The magazine People ran a preview of The Essential Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, the upcoming Peanuts retrospective written by my bud Mark Evanier. I’ll let you head there for the content, but I am going to talk on one part of the preview pointed to me by AAUGH Blog …

Coming in December is a paperback edition of Blake Scott Bell’s Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts. I reviewed the hardcover when it came out in 2021, and that positive recommendation still stands. Share the news!

Folks, I always want to thank you for following this blog, just because it makes me happy. But in this case, it did a lot of good for others as well. In the past year, you saw me discuss FOCO bobbleheads a few times. I made it clear that I’d …