Back the new Peanuts on Parade Kickstarter, attempt 2

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As those who memorize the blog or the podcast know, William Johnson has spent years gathering materials for a pair of books depicting all of the decorated statues of Peanuts characters that were generated during the annual events in St Paul and Santa Rosa. Not so long ago, he had a big ol’ Kickstarter campaign to raise money for publishing those two books… and it fell short, didn’t raise the money. (If you know Kickstarter, you’ll know that if you don’t have enough pledged to cover your primary goal, you don’t get any money and nobody gets charged for their pledge.)

Well, he learned from that and is trying again – with a much more modest goal that, with several days left to go in the campaign, he is well on his way to meeting. So what should you do? Go to his Kickstarter page, watch the video, and if you like what you see… pledge some money. Kick in $40 (plus shipping costs), and when volume 1 comes out, you get a signed copy. If you’re feeling generous, there are higher levels of pledging that will get your generosity acknowledge and help make sure that both volumes see the light of day. I just saw that he only needs 13 more Peanuts fans pledging that $40 to make his minimum, and that’s an unlucky number I’m told, so I just kicked in my $40 to bring it on down to twelve. And if by the time you see this he has already met his minimum… pledge anyway. Every bit helps the project.

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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 …

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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 …