Schulz Biography website

There’s been a bare-bones website for the new Schulz biography up for years, but today they replaced it with a full-featured website, with review quotes, video of the author talking about the book, author tour dates, and such.

The part that gave me an odd grin was the “advanced praise” section, where they have quotes from major media outlets like CNN.com and Time magazine; quotes from big-time cartoonheads like Jules Feiffer and Chris Ware; and, ummm, quotes from the more positive portions of The AAUGH Blog review of the book.

Yes, we’re an influential major media outlet here.

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