the sweetest Snoopy book
I found this at a 99 Cents Only store today: Of course, despite the “title”, it’s not actually a book at all. Flip open that cover with every licensee’s favorite Peanuts image, and you’ll find six rolls of LifeSavers-like candy. In fact, the whole affair is an imitation of the …
A whole treasury full o’ happiness
I’ve got my copy of A Treasury of Happiness now, the single volume collecting the eight Happiness Is gift books. Before I make any comment, though, I have to raise my “conflict of interest” flag – and not just my usual “I make money when people click the link and …
those new Peanuts cartoons now on-line
If you’ve got iTunes set up, this link should take you to the free sample of the new Peanuts cartoon, including two episodes of the 20 they’re making this season. They run about three and a half minutes each, plus credits. In this case, the two episodes really cover one …
Why you’re glad you’re not me
Yes, yes, I gave in. I went and bought a copy of the Hallmark edition of the new A Charlie Brown Christmas book adaptation, even though I already owned the standard bookstore edition. I’m thinking about doing a picture spread on all the adaptations that have been put out of …
The Complete Peanuts, 1969-1970
The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 will be shipping soon. Should you buy it? Well, yes, of course. If you’re reading the AAUGH Blog, you’re the sort of person who should be buying all these volumes. Why do you even ask me such silly questions? Having just finished reading through it, I …
Finally, a book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas!
I have in my slightly-peanut-buttery-smelling mitts the book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas. No, not that one. No, not those. This years. No, not this year’s snow-block adaptation, this year’s non-snow-block edition. Yeah, this one. And yes, this is a brand new adaptation. Someday (not at least a theoretical …
Got a copy!
The postal carrier just brought me some copies of A Peanuts Halloween, the trick-or-treat minicomic. First, let me note that by minicomic, they don’t mean “pocket-sized”. This is 8.5″ high, 5.5″ wide — what small-press comics folks would call “digest sized”. It’s 16 pages, including covers. The back cover is …
Peanuty Titans
There’s a comic book series called Tiny Titans which takes characters from the superhero comic Teen Titans and reimagines them as elementary school kids with far less life-and-death in their conflicts. A lot of it is jokes that it would seem to only be meaningful to those with a working …
Peanuts special books
Now shipping: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. What, that’s not specific enough? You’re right. I should say that now shipping is the book adaptation of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. What, still not specific enough? Okay, it’s the Running Press book adaptation of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie …
Peanuts meet Dracula
A couple years back, a talented one-time collaborator of mine named Adam Rex came out with a children’s book of humorous poems about monsters, called Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich. I meant to blog about that here not only because the book was very funny (which it was) but because when …