Schulz/Peanuts news

Snoopy, Hollywood Star

Well, I’m back from the dedication of Snoopy’s new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – he’s got a spot on the sidewalk about a block down from the famous Chinese Theater, and right by Schulz’s star (which is the only one I’d ever gone to the dedication of …

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Peppermint Patty Goes to Camp cover

Here’s the cover to for May’s Ready-to-Read storybook Peppermint Patty Goes to Camp. You know, I like books that are Ready-to-Read, just like a like foods that are Ready-to-Eat. I hate to have to do twenty minutes of preparation before a book can be read, so shipping them Ready-to-Read is …

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Snoopy for President cover

Here’s the planned cover for Snoopy for President!, a storybook scheduled for July 5th of next year in which Linus and Pigpen are challenging each other for the class presidency, only to find that a certain beagle is coming in as a spoiler!

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Snoopy of the Dead

I’ve seen Peanuts products for plenty of holidays, but this fabric I found on the Joann Fabric website is the first Day of the Dead celebratory material I’ve seen. (At least, I assume that’s what it’s for; it’s outside my cultural specialty.)

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Walk-of-Faming the Dog

Coming up on Monday, at 11:30, Snoopy is getting recognized the way that Hollywood has done for a couple thousand folks before him (including several dogs): he’s getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’m gonna try to be there (the scheduling may be a little tricky.) If you …

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Latter Day Schulz

And, speaking of Schulz and his religious beliefs, here’s a nice article on a Mormon website regarding how he dealt with it when someone close to him chose a different religious path. It includes a couple of personal cartoons that I have not seen before.

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The Peanuts-y Rabbi

  Those of you who were entertained or moved by the Abraham J. Twerski self-help books that use Peanuts strips to illustrate points, such as When Do the Good Things Start? and Brothers and Sisters, It’s All Relative may be interested in this Tablet magazine article  “How a Prolific Rabbi Found Inspiration in Hasidic Teaching—and …

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The Snoopy Treasures preview video

Here’s an obviously unscripted, somewhat frentic video of me showing off my new book, The Snoopy Treasures, coming out in November and available for preordering here! (If you’re reading the blog through email, you’ll probably have to click through to the website for the video.)

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Quick notes

I’ve been getting questions asking whether the new book Celebrating Peanuts: 65 Years is the same as Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years from six years ago. Yes, it is, it’s just the paperback edition. AAUGH Blog reader John points to this Fantagraphics sale which has the small square book Waiting for the Great Pumpkin for …

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Nothing much, what’s Snoo with you?

(My apologies to anyone who saw an incomplete version of this post that was accidentally published.) Yes, I went to Costco today. No, it wasn’t to look to see if the new hardcover collection of all the 1960s daily strips was in yet. Well, not entirely. But it wasn’t. In yet, …