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Lucy van Randian

Lucy lists some of the people who make this country great, from the Hallmark book What Makes This Country So Great? (1972). So my suggestion in the previous post that a Peanuts book might have endorsed Ayn Rand was not coming out of left field,

New releases

Who Cares, Charlie Brown?

I received no Peanuts books in the mail yesterday. Zero, nada, none. But I should start catching up on the books I received on the previous three days. The box of three books yesterday were all three initial books in the new Little Patriot Press line of Peanuts storybooks. These are …

Classic finds

Oh, No! Charlie Green!

While looking into Kanrom, the company that published the books I reprinted in Happiness is a Rat Fink and Unhappiness is a Dirty Dog, I discovered that wasn’t the last time that company took on Schulz’s work. In 1971, they put out a booklet (which was much of what they published, …

Upcoming releases

Let’s Dance, Snoopy cover

Here’s the announced cover for Let’s Dance, Snoopy: 65 Years of Peanuts, which ships in January. I’ve already preordered my copy, have you?

Animated Peanuts

Scanimation strikes

Part of the avalanche of Peanuts books landing on my doorstep this week is Peanuts: A Scanimation Book. This is one of those books where when you turn the page, a picture animates, like the Peanuts Moving Book I reviewed a few months back. The ten scenes in this book are …

Now shipping

Fewer and fewer

After getting 5 packages with Peanuts books in them yesterday, I only received two today. And tomorrow, I’m only expecting one… but that one will have three books in it, so I guess that’s okay. If it keeps up at this rate, I will be dead by this time next …

Upcoming releases

A Classic Treasury from Down Under

Coming in November is Peanuts: Classic Treasury Volume 1, which appears to be a 304 page hardcover reprint covering selections from the first half of the run of the strip. This is being published by Australian publisher Five Mile Press, but it is listed on Amazon, so I guess that it’s …

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It seems to be the season…

I got five separate envelopes with Peanuts books in them today. I’m only expecting two tomorrow.

Comic book Peanuts

Peanuts 21 preview

Issue 21 of Kaboom!’s Peanuts comic book hits better comic book stores on Wednesday. Here’s a preview (click each page to enlarge):

Upcoming releases

New Art of Peanuts book

Coming next fall is another book by Chip Kidd (the man who brought us Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz). This 240 page hardcover has been announced both as The Art of Peanuts and as Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts. Published by Abrams ComicArts, the book will include two posters. Kidd …