Classic finds

Charlie Brown’s Japanese Christmas

I got a package from Amazon’s Japanese division, with seven Japanese Peanuts books. I’m not going to cover them all here at once… but I’m also not going to bury the lede.  I scored myself the Japanese edition of the pop-up book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas. With all my …

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We are not using up all the Peanuts books this year

We now have the first preorderable Peanuts book for 2016: My First Peanuts: 1-2-3: A Counting Adventure, a board book. Also just added to our list of upcoming Peanuts books is this September’s sixth volume in the collection of the KaBOOM Peanuts series., which should have the final two of my stories …

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Five upcoming covers

Forgive my going several days without posting, but I took advantage of the holiday weekend to visit out-of-state family members. In the interest of catching up, here’s a quick post – upcoming covers which are fairly self-explanatory, you can click through for larger images and to order.

Nat news

Snoopy Treasures rereredesigned

I’ve seen publishers update their planned cover as the release date grows closer, but I don’t think I’ve seen one go through four planned iterations before now… and in this case, the book is mine! Amazon now has the fourth cover it’s displayed for my book The Snoopy Treasures, being released in November: Which …

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Say “Peanuts Seasonal” five times fast

Because this November was looking just far too bereft of Peanuts books coming out, Fantagraphics has added one to the list! Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron is a hardcover collection of strips focusing on ye olde World War I Flying Ace. This is part of their “Peanuts Seasonal” line which has previously …

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More classic books with new looks

Here are the new covers for Home is On Top of a Doghouse and Love is Walking Hand in Hand, which ship in October and can be preordered now!

Comic book Peanuts

Peanuts 28 preview

Issue 28 of the Kaboom! Peanuts arrives Wednesday at comic books stores (well, the ones that carry it – but if you ask your local shop to start ordering one every month for you, they prob’ly will, most comic shops have pull-and-hold services where they’ll keep one set aside for you …

New releases

Meeting, Flying a Kite, and Taking Off

Catching up on reviewing some of the recently arrived Peanuts books: Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown (not to be confused with the soon-to-be-reprinted strip collection of the same name) and Snoopy Takes Off! do a perfectly fine job of being what they are, which is cheap storybooks. The art is well-drawn. …

Animated Peanuts

More Peanuts on DVD

In September, they’re releasing a set of Peanuts DVDs which will have a good collection for those just starting with animated Peanuts, perhaps those who just have the key holiday specials… and two specials never before on DVD for those who are trying to collect them all. The theme of …

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Some things change, some things stay the same

The covers to the new editions of the Peanuts Little Golden Books are up. The new edition of Let’s Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown basically keeps the old cover, while the new edition of Where’s Woodstock? replaces the old one with a completely new cover. Why? I bet it was because Woodstock …