those expensive editions

It looks like Easton Press, who puts out the fancy’n’expensive editions of various Peanuts books, have finally gotten their online act together. Now, if you’re in the mood to spend hundreds of dollars, you can search their website for all the leatherbound Peanuts books they currently offer.


As a side note: Fantagraphics is taking their success with The Complete Peanuts and moving forward with Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace.

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