Why did I buy this?
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com Reference Library is Toothbrushing with Charlie Brown. This is a less common piece of Peanuts animation, one of two short films that were created for the American Dental Association. So now I own a copy. I don’t have a film projector, though, so what they …
Amazon and the Artist’s Edition
So among the emails I’ve been getting from you fine AAUGH Blog readers has been the question of what’s up with that copy of the Peanuts Artist’s Edition that I ordered from Amazon? Alas, I do not know. Here’s what I can tell you: None of the copies of the …
Robert Pope signing
Hey, this Friday at the Schulz Museum, Peanuts comic book artist Robert Pope will be signing comic books and doing sketches. Robert did a beautiful job drawing a couple of my scripts – the New Shoe Zoom one in issue 16, and the one where Sally really does not want …
What? They are still doing the Complete Peanuts?
Yes, yes, there are still several more volumes of Complete Peanuts to go before the set is, well, complete. What you see here is the preliminary cover for volume 23, which is now available for preorder. It’s not the cover which we were told at one point we’d get on …
Artist’s Edition coming next week, I really mean it
The comic book store distributor Diamond has the Peanuts Artist’s Edition on this coming week’s shipping list. That indicates that it is already in their warehouse and is being boxed up now to go out. So it really should hit those comic shops that ordered it (which will be far from …
The Beagle lands tomorrow, read it today
Appearing in better comic book stores tomorrow and already winging its way to folks who preordered it from Amazon (where you can still order it at a good price is the new Peanuts graphic novel The Beagle Has Landed… and here, for your previewing pleasure, is a full ten story pages …
Love in motion
I got some very positive reaction to the video I did of the Japanese Moving Book. I also got email from Kato, pointing me to an ad video for that book… which lead me to other ad videos for the series. (If you’re getting this via email, please click through …
Artist’s Edition date kinda set
I told you a couple days ago that the Artist’s Edition was going to land in comic book stores on June 11th. Well, thats what the publisher said. However, as AAUGH Blog reader Joseph pointed out to me, the distributor says that the book will hit shops June 18. Which …
Peanuts in motion
I received my copy of the Japanese (in source; in language, it’s all English!) book Peanuts in Motion: Happy-Go-Lucky (and yes, that is a link to order it from Amazon US.) This is a very, very happy-making item, with a dozen animations that occur when you turn the pages. Watch the …
Artist’s Edition date set
IDW has announced that the Peanuts Artist’s Edition will hit comic book stores next Wednesday, June 11th This does not mean that Amazon will necessarily get them, much less ship them, on the same date. The method of delivery to Amazon is different from the path to the comics shop. …