Alice in Schulzland

Upcoming releases

Coming in April is Alice in Comicland, a collection of Alice in Wonderland imagery and stories crafted by some of the biggest names in comics… and even though you won’t see this fact on the Amazon page as it now exists, it includes work by Charles M. Schulz himself, which is being reproduced from the original art.AliceInComicland Schulz did reference Wonderland in the strip (via the Cheshire Beagle), but I don’t know whether this is that material or something else.

This book is coming from IDW, who are also publishing the upcoming Peanuts Artist’s Editions…. which may explain the late addition of Schulz to this book.

Upcoming releases
Destined to blow up

Puffer Jacket Snoopy is a thing… enough of a thing that I’ll be discussing an item that only barely qualifies for this blog (it comes with a book… a tiny book of stickers.) Amazon is now listing for October release a Desktop Inflatable Puffer Jacket Snoopy. It’s one of the …

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The Return of What’s Necessary

Coming in April is a reissue of Only What’s Necessary, Chip Kidd’s second book on the art of Peanuts, reissued for the 75th anniversary of the strip. (My review of the original 2015 edition is here.) For those keeping track, this is the third cover for this book. Here are the …

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Covers to coming things

It’s that time when all the computer systems update and suddenly we’re seeing covers t0o some of the books that are rolling down the road toward us. The big one in this batch is probably Snoopy: The Story of My Life, which is the Cartoon Art Museum’s Andrew Farago ghosting …