More Schulz bios

It seemed like the flow of biographies of Schulz got interrupted by the release of the Michaelis biography – what had been a flow of little bios disappeared for a while, even though most of those bios were for the kids and thus not in conflict with that big yellow book.

Well, 2010 brings us a couple more biographies. One of them is just another of those one-of-a-set-to-fill-school-library-shelves books. The other one is still aimed at the younger set, but looks like its less part of a series. Both of them are now noted on the upcoming books list (hey, just a few more days to the next edition of a book adapting A Charlie Brown Christmas!)

Upcoming releases
A book I’d not expected to resurface

Back in 2011, Schulz’s granddaughter Dena Hodges issued the first two chapters of  a memoir called In the Shadow of the Family Dog. As I noted in my review at the time, the chapter and the description of the project made it clear that the focus was her relationship with …

Upcoming releases
A box of squares

This May, Fantagraphics is collecting the various small square Peanuts books they’ve published into a new box set, Peanuts All Year Round Mini Collection. This includes: A Valentine for Charlie Brown — Valentine’s Day and romance strips Batter-Up Charlie Brown! — baseball strips Waiting for the Great Pumpkin — Halloween …

Upcoming releases
Game Day returns

Back in 2020, Fantagraphics dropped Game Day, a boxed set of sports-themes Peanuts strip reprint paperbackss, as a Costco exclusive. Next June it’s coming back, this time in hardcover and available through the usual sources. Designed as a Father’s Day gift, it should be good for anyone who likes Peanuts …