Nat at the Schulz Museum

The Schulz Museum has just announced that I’ll be appearing there next month, not with my “publisher of Schulz cartoons” hat on nor my “AAUGH blogger” propeller-beanie, but under my guise as a comic book writer. Officially, I’m their “Cartoonist in Residence for the month of February”, which makes it sound like I’ll be hunkered down there for the whole month, perhaps sleeping in Snoopy’s doghouse. In reality, I’m just scheduled to be there for two hours, 1-3 PM, on Saturday, February 9th. I’m supposed to give a little talk, then there will be plenty of time for chat. So if you’re in the area, stop by and say hi!

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Spot the Dog

I publish things. I also research things. And really, the two efforts are often one and the same: I research stuff and find that it’s worth publishing; I publish stuff and in the process I’m doing research. That all just happened for me with a syndicated comics panel called “Spot” …

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Meet Peanuts!

One of the complaints that Schulz had about his strip being named Peanuts against his wishes is that it lead some people to think that one of the characters in the strip was named “Peanuts.” That was brought to mind when I read this particular strip in a book that …

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Be More Charlie Brown impends

I have now received my box of author’s copies of Be More Charlie Brown, which will be officially released next week. This light-hearted self-help book is a follow-up to my earlier (and still available) volume, Be More Snoopy. As I always do with my new Peanuts-related hardcovers, I’m willing to send …