Peanuts Celebrates 75th Birthday With Fancy New Hardcover
Charles Schulz’s Peanuts will turn 75 this year, which means it’s been 25 years since it turned 50 and Schulz left us. Despite multiple decades without new strips, the siloing of all specials to Apple TV+ AND the vanishing of the newspaper as a suburban staple, the characters still remain as beloved and recognizable as ever. The test of time is hard to pass, but eternal loser Charlie Brown has scored the kind of win that most other “winners” cannot.
Peanuts BOOKS are also very much a thing, but Schulz’s creation has had many anniversaries and, thus, many books. We’re gonna have to pull out all the stops to make the 75th Anniversary one stand out! Presenting The Essential Peanuts, a thick new hardcover in a shiny silver coat, coming to bookstores this fall.
Edited together by award-winning writer and comics historian Mark Evanier, The Essential Peanuts collects the most iconic and essential Peanuts comic strips ever written in the strip’s 50-year existence, with fresh historical and cultural context….plus many essays and reflections from 16 notable commentators, a gallery of postcards, prints, patches, stickers and other material, an introduction by Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and a foreword by Schulz’s widow Jean.
“As we mark 75 years of Peanuts, this partnership with Abrams ComicArts is a testament to the lasting impact of Schulz’s beloved characters,” says Craig Herman, VP of Global Brand Experiences, & Publishing at Peanuts Worldwide. “Since being introduced to the world on October 2, 1950, Peanuts has been at the forefront of pop culture, and we can’t wait for fans to discover this extraordinary anniversary edition.”
The Essential Peanuts will be released October 7, 2025 — five days after the official birthday of the strip on October 2. Also, if you ever wanted to know who owns Peanuts, the press release says “The characters of Peanuts and related intellectual property are owned by Peanuts Worldwide, which is 41% owned by WildBrain Ltd., 39% owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and 20% owned by the family of Charles M. Schulz.” So now you know that.
