championship; running for office on the \"Paw\" ticket; being traded to Peppermint Patty's baseball team, then un-traded and installed as team manager by a guilt-ridden Charlie Brown; as well as dealing with the return of his original owner, Lila. If you're surprised by that last one, imagine how Charlie Brown feels...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lila makes only a brief appearance (as does José Peterson, a short-lived -- and short -- star member of Charlie Brown's baseball team), but this volume sees the appearance of what would be Schulz's most controversial major character: Franklin. (Yes, in 1968 the introduction of a black character caused a stir.) Peppermint Patty, working toward her ascendancy as one of the major Peanuts players in the 1970s and 1980s, also has several major turns, including a storyline in which she's the tent monitor for three little girls (who call her \"Sir\" -- a joke Schulz would pick up later with Peppermint Patty's friend Marcie).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stories involving other characters include a sequence in which Linus's flippant comment to his Gramma that he'll kick his blanket habit when she kicks her smoking habit backfires; Lucy bullies Linus, pesters Schroeder, and organizes a \"crab-in\"; plus Charlie Brown copes with Valentine's Day depression, the Little Red-Haired Girl, the increasingly malevolent kite-eating tree, and baseball losses. In other words: Vintage Peanuts! All this, plus an introduction by beloved transgressive filmmaker John Waters and award-winning design by Seth.\r","brand":"Charles M. Schulz, John Waters, Seth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44444352512236,"sku":"9781560978268","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781560978268.jpg?v=1718667326","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-complete-peanuts-1967-1968-vol-9-hardcover-edition","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}