Animated Peanuts

Peanuts goes all graphic novelly on us

As I noted earlier, comics publisher Boom! had announced that they would have some Peanuts material as part of their new Kaboom imprint… and it’s happening quicker than one might have expected. They just announced that they’ll have a graphic novel adaptation of the new direct-to-DVD special Happiness is a …

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Peanuts comic books a-comin’

The comic book publisher Boom! has announced that as part of their kids line (until recently called Boom! Kids, now called Kaboom), they’re going to be doing some Peanuts comic books. They haven’t announced details yet, and I’m not positive what it is… but I have my suspicions, and will …

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What exactly is a puppy seedling anyway?

August is looking to be a busy month for Peanuts book releases; in addition to the It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: Leaf Globe and Snoopy Loves to Doodle: Create and Complete Pictures with the Peanuts Gang, we now have not one but two editions of Happiness is a Warm …

Upcoming releases

Snoopy Loves to Doodle

Coming in August is Snoopy Loves to Doodle: Create and Complete Pictures with the Peanuts Gang, a $7.95 paperback from Running Press Kids. As always, you can keep track of such things on our Upcoming Books list.

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The reason the AAUGH Blog continues to exist

In these days of worldwide strife and uncertainty, people find various ways of maintaining a steadiness in their life, something that assures them that the world will go on turning. For some, this rock is religion. For others, it is the love of a good woman or a good man. …

Animated Peanuts

What’s coming in 2011

What will this year bring Peanuts fans. The new animated special will be accompanied by a book adaptation. There will, of course, be two new volumes of The Complete Peanuts, covering 1979 through 1982. And beyond that? Honestly, I don’t know. Usually by now I’d have some clue on some …

Discounts

One for all you Al Roker completists

The intro writer for the next Complete Peanuts volume has been announced – it’s Al Roker of the Today show. Meanwhile, today’s big Amazon deal is a fairly cheap price on a 47 inch TV. I’m going to feel guilty inviting people to my Super Bowl party in a couple …

Administrative

A Blanket is a Warm Cover, Charlie Brown

Here we have the cover to the upcoming book Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, which is a graphic novel adaptation of the upcoming Peanuts special of the same name. The book is available for preorder at a discount. Speaking of covers, that temporary cover for the supposed Schulz …

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BBQ from Beyond – continued

I thought that it was bad enough that Simon & Schuster had a catalog page for a (by any sane assumption non-existent) upcoming Schulz book about barbecue. Now they’ve put out a cover image – a holding-the-spot-of-a-cover-image, really – with Schulz’s name on it. I’ve stored a copy on my …

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Barbecue Book from Beyond the Grave!

In the “you can’t believe everything you see in a catalog” department: Simon and Schuster is listing a December release for a new book by Charles M. Schulz: Celebrating America: The Ultimate Guide to America’s 4 Regional Styles of ‘Cue. Alas, it does not appear to be the case that …