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Only What's Necessary 75th Anniversary Edition

Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts

Chip Kidd author Jean Schulz author Jeff Kinney editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Abrams

Publishing:10th Apr '25

£21.99

This title is due to be published on 10th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Only What's Necessary 75th Anniversary Edition cover

The Eisner Award–nominated tribute to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz—repackaged for the beloved strip’s 75th anniversary

​Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot from the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, Only What’s Necessary also features exclusive, rare, and unpublished original art and developmental work—much of which has never been seen before.

Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what’s necessary. For 50 years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world.

In all, 17,897 strips were published, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being,” according to Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University.

For Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California.

ISBN: 9781419783333

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

304 pages