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Folks who have been reading the AAUGH Blog for a while will recognize the basic shape of this post. I run something like this most years. If it seems to be coming a little early this year, that’s because the holidays actually start early this year. That’s right, Chanukah actually …
From beagle to bagel
I stopped by the local Noah’s Bagels (which I believe is the same chain as Einstein Brothers) this morning, and the counterstaff were wearing shirts that said Happiness Is A Warm Bagel on the back. The “Happiness is a Warm Puppy” concept still resonates like a recent Internet meme, half …
More hype from a proud writer
I have fallen behind in blogging the coming Peanuts issues, but could not resist blogging this one, issue 15′ coming in January.. both because the cover is lovely, and because the issue will have not one but two of my stories in it. In fact, the issue’s solicitation reads: No …
Peanuts Every Signeday
Fantagraphics has been successful in their Kickstarter, raising the $150,000 they were using to bridge their financial shortfall. However, they’re still open for more donations so that they can better move other projects forward (the next is hiring new translaters for the books which would’ve been translated by the late …
Peanuts eBargain
The Complete Peanuts volumes are showing up as part of Amazon MatchBook program. What that means is that if you buy (or at any time have bought), say, The Complete Peanuts volume 1 from Amazon, they will now sell you a digital copy (for your Kindle device or Kindle reader …
Spare Schulz
These days, it is rare for a magazine to reach 100 issues, but Bowlers Journal International far outstrips that; they have been publishing for a hundred years. To celebrate, they have out an extra thick 300 page anniversary issue with all sorts of features… Including two pages on Schulz and …
There Will Be Peanuts Every Sunday
Lest anyone fear that the preceding announcement regarding financial struggles at publisher Fantagraphics will delay or scuttle the publication of the first volume of Peanuts Every Sunday, this picture should allay your fears. The books have been printed, and should be shipping soon. And how is the book? Well, it’s …
The Complete Peanuts publisher seeking support
Fantagraphics, the publisher of The Complete Peanuts and many other fine (and some less fine, to be fair) books of and about comics has found themselves in a money crunch, owing in large part to the death of co-founder and key editorial guy Kim Thompson. To deal with this, they …
Recalling the Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine
Many of us fondly recall the Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine from our youth. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling those of much more recent vintage… and not so fondly. Yes, it turns out due to a manufacturing defect in three production batches of the product that were for sale between …