Back from the Schulz Museum

If any of the folks I talked to during my appearance at the Schulz Museum this weekend are reading this: hi! And thank you for dropping by!

The appearance went well, and the folks at the museum were kindly and helpful. I got a chance to look at their current exhibit of original art from dialogueless Peanuts strips – some lovely material there, of course.

I also got the chance to talk to Jeannie Schulz. Among other things we discussed, she showed me copies of several letters she’d gotten in relation to the whole Schulz and Peanuts biography matter – including one from one of the sources on the book, and one from Abraham Twerski, who has written a number of self-help books using Peanuts strips to illustrate points. Rather than recount what those notes say, I’ll just steer you to where Jeannie had posted them in the comments of a blog.

All in all, a good trip. Alas, today I learned that on the day I returned, my friend, mentor, and inspiration, comics writer Steve Gerber (creator of Howard the Duck) passed away from complications of an ongoing condition. So life is full, in ways both good and otherwise. I hope your life is full of the better stuff.

New releases
Double Love

Simon Spotlight has dropped two books for the Valentine’s Day Shopping Season, and they’re pretty similar. Love is Everywhere, Snoopy! is a board book that is supposed to be Charlie Brown explaining love to Snoopy (who is said to have asked, which raises the usual how-does-Snoopy-communicate-to-Charlie-Brown question.) Charlie Brown answers …

New releases
“Books”

My grocery shopping today landed me two new Peanuts “books”. The more bookish of the two is the latest edition of The Great Big Book of Peanuts Word Seeks, volume 5 to be precise, which as I’ve mentioned before I’ll allow to qualify as a book… particularly because it not …

Nat news
Guest-starring me!

I’m a guest on the latest episode of It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown, which you can listen to here, or download from your favorite podcastorium. (You should listen to the whole thing to introduce yourself to William’s podcast, of course, but if for some reason you want to skip right to …