Comic-con Peanuts stuff
The world famous San Diego Comic Con is two weeks away, and they just announced the only panel I’ll be on this year: Snoopy: A Retrospective Paige Braddock (creative director, Schulz Creative Associates; creator, Jane’s World), Lex Fajardo (managing editor, kaboom Peanuts; creator, Kid Beowulf), Gary Groth (co-founder, Fantagraphics) and …
Going to Wondercon
I’m about to be out the door for Wondercon. If you’re going too, as I noted, you’ll be able to find me Friday 12 through 2 at the Comic Art Professional Society booth (#829)… but you’ll also be able to find the penciller of my “Bank Notes” story (and at …
Meet Nat at Wondercon
Well, my AAUGH Blog readers, today is the day that Peanuts issue 7 hits better comic shops across the US and Canada. But for those of you in Southern California – this weekend is Wondercon, which is a comic book convention run by the same folks who run the famed …
I need a title
As some of you may remember, last year I put together Bridge Mix, a selection of Schulz & Sasseville’s “It’s Only a Game” cartoons aimed at people who play bridge. It hasn’t sold a ton of copies, but enough that it was worth my time putting it together. And never …
The AAUGH Blogger chats about Peanuts and Christmas
The Phoenix New Times hit me up for what I thought would be a coupe pithy quotes about Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking. Instead it ended up being a much longer piece with lots of comment from me. Go read!
I finally got a copy of my book in Italian!
Now if someone would just translate it back into English, so I can find out what I said! If for some reason you need a copy, you can order it from an English website here.
Beaglefest report
This was my first time at Beaglefest, the big annual gathering of the Peanuts Collector Club. If you’re looking for a full report on it, look elsewhere, as I was only there for a sliver of it; it ran from Thursday through Sunday, and I was only in town Friday …
What I’ll be selling at Beaglefest
The Peanuts Collectors Club gathering Beaglefest is a week-and-a-half away now. I’ll be there on Saturday, giving a talk and then selling books in the sales area. What will I be selling? The Peanuts Collection – I’ll have about 10 copies of this. Schulz’s Youth – twenty-some copies of this… …
Back from the Festival
I had a good time at the L.A. Times Festival of Books – really, I was showing people books and taking people’s money, and those are both things I love to do. I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by – oh, and AAUGH Blog reader Pat? I think I …
a blog post with a special guest appearance
Well, day one of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is over. Things are going well. And I sold one copy of The Peanuts Collection to a very special guest: Recognize that boy? No? Of course you wouldn’t. But if he spoke, you might. Young Gabe is the current …