On the fifteenth anniversary of his death
Let us remember that Charles Schulz didn’t use the “someone who has an idea has a lightbulb appear over their head” motif in his comics… he only used it in real life.
The flood of Peanuts books continues
If you thought that the upcoming Peanuts book list was burdened in the past week, well, hey, it’s not stopping now! To reward Titan Books for actually supplying a cover, I’ll lead with their The Art and Making of The Peanuts Movie (or whatever the title is, the cover image varies from …
Another book from the AAUGH Blogger
If all you’ve seen from me as an author are The Peanuts Collection and Classic Peanuts: Great Moments, you may think that all I’m capable of writing is books about Peanuts… but my next announced book isn’t about Peanuts! Instead, it’s about… Snoopy! That’s right: The Snoopy Treasures: An Illustrated Celebration of the …
Kiting some upcoming Peanuts book covers
The new batch of solicits currently flooding the system brings with it cover images for some previously announced books. Click on the covers to go preorder!
Is there such a thing as “too many Peanuts books”? NO!
It’s book solicitation season, and in particular it’s time for publishers that will be hitting for a period that not only reflects “books being issued for Christmas buying” but also “books surrounding The Peanuts Movie” and possibly “books celebrating the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas“. While we’ve seen few …
The happiest post of the year
Those of you who have carefully memorized all the AAUGH Blog entries know what’s coming when you see a title like “The happiest post of the year”, and yes, it’s true. The news is good. There is going to be a book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Admittedly, this is …
Peanuts movie books and storybooks a-comin’!
As I’ve mentioned before, these big animated kid movies tend to be accompanied by a bunch of book tie-ins… and now that this fall’s solicitations are coming through, there looks to be a reasonable amount of Peanuts product in that regard. Often, the books are adaptations of a portion of …
Fall Fantagraphics books
The solicitations have hit for this fall’s Peanuts books from Fantagraphics. There are no unexpected books here, but there are a couple pieces of good news. One is that they’re doing box sets of Peanuts Every Sunday, which means that if you wait, you should be able to save a few …
Happiness is an Expensive Puppy
If you want to spend a lot of money on a Peanuts book, then Easton Press is the way to go. It’s been a few years since they offered a new item on their list of gilt-edged, leather-bound, fancy-dancy editions, but supposedly this month they will be shipping Happiness is a Warm …
Now I’ve seen that which should not be seen.
I have in my collection various… let us say “ribald”… parodies of Peanuts, including ones that have taken actual Schulz material and, um, enhanced it with sexual, scatalogical, or drug material. Some of them are done with art and craft, some less so. I didn’t think anything in this realm …