As the 1970s wind down, the last two recurring Peanuts characters have fallen
into place: Snoopy's brother Spike and the youngest Van Pelt sibling, Rerun. But
that doesn't mean Schulz's creativity has diminished; in fact, this volume
features an amazing profusion of hilariously distinctive new one- (or
two-) shot characters For instance, in an epic five-week sequence, when Charlie
Brown, found guilty by the EPA of biting the Kite-Eating tree, he goes on the
lam and ends up coaching the Goose Eggs, a group of diminutive baseball players,
Austin, Ruby, Leland, and --did you know there was a second Black Peanuts
character, aside from Franklin?--Milo. Also: a