UDON Entertainment has announced the upcoming launch of a new series, Manga Biographies, which will bring the lives of some of history’s most interesting and influential individuals to the medium of Japanese manga. The series will debut with Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz, focusing on the life of the renowned creator of the Peanuts comic strip.
Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz is pitched as a 168-page manga graphic novel written and illustrated by Yuzuru Kuki. This authorized biography seeks to cover Schulz’s life, from his early years in Minnesota and his love of drawing to his time in the army and his rise to fame as a beloved cartoonist. The manga aims to present Schulz’s story in a clear and welcoming style suitable for both young and old readers, and touch upon significant historical events that influenced Schulz’s life and highlights how Peanuts impacted those events.
The book also includes a timeline of major world events during Schulz’s life, archival photos and information about Schulz and Peanuts, and a bibliography for further reading. Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz will be available in stores from 2 October 2024 priced at $13.99 USD or local equivalent, with special advance copies sold at Comic-Con San Diego at the Peanuts booth.
The Manga Biographies series aims to explore the lives of legendary figures through Japanese manga storytelling, with future installments to be released approximately three times a year. You can see a couple of sample page from this inaugural release below:
