Franklin makes the cover

Those of you who read my book The Peanuts Collection know about Harriet Glickman, the woman who suggested to Schulz that he add a bit of racial diversity to the previous all-white cast of Peanuts. I had a longer discussion with her and did a write-up for Hogan’s Alley magazine, giving Franklin the chance to take a rare position on the cover of a magazine. He may be small there, but he may be the sharpest thing on that busy cover.

I’ll let you know when it’s released; I just wanted to let the Franklin fans in the audience know that it’s coming.

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