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New York Times covers the Peanuts-by-other-creators book

The old grey lady has a blog piece about this fall’s Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz which notes that it will have stories, strips, drawings of and about Peanuts, each with a text piece from the artist. Names they whip out include Simpsons creator Matt Groenig, Mutts‘s Patrick McDonnell, my pal Stan Sakai, young …

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Complete but delayed Peanuts

Volume 23 of the Complete Peanuts series has moved from the series traditional place on the schedule back to a release on the Fourth of July. This volume, which covers the years 1995 and 1996 (yes, we’re getting close to the end, folks) has an introduction by… RiffTrax. Yes, it’s by …

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Doghouse is in da house!

Received for my birthday yesterday, from my 5 year old son, Ben: a handmade cardboard Snoopy’s doghouse.

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Free Comic Book Day tomorrow

Remember, tomorrow (Saturday) is Free Comic Book Day, when most comic book specialty shops in North America will be giving out free special-edition comic books to anyone who stops by… including the Boom! Studios Tenth Anniversary Celebration, which will include a small amount of Peanuts content (a reprint of the Vicki …

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These books that are comin’ out, they’re gonna have covers!

We’ve got covers for a couple more fall releases: The Peanuts Movie Movie Novelization (aimed at 8-12 year olds), and Snoopy: Contact, another full-color strip collection in the AMP Comics For Kids line.

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Another Peanuts movie book

Scholastic Press has solicited a November book that’s either called The Peanuts Movie Book or Snoopy & Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie, depending on where you look. This appears to be an illustrated novelization, but not the Peanuts Movie Novelization that another publisher is putting out (different page count.)

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Lucy’s Ghost

If you’ve read the 1971 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston-published storybook Snoopy and “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night”, then you’ve seen the interesting image shown here. If not, then just understand that the book (built around strip stories, but with new Schulz art) is about Snoopy’s writing his great novel, …

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The ADJECTIVE cover

Here’s the cover for the ADJECTIVE book Peanuts Mad Libs, available through Amazon and at your local PLACE near you in early October, in plenty of time to be a HOLIDAY present for you favorite NOUN!

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More Snoopy books

First off, let me note that postings have been light lately because I’ve been planning for a trip, and while I’m not likely to write new posts for the next few days because I’ll be on my trip, and I should have other things to do besides blog (Vegas!). But I …

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It’s time to get Charlie Brown’s religion!

This fall’s A Charlie Brown Religion: The Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz is now available for preorder. Remember, by preordering, you lock in Amazon’s lowest price between now and when the book comes out.