The two that got away
There is psychological economics concept called “loss aversion”, which relates (as I loosely understand it) to the idea that we feel certain sort of economic losses far more than we feel gains; that you will remember that time you filled up and a minute later saw a gas station that …
Covers! We’ve got covers!
Now we have the covers for all those upcoming Fantagraphics books. First, let’s take a look at the paperback editions of The Complete Peanuts. The design we saw earlier has been scrapped. This is volume 1: and add in volume 2: and you get the box set: And besides those, …
Good Ol’ Charles
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com Reference Library is The Graphic Art of Charles, the book for a 1985 exhibition at The Oakland Museum (which then traveled through nine other museums through 1988). Now, if that title sounds a little odd to you, well, it may be unique. Every other …
Who Cares, Charlie Brown? I do!
The solicitations for fall books just hit… and boy, did they ever hit hard for the Peanuts book collector. Whatever you collect, you’ll have something to buy. If you like your strip collections complete and hardcover, you’ve got volume 22 of The Complete Peanuts, as well as the box set …
Dutch gold
I’m tempted to get this upcoming Dutch Golden Book, despite having to pay for shipping from England. It has that certain charm.
Preview of Batter Up, Charlie Brown!
Fantagraphics has posted a video preview of Batter Up, Charlie Brown!, a small baseball-themed strip collection coming in April and available for preorder now. It looks like a nice little book.
Nat’s Most ADJECTIVE Comics
Folks have asked me to mention my own, non-Peanuts projects on this blog, so here’s the latest little oddity: The Most ADJECTIVE Romance Comics Ever! is a creative comics game in book form. I’ve taken some tales from classic romance comic books and reworked the dialog with blanks calling for …
Be My Exclusive Valentine, Charlie Brown
Peanuts books sometimes leak out in odd places (I still have not been able to locate The Big Book of Peanuts anywhere but Costco, for example, and for those who have been asking, even they seem to be out of it now). If alert AAUGH Blog supporter Scott hadn’t called …
RIP Morrie Turner
Various sources are reporting the death of Morrie Turner, creator of the comic strip “Wee Pals”, at the age of 90. Turner was the Jackie Robinson of the newspaper strip field in multiple ways, getting a national syndication deal at a time when no other African-American had one, and landing …
Get your dog license
Hey, fellow Californians! You can now order the genuine state license plate with Snoopy for your car. (Dadgummit, someone already owns “AAUGH”.)