Peanuts Munch Time Cook Book

Upcoming releases

Coming in October is either The Peanuts Munch Time Cook Book (if you believe the cover image) or The Peanuts Munchtime Cookbook (if you believe the Amazon text.) Spacing matters, folks! This is yet another entry in the grand history of Peanuts cookbooks, with recipes named after the characters… but in this case, I’ve got to give them extra points because they don’t just go with the main cast. Sure, they have Linus’s Pigs-in-a-Blanket and Snoopy’s Fruit Juice Soda Pop, but there’s also Eggs “Badcall” Bennydict, Harold Angel Food Cake, and Cormac ’n’ Cheese. Them’s deep cuts!

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A book I’d not expected to resurface

Back in 2011, Schulz’s granddaughter Dena Hodges issued the first two chapters of  a memoir called In the Shadow of the Family Dog. As I noted in my review at the time, the chapter and the description of the project made it clear that the focus was her relationship with …

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A box of squares

This May, Fantagraphics is collecting the various small square Peanuts books they’ve published into a new box set, Peanuts All Year Round Mini Collection. This includes: A Valentine for Charlie Brown — Valentine’s Day and romance strips Batter-Up Charlie Brown! — baseball strips Waiting for the Great Pumpkin — Halloween …

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Game Day returns

Back in 2020, Fantagraphics dropped Game Day, a boxed set of sports-themes Peanuts strip reprint paperbackss, as a Costco exclusive. Next June it’s coming back, this time in hardcover and available through the usual sources. Designed as a Father’s Day gift, it should be good for anyone who likes Peanuts …