AAUGH.com and gift-giving, 2008
I stopped by a Wendy’s hamburger joint today, and discovered that their kids meals at this point come with Peanuts toys. Theres a stuffed Snoopy backpack clip, a stuffed Woodstock keychain, a frame with comic strips so you can mix-and-match panels, a Snoopy bobblehead, and then something called the Peanuts …
little Peanutsy bits
In the US, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs Tuesday on ABC. Next Sunday, November 2nd, Fox will be airing the 19th annual Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror special… and this year’s includes their parody of The Great Pumpkin. A friend of the blog points us toward a new Snoopy …
Peanutsudoku and more
Looking over the latest Peanuts books on hand: The biggest note is that the first printing of The Complete Peanuts volume 9 has a flaw; on page 53, they run the May 1st, 1967 strip twice, leaving out May 3rd. This will be fixed with the second printing, and volume …
Yes, Far Side is not Peanuts
I know there are some general comic strip fans reading this, and since this is a one-day-only deal, I couldn’t resist: The Complete Far Side, normally $150 (it’s a boxed hardcover set) and normally not eligible for free shipping, today only $67.50 and eligible for free Super Saver Shipping in …
minor newsy bits
The upcoming new book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas now has a cover. Some day, I’ll really have to do a chart of all the formats and editions that have come out under this title… Speaking of A Charlie Brown Christmas book – the huge discount available on the …
The three latest books
I just received: The new paperback kids book adaptation of It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown. This one comes with a sheet of stickers, including 3 of Snoopy and 1 each of six other characters. It’s an okay adaptation as such things go; the even line weight and coloring used …
A couple Schulz book bargains
We’ve got some deals for you. Hardcover copies of Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz for 57% off the cover price. These are remaindered copies, and are likely to have a marker mark along the edge of the page. Oh Friend of Friends box set – not remaindered copies. …
The Complete Peanuts volume 24 already… kinda…
About a year ago, I stumbled across some hardcover books each of which collected three of the Ballantine Books collections, mostly individual year collections from the last few years. And despite having been many places looking at Peanuts books, including back to the same store many times, I never saw …
Peanuts Holiday Treasury Special
Our new friends at B&N have remaindered copies of the Peanuts Holiday Treasury, a collection of several of the kiddie book adaptations of the animated specials, on sale for $3.99. (Meanwhile, if you’ve just got an Amazon gift certificate and it’s burning a hole in your pocket, and your a …
Complete Peanuts, about half off, free shipping
Okay, usually I’m linking folks to Amazon, but the Barnes & Noble folks have a particularly good deal, and I wouldn’t want to not tell you. They’ve got this coupon, code N6R7C4J , that will take 25% off the purchase of any one item. And if you apply it to …