We’re really excited to see that Chip Kidd’s latest book, ONLY WHAT’S NECESSARY: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of the Peanuts (Abrams), is getting some serious international attention! Yes, the TELEGRAPH UK Newspaper Website has written a wonderful book review and we want to invite everyone to go check it out!! Here’s a LINK to give it a quick read & please be sure to share it on your favorite social media!
Jeff Kinney, author of the hugely popular Wimpy Kid series for kids, is, like lots of people, a big fan of Peanuts and the comic strip’s creator, Charles M. Schulz. Kinney has written the introduction to Chip Kidd’s new book, Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts (Abrams Comic Arts), which USA TODAY offers as an exclusive excerpt if you follow this LINK. In it, Kinney talks about loving Peanuts as a kid reading the comics page, and how Schulz inspired him to become […]
Later this year, October 20th, 2015 to be exact, the Publisher Abrams ComicArts will release a brand-new book by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear titled, “ONLY WHAT’S NECESSARY: CHARLES M. SCHULZ AND THE ART OF PEANUTS” (Abrams). 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 […]