Back from the Schulz Museum
If any of the folks I talked to during my appearance at the Schulz Museum this weekend are reading this: hi! And thank you for dropping by! The appearance went well, and the folks at the museum were kindly and helpful. I got a chance to look at their current …
Name that Peanuts character!
Okay, you know all the Peanuts characters, right? You know the major folks, the minor folks, you can even tell 3 from 4, I’m sure. So here goes: So can you name the young gentleman on the right side of this panel, scanned here from Snoopy Swings Into Action, a …
Be My Valentine books
There are two different new book adaptations of the animated special Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown out this year, both available for immediate shipping. I haven’t actually gotten my copy of the minibook adaptation yet, but I do have the kids valentine-shaped hardcover. It’s an interactive book: 10 sturdy cardboard …
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 …
Another book edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas!
Barnes & Noble now has their exclusive edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas. This is part of a series of Christmas “snow block” books they’re putting out. What is a snow block? Well, you know snow globes, those water-filled balls that you turn or shake and it makes it look …
New to the AAUGH.com reference library
Play It Again, Schroeder! is now shipping. Nicely, this is not a Schroeder-themed strip collection; it’s a music-themed collection. That means that it’s still Schroeder-heavy, of course, but not to the degree that they had to scrape up every Schroeder strip out there (in contrast to the recent Pig-Pen-themed collection). …
Schulz and Peanuts is released… so?
Well, Schulz and Peanuts is released today, and the hullabaloo has been growing. And people have been emailing me, forwarding me links to various reviews and statements and asking me for my comments and my input on whether they should buy the book. Well, I have no vast insight for …
Calvin and Hobbes creator talks about Schulz And Peanuts and Schulz and Peanuts
I’m not going to be linking to all of the many reviews of Schulz and Peanuts that are out there, but when Bill Watterson writes, it’s worth having a read, particularly since he goes beyond talking about the biography to talk about Peanuts itself.
It’s Yet Again The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Now on store shelves (although not actually in stock at Amazon) is the latest book to come under the the title of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. This time, it’s a board book, aimed at kids… and with four single-picture spreads and one two-picture spread, it’s not really meant …
Commenting on my own review
Given the attention that my review of Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography is now getting and the degree of Schulz expertise people ascribe to me at times, I thought I should clarify that. The book does add a richness of fact, but don’t take my review to attest to the …