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Abrams Comicarts has put out a release with info on their upcoming graphic novel Here Comes Charlie Brown! A Peanuts Pop-up…. and in doing so included images of the entire contents!

I added that SPOILER note so that I don’t give away the ending to everyone here, but let me tell you, it’s quite a twist!

The popping up, engineered by Gene Kannenberg Jr., looks something like this…

The release also notes that this is the “first of a series, with subsequent volumes focusing on individual characters such as Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, and the rest of the Peanuts gang in their most icon comic-strip appearances.” So start making room on your shelves now!

 

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