Blockheads for Knitwits
Coming in March of next year, it’s Peanuts Crochet, a book of instructions on how to crochet a dozen different Peanuts characters, packaged with the the hooks and all the materials to make three of the characters (I’m betting Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, judging by the image.) The book is …
Kindlegarten
Yes, I’m taking the occasion of my eldest child’s first day of kindergarten to point out that The Complete Peanuts volumes are now available for reading on your Kindle (or through Kindle software on your computer or tablet.) This would not be my preferred method of reading these items, I’m …
Peanuts by the numbers
Book packager becker&mayer! have announced the upcoming Classic Peanuts Paint-by-Numbers Kit which includes not only five paint-by-number canvasses with stands, ten acrylic paints and a paintbrush, but also (making it relevant to this blog) a paperback book, comprised of 48 pages and seven thousand words. Priced at $16.95, the kit is …
Civic Peanuts: Erecting and Electing
Out in Needles, California, they’ve gotten licensing approval to put up a statue of Spike, Snoopy’s brother and the town’s most famous resident, in front of their new Chamber Of Commerce. But that’s nothing compared to what they may be putting up in Tennessee, where the Democratic nominee for governor …
Danciversary!
The book originally announced as 65 Years of Snoopy is now Let’s Dance, Snoopy: 65 Years of Peanuts.
Disguised and delayed
The release date of Woodstock: Master of Disguise, part of the full-color AMP Comics For Kids line, appears to have been pushed back from March to April of next year.
New York is an Absolutely Filthy city!
Word comes to us that the Peanuts parody play Absolutely Filthy, tightened up from the version that I gave a good review to here, is getting some very strong response at the theatre festival FringeNYC. There are several more performances over the coming week; curious Gothamites should check out the schedule and …
Amazon versus Hachette squishes Peanuts
You may have heard about the business battle between online book-and-everything-else store Amazon and publishing giant Hachette, and as with everything in the news, I’m sure you wondered “does this have any impact on Peanuts books?” Well, yes. Let’s considered The Peanuts Collection, a book written by, well, me, and published …
Snoopy in a hit movie
I just got back from seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, and can point out that among the many details slammed into the film, Snoopy makes an appearance in one small way. The opening scene is set in a hospital, and on a patient’s bedside table, a greeting card with Snoopy atop …
Oh Noklahoma!
I just noticed… the surrey on this cover only has three wheels! Seriously unstable. Which is not at all helped by the fact that it’s not connected to any horses, except for the reins in Snoopy’s paw. Unless he has a period-inappropriate seatbelt, this is a disaster just waiting to …