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Security Blankets – the book!

Here’s a book that I knew was in the works for a while, but which I missed that it was actually on the schedule. Security Blankets: How Peanuts Touched Our Lives takes a look at the impact that Peanuts has had on its fans. It’s put together by Derrick Bang …

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Hooooray!

Coming in October: A Charlie Brown Christmas: a Deluxe Book and Tree Kit I think you all know how happy this makes me.

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Looking ahead at Complete Peanuts

One of the AAUGH.com elves slipped me this image: Billie Jean King is a logical choice to write introduction. Actually, I was just explaining Billie Jean and Bobby Riggs to a friend who wasn’t around for the 1970s – so in case there’s any of those in our audience here …

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It’s Flashbeagle time!

Yes, because you’ve been demanding it, Flashbeagle will finally be coming to all-digital DVD! It’s not getting the full respect it’s due – it’s the bonus episode on the disk, adding content to Snoopy’s Reunion – but it is there in all its Flashbeagly glory! Coming out in April, available …

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Me on the DVD

I got a sneak preview copy of the releases-in-about-a-week DVD of You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown. And with a combination of fear and ego, I watched just the featurette, where I was one of the “talking heads” discussing things related to the special. And much to my surprise, I …

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Cover: Complete Peanuts volume 11

Here’s the cover for this spring’s new release in the Complete Peanuts series: The volume has an introduction by the talented Kristin Chenoweth (whose enjoyable TV series Pushing Daisies is going away, sniff!) I hope that Santa Claus, Hannaklaus, or whatever powers that be have been good to you this …

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the cover to You Can Be Anything!

Here is the cover to the upcoming book You Can Be Anything!: The cover to You Can Be Anything!, an upcoming book. I don’t really have anything to say about it other than it’s the cover to the upcoming book You Can Be Anything! I could try to fill out …

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The next Peanuts DVD is…

Coming in January is the remastered DVD release of You’re A Good Sport, Charlie Brown, the motocross racing special. The bonus special will be You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown, about the decathlon. Neither of these shows have been on DVD before in the U.S. The special feature on this disk …

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the next Complete Peanuts

The Complete Peanuts Volume 11: 1971-1972 is now available for preorder. And going well with the Sally cover is an introduction by Kristin Chenowith, who won a Tony for her performance as Sally in the Broadway revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (and who now co-stars in the …

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Return of the Snow Block

Last year, Barnes & Noble had an exclusive book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas, reprinting the original adaptation of the TV special, with a “snow block” – basically, a rectangular snow globe. (In fact, that edition is still available.) This November, they have another new edition, again packaged with …