Disaster relief fundraiser
My mother passed away in Texas five years ago tomorrow (August 29). In her memory, I’m running a quick fund-raiser: almost any About Comics products sold and printed by Amazon by the end of tomorrow (and if you order today for immediate delivery, printing by tomorrow is likely), the About …
The AAUGH Blogger on “It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown”
William Pepper has a podcast where he is recapping and reviewing all of the animated Peanuts, piece by piece. Thirteen episodes in, he decides to vary from the format to have his first guest – me, the AAUGH Blogger. It’s playable below (or, if you’re getting this via email, here’s …
See Nat! See roller derby! All at once! This can’t end well…
For my Los Angeles-area fans, friends, and followers: I’ll be appearing tomorrow, Saturday August 13, at the Derby Comic-Con… which is a small comic convention being held before and through half-time of a roller derby match! Yup, your L.A. Derby Dolls decided to put on something special, something unique. Will this turn …
Nat at Beaglefest
I’ve gotten inquiries about my appearance at Beaglefest (in less than two weeks.) I will be giving a talk on Thursday night. I will -not- be there for the rest of the event, as Beaglefest is the same days as the San Diego Comic-Con, which is a business event for …
Schulz’s Dear President Johnson back in print!
This is the sort of thing where I’ve had news I wanted to share, but couldn’t (or at least shouldn’t) until everything was ready – but now it is! Back in 1964, Charles Schulz illustrated a book of kids’ letters to the then-new president, Lyndon Johnson. The letters had been …
an award-winning Peanuts book
Peanuts books have won a number of awards over the years; I was there when a Complete Peanuts volume got comicdom’s coveted Eisner Award. Well, they racked up another win this week at the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Ben Franklin Awards. The Gold Award in the category of Coffee Table Books …
Beaglefest – not just an anagram for “Feet Bagels”
The Peanuts Collectors Club has announced that their big gathering, Beaglefest, will take place on July 21 – 24 in Anaheim California, the home to Knott’s Berry Farm and the original Camp Snoopy. The group has various exciting things planned, and to balance that a bit, they’ve also got me coming …
Nat has Violet tendencies
I’ve been a little light on Peanuts book news lately – there’s some things coming in the mail, but folks aren’t making a lot of new announcements during the holiday season. (Plus, things get hectic here around this time.) But making me happy at the moment is an invite I …
The author is always the last to know
I was searching the web for reviews of my book The Snoopy Treasures to add to my list of reviews when I stumbled across one from La Casa de El which gave me a key piece of information that I did not already have: there’s a Spanish edition of the book! Los Tesoros de …
The most unexpected Peanuts book announcement
I swear, I seriously thought about writing this post for April 1st of this year, figuring all would quickly write it off as an April Fool’s announcement, and so I’d be able to tell the truth right in front of everybody and still keep the secret. But I held off, …