As opposed to a needless variant, here’s a needle one

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While the Boom! Peanuts series has had rare alternative covers for each of their issues, some of them have had other variant cover editions. These are ones meant for sale at specific conventions. Next up is this year’s Emerald City Comicon, in Seattle March 1 through 3, and I think the Vicki Scott-drawn cover for that one is pretty cool.

They’ll be making 500 of these available, at $10 a pop.

 

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …