Snoopy Complete Collection: 10

Author: Charles M. Schulz (Charles M. Schulz)
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: "Every time I read a strip, I'm blown away. Wow, it's simply a masterpiece! Charlie Brown is such a dummy, so what? Precisely because of that, we love him even more." — Conan O'Brien "A lady wrote on a CNN bulletin board: 'He gave me Lucy, this tough girl; gave us the lovable Charlie Brown, making us feel better about ourselves; and gave us Snoopy, who proved that where there's a will, there's a way.'" — Jeff Piatt (Contributing Writer for CNET News.com)
It's strange that people think I've achieved so much. I just did my best. Miss Lucy still conducts her five-cent psychological counseling business in a very peculiar way, while also promoting all sorts of mystical views and harsh coaching methods. Speaking softly to her clients is not her style or tradition. Besides shouting "Don't ask me such a stupid question" when faced with real problems, Lucy sometimes also encourages her customers to "kick fate in the stomach" or "hit fate in the eye," and seriously advises them to find a "middle ground" between loneliness and fear of being alone, and so on. Besides the regulars Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a little bird named Woodstock has also started visiting her clinic. Incredibly, this bird quickly transformed into Lucy's apprentice doctor.
Indeed, Lucy's psychological counseling leaves Charlie Brown more and more baffled—no matter what, he doesn't understand what a "life curveball's foul ball" is. During the off-season, the baseball team captain Charlie Brown keeps winning games in his dreams. Then the real season comes, and his team actually wins two games in a row—but the reason is that· and's teams withdrew automatically due to lack of players, so Charlie Brown won without playing. However, the excitement didn't last long, as·'s arrogant words cooled him down. According to her, she could have single-handedly beaten Charlie Brown's entire team. Why didn't she do that? Because she has a heart. Snoopy joins Charlie Brown's team, but performs even worse than his owner. The Charlie Brown starts a baseball magazine, creating an idol player named "Joe," who hits 143 times in a season, allowing him to fully enjoy the thrill of victory.