He’s a mixed breed

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Sorry for the lack of many updates lately, but between some medical issues (don’t worry, nothing deadly) and going to the Long Beach Comic Expo (where I finally decided that I should describe myself as a “Professional Peanuts Nerd”), life has been full. I’ve got a few more points of news to get to, but for today, let’s just take a look at this cover for Hugs For Snoopy, an upcoming hug-themed board book slated for release in May.

Now, I know it will look a little different when it’s in your hands – that head is a plush item that will stick out from the cover – but my immediate impression from the image is that they took the head from a The Peanuts Movie and grafted it onto the body of a Snoopy Come Home Snoopy, making a Frankensnoop!

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Not Peanuts, but not utterly not Peanuts

I saw a comics writer talking about a new project where he was taking some inspiration from Peanuts – as well as some from other sources — to do a story about a comic strip creator who is bringing his strip to an end, in a way with deep personal …

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Franklin on Board

While they’ve been turning a number of the many Peanuts storybooks into board books, I was not expecting this one. Yes, coming in August is a board book version of It’s Hockey Time, Franklin!, one of the few storybooks to focus on the young guy stuck with sitting adjacent to …

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Maybe this one isn’t just puffer, it’s puffEST

Hey, did you buy the Desktop Inflatable Puffer Jacket Snoopy last year? You did?? You fool! This year they’re coming out with Desktop Inflatable Puffer Jacket Snoopy (Revised Edition), which is bound to be so much better! In what way? Danged if I know, but.. revised, it’s like revision 2.0. …