Nat at Beaglefest

I’ve gotten inquiries about my appearance at Beaglefest (in less than two weeks.) I will be giving a talk on Thursday night. I will -not- be there for the rest of the event, as Beaglefest is the same days as the San Diego Comic-Con, which is a business event for me. I expect to have with me a few copies of It’s Only A Game: The Complete Color Collection, Dear President Johnson, and The Peanuts collection, if anyone wants to buy one. I will not have any The Snoopy Treasures. If you want to bring anything to get autographed, I’ll be glad to (but really, a Nat Gertler autograph is a weak thing to be dragging a large book around for. If I have time, I’ll make some bookplates, I can sign them, you can take it home and stick it in your book.) My presentation will be about Complete Peanuts 26, talking about what is included, and what is not.

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Spot the Dog

I publish things. I also research things. And really, the two efforts are often one and the same: I research stuff and find that it’s worth publishing; I publish stuff and in the process I’m doing research. That all just happened for me with a syndicated comics panel called “Spot” …

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Meet Peanuts!

One of the complaints that Schulz had about his strip being named Peanuts against his wishes is that it lead some people to think that one of the characters in the strip was named “Peanuts.” That was brought to mind when I read this particular strip in a book that …

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Be More Charlie Brown impends

I have now received my box of author’s copies of Be More Charlie Brown, which will be officially released next week. This light-hearted self-help book is a follow-up to my earlier (and still available) volume, Be More Snoopy. As I always do with my new Peanuts-related hardcovers, I’m willing to send …