I snagged six of these books for $2/each at my local Half Price Books. I’m still pretty new to learning Japanese, but I’ve been keeping an eye out for reading material that feels approachable. I’ve seen a lot of graded readers (both on and offline), but I loved Peanuts as a kid… so I think it’ll be something that holds my attention a bit better. Plus, they already have the English translations in the book! So, I’ll be able to keep them covered and easily “check my work”, so-to-speak.
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What, out of idle curiosity, makes these “manga-form”? They’re just Japanese translations of the English strips with the panels arranged vertically, no?
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I’ve just never seen Peanuts presented in small volumes. That and the numbering on the spine reminded me of manga. Also, when I looked them up I found one person referring to them as “Peanuts manga.” I’m someone who has read almost no manga, so I apologize if calling it “manga-form” is confusing/incorrect. 
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Don’t know about Peanuts, but I’ve got a whole stack of Garfield books in this size in English, and they’ve got the panels arranged vertically too. 
Still, nice to see something’s getting a bit of use out of the ヌ katakana. 
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That looks nice! The font will be good practice as well for you. After that, a manga with standard font characters will feel very easy, I guess 
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