This volume of The Complete Peanuts reaches the middle of the go-go 1980s. In this volume: Peppermint Patty wins her school's essay contest, but snatches defeat from the jaws of victory with a disastrous acceptance speech; Lucy talks Charlie Brown into posing for their school's "Swimsuit issue"; Snoopy accidentally destroys his doghouse with a cannon; Sally gives Santa Claus a heart attack (literally!); and Snoopy's brother Spike pops up in various deadpan vignettes set in the desert. With its impeccable production values The Complete Peanuts launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and is the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety.

This volume of The Complete Peanuts reaches the middle of the go-go 1980s. In this volume: Peppermint Patty wins her school's essay contest, but snatches defeat from the jaws of victory with a disastrous acceptance speech; Lucy talks Charlie Brown into posing for their school's "Swimsuit issue"; Snoopy accidentally destroys his doghouse with a cannon; Sally gives Santa Claus a heart attack (literally!); and Snoopy's brother Spike pops up in various deadpan vignettes set in the desert. With its impeccable production values The Complete Peanuts launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and is the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety.