{"id":28566,"date":"2022-11-30T17:51:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/?p=28566"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:51:41","slug":"happiness-is-funny-things-a-comic-strip-biography-of-charles-m-schulz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/happiness-is-funny-things-a-comic-strip-biography-of-charles-m-schulz\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness Is\u2026 Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi\u2019s Must-Have Hardcover Tribute <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evokes the Style, Pathos, and Gentle Comedy of the <\/strong>Peanuts<\/em><\/strong> Comic Strip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SAN DIEGO, CA (November 30, 2022) \u2013 <\/strong>In celebration of the cartoonist\u2019s recent 100th birthday, Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, an imaginative and tender-hearted tribute to the man behind Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang, created in the style of Schulz by Luca Debus<\/strong> and Francesco Matteuzzi<\/strong> and scheduled for publication in August 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles M. \u201cSparky\u201d Schulz was arguably the most popular and influential cartoonist of the 20th century, and he poured many of his own emotions and experiences into the world of Peanuts<\/em> over its iconic 50-year run. Now, internationally acclaimed creators Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi pay tribute to the master by telling the story of Schulz\u2019s life in the medium that made him immortal: the comic strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting with the last days of his monumental career, Funny Things<\/em> jumps back and forth in time to narrate both Schulz\u2019s artistic achievements and the personal episodes that formed him as an author and human being, ultimately shaping him into the most beloved cartoonist on the planet. From full-color Sundays to black-and-white dailies, every strip provides a laugh as well as a piece of insight into his remarkable life story. Filled with affection, charm, and poignant observation, Funny Things imagines<\/em> Schulz through the lens of the very world he created, inviting us all to meet the man behind the blanket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCharles Schulz stated several times that he never created any art in his lifetime,\u201d says artist and co-writer Luca Debus<\/strong>. \u201cHe believed cartoons belonged to the fleeting nature of newspapers and therefore couldn\u2019t stand the test of time. With this book, we want to prove him wrong. By narrating his life, we celebrate his legacy as arguably the most influential cartoonist to ever live and try to understand his complex identity as both the man and the artist behind Peanuts<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhile Schulz was working on his last strip, looking back on five decades of Peanuts<\/em> characters and situations, he laughed and said: \u2018I really drew some funny things,\u2019\u201d says co-writer Francesco Matteuzzi<\/strong>. \u201cThat phrase, Funny Things<\/em>, stuck with me since I first read it: it\u2019s both accurate and a huge understatement of what he accomplished. So simple, and yet so powerful, just like the strips he left us which we will cherish forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReaders of Funny Things <\/em>will delight in spotting the real-life inspirations and references to iconic Peanuts<\/em> lore, such as Schulz\u2019s love of baseball, classical music, a little red-haired girl, and a sweet black & white dog who might be wiser than any human,\u201d says Top Shelf editor Leigh Walton. \u201cBut they\u2019ll also get a profound sense of his religious faith, his understanding of loneliness, his immense ambition, and his rich family life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celebrate Charles M. Schulz\u2019s momentous life from his earliest days as a youth nicknamed \u201cSparky,\u201d through tragedies of war and personal loss, to his laborious breakthrough into the funny pages, and finally to his indelible legacy as creator of the world\u2019s best-loved comic strip, whose unlikely round-headed hero and beagle best friend have captured hearts and minds across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1-60309-526-6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$39.99 US \/ $53.99 CAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

440-Page Hardcover, 8.25″ x 6.5″<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-Sale: August 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz<\/em> is available for pre-order everywhere books and comics are sold. For more details and pre-order options, visit Penguin Random House<\/a> or visit www.comicshoplocator.com<\/a> to find a store near you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Creators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca Debus<\/strong> co-wrote and illustrated Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz. <\/em>He works in the medium of comic strips for publications both online and on paper, both in Italy and internationally. He has studied the work of Charles M. Schulz for years and written numerous academic papers on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco Matteuzzi<\/strong> co-wrote Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz. <\/em>He has written for many publishers including Sergio Bonelli Editore, DeAgostini, Mondadori, and Centauria among others. His works have been published in Italy, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Top Shelf Productions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top Shelf Productions has published critically acclaimed and popularly beloved graphic novels since 1997. Now an imprint of IDW Publishing, Top Shelf continues to showcase the vanguard of the comics medium, publishing works of literary sophistication, visionary artistry, and personal resonance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About IDW Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IDW (NYSE AMERICAN: IDW) is a leading media company providing uniquely compelling stories and characters in various genres for global audiences across all entertainment platforms. The award-winning IDW Publishing<\/a> and IDW Entertainment<\/a> divisions holistically evaluate and acquire IP for franchise development across comics and graphic novels, television, theatrical, merchandise, and other entertainment platforms, in addition to bringing world-renowned storytelling to life with our creative partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi\u2019s Must-Have Hardcover Tribute  Evokes the Style, Pathos, and Gentle Comedy of the Peanuts Comic Strip SAN DIEGO, CA (November 30, 2022) \u2013 In celebration of the cartoonist\u2019s recent 100th birthday, Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz, an imaginative and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":28567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}