Available for preorder: Complete Peanuts v. 16
You can now preorder The Complete Peanuts Volume 16: 1981-1982, as well as the boxed set with both volumes 15 and 16. Volume 16 will have an introduction by Lynn Johnston… which is a kindly return, because Schulz did introduction writing for collections of “For Better Or For Worse”, Johnston’s …
Peanuts movies bargain
Whoops, two DVD posts in a row, but I just noticed that Paramount (who has the DVD rights to the Peanuts theatrical releases) is putting out a nice bargain in a couple weeks – a two disk set with both A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Come Home, now …
Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show DVD coming
Coming in June is the DVD Snoopy’s Adventures, which includes the “Snoopy and the Giant” episode of the Saturday morning cartoon series The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, plus Snoopy’s Getting Married. I’m not sure why Amazon is listing it as being 135 minutes; I can’t find any source suggesting …
The Return of Peanuts Wisdom and Work and Play
A small publisher has just rereleased a couple books from the run of gifty hardcover strip reprints that showed up from Harper Collins in the 1990s. At the moment, it looks like these are available through Barnes & Noble only, at a cheap under-$6 price for these hardcovers. Now available …
Warm Blanket graphic novel available for pre-order… sorta
Sometime this month, the hardcover graphic novel adaptation of the new direct-to-DVD release Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown will hit the shelves and the mailboxes of the nation at a list price just under $20, but because of its last-minute solicitation, it is not yet available for preorder. …
Ordering the Warm Blanket graphic novel
If you’re one of those folks who likes to order your books from your comic book store, tell them -now- that you want the graphic novel adaptation of Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and tell them that it’s listed in “Previews Plus”, and the code is JAN118101. The …
Peanuts goes all graphic novelly on us
As I noted earlier, comics publisher Boom! had announced that they would have some Peanuts material as part of their new Kaboom imprint… and it’s happening quicker than one might have expected. They just announced that they’ll have a graphic novel adaptation of the new direct-to-DVD special Happiness is a …
United Feature Syndicate out of the comics syndicating business
Apparenly, United Features Syndicate, who up until quite recently syndicated Peanuts, is basically getting out of comics syndication, turning over those operations to Universal Uclick. UFS brought some of the most successful comics ever to papers; if they hadn’t seen some value in an odd little strip about kids 60-some …
Warm Blanket Happiness is now available
The book adaptation of the upcoming Peanuts direct-to-DVD release Happiness is a Warm Blanket is now shipping. The DVD itself isn’t due out until next month. (But here’s a thought – order them both now, and that will put an order just over $25, thus qualifying you for free super-saver …