For the Snoopy bookmakers. Also, discount Willie & Joe

The latest addition to the AAUGH.com reference library isn’t a book. Well, not yet.

Sew up your own reading material
Sew up your own reading material

Instead, it’s a book kit, a big fabric panel with pages and instructions. With a little cutting and a little sewing, I can make my own soft book.

Or, I suppose, a really weird-looking shirt.

(And yes, it is a Snoopy baby book, but no, it’s not a Baby Snoopy book. Thank goodness.)

I’ve had a couple of what I thought were really good discounts on the two-volume slip-cased hardcover collection Willie & Joe: The World War II Years, but none this good. This was originally a $65 set, the publisher eventually knocked the list price down to $45, but now you can get the whole shebang for $17.98. It’s a great gift for the serious cartoon historian… or for anyone who served the U.S. in that conflict.

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