Peanuts stuff at Comic-Con

Comic-Con

So, I’m back and mostly recovered from Comic-Con.

I had somehow missed the message that there would be another pop-up shop, this one focused on Peanuts and the space program.

What were they selling? Reproductions of a 1960s Peanuts space-themed banner. And skateboard decks. Of course.

Meanwhile, one of the nearby theaters was has their own Peanuts plans for five months from now… actually, curiously, just after Christmas Day.

And hey, if you want to hear one of the panels I was on, Jamie Coville recorded the panel about The Uncensored Mouse (an unlicensed Mickey Mouse reprint) and the public domain. It’s one of the panels here.

 

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