My Confession

Package not final
Package not final

As I’ve mentioned in the past, while I try to bring you all the interesting Peanuts book information that I can, there are times that I have information that, due to professional obligations, I am not free to share. The post from last week about the Classic Peanuts Paint-By-Number Kit is a clear example of this. I talked about how the kit has materials for doing 5 paint-by-numbers, including paints and brush and stands, and that it included a 48 page book. I didn’t give you any information that couldn’t be found in the packager’s catalog. But I actually did know more about that book. A lot more.

You see, I wrote it.

Since the kit now has a listing at the website for Barnes & Noble (which, by the way, is where it will be available; this is a B&N exclusive) and since my name is on it, I am now free to announce my involvement. I can even tell you that the book, Classic Peanuts: Great Moments, takes a look at 10 popular recurring gags in Peanuts (the psychiatric booth, the Red Baron, things like that), all illustrated with example strips. The kit is available for preorder, even if the listing there is a little sparse as I type this (but it may be more populated by the time you read this; the publication date is listed as next week.)

Upcoming releases
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 …

Upcoming releases
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 …

Upcoming releases
2025 in Peanuts

Happy New Year, all you AAUGH Blog Readers! 2025 has come, like it or not, and it brings with it the 75th anniversary of Peanuts! Now, we’ve seen at least some attempts to play off 0f the big anniversary year since at least last summer, more than a full year …