Product Description
This "The Great Pumpkin" Snoopy and Peanuts Gang limited edition giclee on paper is basedon the image created by artist and illustrator Ed Levitt for the cover of the 1967 book of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Image size is approximately 16 x 18 inches, and paper size is 22 x 20 inches.
Here's an image of the original book cover from which this limited is based:
During the event (now through September 3rd), buying this limited edition or any Peanuts art from ArtInsights means you get an original drawing by Larry Leichliter! Choose from these two images (I know...it's hard to choose between these wonderful drawings!!):
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You can read our blog about Ed Levitt, considered by many of his peers to be the best layout artist there ever was, HERE.
About Snoopy:
Originally just a conventional dog in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schultz, Snoopy eventually evolved into into the strip's most dynamic character, with a series of quirks that quickly made him popular among fans. One of his most distinguishing characteristics is his tendency to sleep on top of his doghouse rather than inside it, due to claustrophobia. Two other popular gags involve Snoopy's overactive imagination, where he types correspondence or even novels on his personal typewriter ("It was a dark and stormy night...") or where he pretends that he is a World War I Flying Ace battling the Red Baron in the skies, with his doghouse acting as his fighter plane. Oddly enough, as the World War I Flying Ace, Snoopy's doghouse has suffered actual damage at the hands of the Red Baron at times, hinting that his imagination might be stronger than believed.
In the TV special It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, who was voiced by animation director Bill Melendez, portrayed the flying ace in animation for the first time onscreen. He also happens onto Linus and Sally, who are waiting expectantly for The Great Pumpkin in the pumpkin patch on Halloween night.
About It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!:
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. A Halloween special, it was the third Peanuts special (and second holiday-themed special, following A Charlie Brown Christmas) to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez. It was also the first Peanuts special to use the titular pattern of a short phrase, followed by "Charlie Brown", a pattern which would remain the norm for almost all subsequent Peanuts specials. Its initial broadcast took place on October 27, 1966, on CBS, preempting My Three Sons. CBS re-aired the special annually through 2000, with ABC picking up the rights beginning in 2001, where it now airs annually during the Halloween season. Until 2013 ABC broadcast, You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown aired immediately after It's the Great Pumpkin, as if to emphasize the proximity of Halloween to Election Day. Also, the Great Pumpkin is mentioned in You're Not Elected. The special aired twice in 2014 and 2015. The first time, ABC aired Toy Story of Terror with The Great Pumpkin following afterward. The second time was the more traditional airing with You're Not Elected following afterwards. The program was nominated for an Emmy Award. It has been issued on home video several times, including a Remastered Deluxe Edition of the special released byWarner Home Video on September 2, 2008, with the bonus feature It's Magic, Charlie Brown which was released in 1981.To celebrate its 40th anniversary, a retrospective book was published in 2006. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic includes the entire script, never-before-seen photographs, storyboard excerpts, and interviews with the original child actors who provided the voices of the Peanuts gang. A history of the program and the various religious interpretations of Linus' sincere belief in the Great Pumpkin are explained in the 2015 book, A Charlie Brown Religion. Click here for more information on It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
