Peanuts in motion

I received my copy of the Japanese (in source; in language, it’s all English!) book Peanuts in Motion: Happy-Go-Lucky (and yes, that is a link to order it from Amazon US.) This is a very, very happy-making item, with a dozen animations that occur when you turn the pages. Watch the video to see what I mean (if you receive the AAUGH Blog via email, you’ll have to click through to the site to see this):

If you want something like that but cheaper, preorder Peanuts: a Scanimation Book, which is a US publication coming out in September (I assume it will not be in Japanese.)

 

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