Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot from the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, it also features exclusive, rare and unpublished original art and developmental work - much of which has never been seen before. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. Zach Smith, a Guest Contributor over at the NEWSARAMA Comic Book News Website, recently conducted an extensive interview with the Book Designer (and Author) Chip Kidd about his latest book, 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 and the Art of Peanuts ( public library ), beloved graphic designer Chip Kidd offers a guided behind-the-scenes tour of Schulz’s genius. For 50 years, from October 1950 to February 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world.įor “Only What’s Necessary: 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. Unlike last year’s style-over-substance tribute to Schulz, designed by New York’s pop-culture-fetishist-of-the-moment Chip Kidd, Peanuts: The Art of Charles Schulz, which contextualized Schulz’s.

Schulz and the Art of Peanuts AUTHOR: Chip Kidd (author), Geoff Spear (photographer), Jeff Kinney (introduction), Jean Schulz (contributor), Paige Braddock (contributor)Ĭharles M. Schulz, Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available.

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