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 …
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 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 …
Contest – an odd addition to the AAUGH.com library
I just added this book to the presumably-prestigious, yet under-organized, AAUGH.com reference library. “But the infamous AAUGH.com reference library is focused on Schulz and Peanuts!” I hear you cry. “What could this comic book have to do with that?” I’m actually curious how many folks know the answer – if …
Another one from the class of 1950
As I’ve noted before, there was a rather powerful year in comics about the time that the Peanuts launched. Dennis the Menace and Beetle Bailey also launched within the course of a year… all strips that are still running in a large number of papers almost 60 years later. And …
Peanuts Treasury and other discounts
Normally I steer folks to Amazon for the books as they have the most stuff, but Barnes & Noble (who, yes, also give me a kickback) is running a sale (cutting about an additional 10% off most prices) and has a few things that can’t be found at Amazon. BN …
The paperback Peanuts – now in hardcover!
Remember Peanuts: The Art of Charles M Schulz, that cool-looking hardcover that Chip Kidd put together? And then they came out with the paperback, and it had about 30 pages of additional material? Well, now they’ve come out with a discount hardcover edition, and judging by the page count, it’s …
On why you can’t find a dog for Christmas, and free stuff I got
So I’m at a Big Buy store yesterday, and notice that they don’t have the new edition of I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown on their new release rack. So out of curiosity, I head over to their children’s section to see if it’s there, and I find …
on being That Somebody
There are two events coming up – one Peanuts event, one non-Peanuts – that have me thinking about some somewhat bigger matters. Forgive me if I get a bit off-topic for this blog. The events are (in the order they’re taking place): 24 Hour Comics Day lands on October 3rd …