The ways of eBay, and what people are buying
So I was searching for Peanuts books on eBay the other day (an exercise which has gained me a lot of items and cost me a lot of money over the years), and I came across a copy of the leatherbound Easton Press edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas: The …
Considering its rarity, it’s a good price.
If you head over to Amazon now, you can order a used copy of Peppermint Patty and Marcie for $266, plus shipping. Now that may sound like a lot of money, but consider this: as best as I can tell, this book was never published. This book was an odd …
AAUGH blog problems
I’ve learned from some alert and helpful AAUGH blog readers that a few of my recent posts have not been arriving to those who subscribe via email. Notably, the one with animation of the Peanuts characters dancing with Dick Van Dyke and the one announcing a new DVD and noting …
Schulz bio covers
In my post the other day showing Schulz biographies reusing the same cover photos, I left out this pair, one an upcoming book, the other from 2001: But hey, as long as we’re doing Schulz biography covers, let’s take a look at a better-designed one for an upcoming volume: This …
More Willie, More Joe
For those of you who got the great big two-volume set of Willie & Joe: The World War II Years by Snoopy’s pal Bill Mauldin, next year brings a treat: Willie & Joe: Back Home. This continues the reprint series with Mauldin’s work, and this volume looks at an interesting …
A Boy Named Charlie
Today’s addition to the AAUGH.com reference library (well, one of them, I don’t mention everything I get) is the souvenir booklet for the Japanese release of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. About 8 1/3″x 11 2/3″, this 20 page booklet has character descriptions, some text presumably on the plot and …
Obama versus Peanuts?
Sometimes, the news is just too weird, even for a comics fan. Now a mayor is accusing U.S. President Barack Obama of purposefully sabotaging A Charlie Brown Christmas. Good grief! In more grounded news, Peanuts video maven Scott McGuire points out that Warners has released a DVD of all the …
For the Snoopy bookmakers. Also, discount Willie & Joe
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com reference library isn’t a book. Well, not yet. Instead, it’s a book kit, a big fabric panel with pages and instructions. With a little cutting and a little sewing, I can make my own soft book. Or, I suppose, a really weird-looking shirt. (And …
Schulz biography ditto machine
The other day’s post about the two similarly-covered upcoming Peanuts books reminded me to post this look at some of the biographies of Schulz that have been done, generally as part of sets of biographies meant to fill school library shelves: It’s understandable… there are only so many file photos …
A Sniffy answer
Sunday, I asked the question of why this comic book is in the AAUGH.com reference library: The answer is that back in 1950, Schulz had cut a deal to syndicate a comic strip about three kids and a dog… and he planned to name the dog “Sniffy”. Then he was …