An unauthorized? biography

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In the past, I’ve talked about the Charles Schulz biographies that are produced as part of bulk lines of biographies for school libraries, very brief, photo-heavy things meant to give kids something to write book reports about. Well ABDO, a company that has produced just such a biography in the past, has decided to move beyond that and produce a biography of Snoopy. Part of their new Classic Cartoon Character Bios line, it drops in December alongside biographies for Mickey Mouse, Garfield, Winnie the Pooh, Scooby Doo, and Pikachu. With a current price of $34 and change apiece for a 24 page book, these are priced for libraries, not humans. What kind of dolt would spend that sort of money on this? <insert sound of the AAUGH Blogger hitting the “Pre-order Now” button.>

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It was a stormy Dark Knight…

Coming out in December is a facsimile edition of Detective Comics issue 500, the big thick issue-versary release from 1981. Detective Comics is a series that began in 1937, although it really picked up steam in 1939, when issue 27 introduced a little character called “The Batman”. Reaching issue 500 is an achievement …

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Offboarding

I can think of a number of times that Peanuts storybooks have been converted into board books, often with some shortening and simplification. And I can think of once or twice that the stories from board books have been included inside non-board anthologies of stories. But I can’t think of …

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How many bunny-wunnies?

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