An additional Great American Adventure

The three history-oriented storybooks in the Peanuts Great American Adventure series that were one supposed to come out this year have been sliding all over the schedule; at the moment, one is now supposed to be landing in January with the other two in June. But add to that June list a previously-unannounced entry in Hooray for Liberty, Charlie Brown! It’s currently announced ship date is June 28… which seems a little odd, as the title suggests that it’s a patriotic book, and if it’s being released for the Independence Day holiday (which falls on the same day as the Fourth of July next year), one would normally want to release it more than a week in advance.

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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 …