It's impossible to think of another popular art form that reaches across generations the way the daily comic strip does... at the pinnacle of that long tradition, there was Charles Schulz

* The Seattle Times *

These timely re-issues illustrate not only the skill and subtle brilliance of his work but also the origins of the form beyond simple merriment

* Sunday Times *

All sorts of important writers have marvelled at the glorious simplicity of [Schulz's] draftsmanship and his unerring jokecraft, all underpinned by a quiet melancholy and stoicism . . . by some miracle, the entire <i>Peanuts</i> oeuvre is gradually being republished in this country, by Canongate . . . in lavishly appointed hardback . . . Unlike almost everything you read as a child, they are actually better than you remember them

* Spectator *

As essential as pop texts get

* The Onion *