▁long - running ▁newspaper ▁com ic ▁strip ▁Pe an uts . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁published ▁at ▁a ▁rate ▁of ▁two ▁volumes ▁per ▁year , ▁each ▁containing ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁stri ps ▁( except ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁volume , ▁which ▁includes ▁ 1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 2 ). ▁S lip c ased ▁sets ▁of ▁two ▁volumes ▁are ▁also ▁available . ▁The ▁series ▁compr ises ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 6 ▁volumes , ▁including ▁a ▁final ▁volume ▁that ▁was ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁Schul z ▁stri ps , ▁cart o ons , ▁stories , ▁and ▁illustr ations ▁that ▁appeared ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁strip . ▁These ▁hard cover ▁books ▁were ▁first ▁published ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 4 – 2 0 1 6 . ▁Later ▁Fant agraph ics ▁Books ▁also ▁began ▁publishing ▁the ▁series ▁in ▁a ▁soft cover ▁format . ▁A ▁companion ▁series ▁titled ▁Pe an uts ▁Every ▁Sunday , ▁collect ing ▁only ▁the ▁Sunday ▁stri ps ▁of ▁the ▁Pe an uts ▁series , ▁was ▁launched ▁by ▁Fant agraph ics ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁is ▁scheduled ▁to ▁run ▁until ▁ 2 0 2 2 . ▁ ▁Schul z ▁began ▁to ▁discuss ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁with ▁Fant agraph ics ▁Books ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁complete ▁comp end ium ▁of ▁all ▁published ▁Pe an uts ▁stri ps ▁was ▁long ▁resist ed ▁by ▁Schul z ; ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁some ▁early ▁stri ps ▁repr int ed , ▁as ▁he ▁felt