Say “Peanuts Seasonal” five times fast

Because this November was looking just far too bereft of Peanuts books coming out, Fantagraphics has added one to the list! Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron is a hardcover collection of strips focusing on ye olde World War I Flying Ace. This is part of their “Peanuts Seasonal” line which has previously been thin square hardcover books (starting with Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking), but at 200 pages this one will be about as thick as three of the previous volumes (and at a price point of twenty-five bucks, cost about as much as two-and-a-half of them.)

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Gilded Age Peanuts

There are many products generated as Peanuts “collectibles”. There have even been some special editions of books that would qualify, such as those leatherbound Easton Press editions. Still, I think the upcoming board book edition of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown is pushing the line a bit. The publisher …

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Crafty Peanuts books

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