Coming in December is a paperback edition of Blake Scott Bell’s Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts. I reviewed the hardcover when it came out in 2021, and that positive recommendation still stands.

That is genuinely Dolores, the obscure Latina Peanuts character from the filmstrips, in the new special that releases this coming Friday. I’ve had it confirmed by the director of the special, who is half Latin himself. He indicates that she will not be the only character of such heritage in …

Folks, I always want to thank you for following this blog, just because it makes me happy. But in this case, it did a lot of good for others as well. In the past year, you saw me discuss FOCO bobbleheads a few times. I made it clear that I’d …

Since you’re following this blog, I know that you’re interested in my updates and insights on Peanuts books. I’m not sure how deep your interest in the humble AAUGH Blogger goes… but if you want it, you will soon have the chance to purchase a Peanuts book that’s ALL ABOUT ME! …

I was going to do a brief write-up on Beaglefest, including mentioning the few things I got to add to the AAUGH.com Reference Library… really, just five items, three of which were books in Italian, which were picked up at the Snoopy Gift Shop. Now, normally I wouldn’t pick up …

Since the news came out at Beaglefest, I might as well announce it here as well: I’ve helped Judy Sladky with the writing of her memoire. A memoir about what, you ask? Well, for those of you who don’t know who Judy is… you know how you never see Clark …

Each year, Comic-Con gives out to its attendees a free souvenir book, filled with articles on comics anniversaries, notes on folks who died in the past year, stuff like that. This year, they’re doing it as a digital version, so it’s a free download for everyone… and the cover story …

Well, I got my one day at Comic-Con this year, and I’m still recovering. (Not having a hotel room meant lugging around a shoulder bag with everything I needed for my presentation at the end of the day….and I’m still recovering from a leg injury a few weeks back.) I …

Comic-Con 2025 hits San Diego this week, and those of us who are lucky enough to attend will have some interesting things to see and interesting items to buy. When it comes to Peanuts panels, they will be on Friday and Saturday. Lucky for me, I’ll be there for the …

When I reviewed the 2015 book adapting the TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, I had this to say: The book that’s titled It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (adaptation by Kara McMahon, art by Scott Jeralds) takes basically the whole special and simplifies everything. It briefly tells you that Charlie …