Comic-Con Peanuts exclusive #3: T-shirts
The San Diego Comic Con exclusive Peanuts items that I generally hear the most clamoring for are the t-shirts. This year’s batch is all Charlie Brown and Snoopy. That kinda fits into the Peanuts comic book tradition; for the 1960s Peanuts comic book series, all of the covers had Snoopy, …
Comic-Con Peanuts exclusive #2: Coloring postcards
Day 2 of our 4 day voyage through the items that will be exclusively available at the Peanuts booth at the San Diego Comic-Con this year (which is only a couple weeks away at this point!) It’s an adult coloring set – a box of coloring pencils (pointy tips make …
Comic-Con Peanuts exclusive #1: Presidential pins
Hey, I can work four days worth of posts out of the San Diego Comic-Con exclusives at the Peanuts booth, because they’ve got four exclusives… and number 1 is the freebie! Each day at the booth, they’ll be giving out a different Peanuts pin, each presenting a different Peanuts character as …
The leadership skills of the lad in the zig-zag shirt
Coming in in November is You’re a Leader, Charlie Brown. I’m not sure of the contents of this hardcover gift book from the publisher Simple Truths, but it’s sure to be inspirational material on leadership – that’s the topic that the publisher specializes in. Amazon thinks they know what the contents …
Charlie Brown Valentine cover
Here’s the Robert Pope’s lovely cover for this December’s new adaptation of A Charlie Brown Valentine.
Working Title, 2017
A “working title” is a title that is used for a work either when they’ve not yet come up with a final title, or when the final title is being kept secret. I suspect that the former is the reason why next March’s AMP Comics For Kids release is solicited as Peanuts …
Adding a bit of adult color to the Peanuts world
Next April, the Peanuts kids will be brought into the world of adult coloring books with Posh Adult Coloring Book: Peanuts for Inspiration & Relaxation, which is described thusly: The beloved Peanuts characters are reimagined here in 63 fanciful coloring book spreads, interweaving many classic Peanuts themes, such as: Schroeder and …
A long-running Thanksgiving tradition
First off, let me apologize for the large gaps between posts here. The Peanuts-y part of my brain is focused on a possible future project, which it’s obviously to soon to be talking about and the time may never be right. Between that project and trying hard to …
Back then, it meant “courting”
Charlie Brown, you have been making love to my sister for quite a while, an’ if you let me go now, I will consent. From Fun in a Post Office: A farce in one act, by E. Henri Bauman, 1888
Charlie Brown’s woman trouble
“I won’t marry Charlie Brown–never–and it’s very cruel in you to say anything about it!” interrupted Kitty, with flashing eyes, but with a great tremble in her voice. “I will never marry anybody!” “But Katherine Forrester, Charlie Brown loves you!” “I don’t care if he does.” “And you love him.” …