Fawcett Crest research

I’ve heard from someone who is eager to get deep into the nitty-gritty of the publishing history of the Fawcett Crest Peanuts books – getting the public dates of each printing of each book, perhaps the print run, that sort of detail.

If anyone out there has already done such research, or has a collection that goes beyond having one of each book and has multiple printings of each or somesuch, please drop me a line at questions@AAUGH.com and I’ll hook you up with this gen-yew-ine academic.

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The real Linus’s real cartooning

Like many Peanuts fans, I knew that the character of Linus was named after Linus Maurer, who worked at Art Instruction alongside Schulz. Like seemingly fewer fans, I knew that Maurer himself had been a syndicated cartoonist… but for some reason I never saw any of his strip before today. …

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Campaign Peanuts redux

I don’t normally just repost my blog entries… but this one seems as relevant now as when I first posted it in 2019. Only the word “many” seems dated. Of the many presidential candidates, I think Schulz only mentioned one in Peanuts. which isn’t to say that you can’t find …

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I suspect that’s not Schulz

The only thing I have to say about this ad from 1967 is “no”.   40 SHARES Share Tweet this thing Follow the AAUGH Blog