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The other A Boy Named Charlie Brown DVD

As we mentioned recently, the movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown ships later this month on DVD. However, it’s not the only DVD to carry that title. Before that movie, before even A Charlie Brown Christmas, producer Lee Mendelson worked with Schulz and animator Bill Melendez to make a documentary …

Discounts

DeCamping Snoopy

There soon will be no more Camp Snoopy in the Mall Of America, and this time it’s not just an Onion parody piece. Having lost the Peanuts license, the amusement park will be renamed with the rather unexciting name The Park at Mall of America. They’ve announced that they’re selling …

Classic finds

Schulz bio pushed back, DVDs pushed forward

Tonight is this year’s U.S. airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas on ABC. That makes it a good day to watch TV, of course, but it also makes it a good day for me to talk about some upcoming releases: two more animated Peanuts DVDs. Now, the movies are finally …

Schulz/Peanuts news

Jim Sasseville, 1927-2005

The Comics Reporter is reporting the passing of Jim Sasseville last week. Jim was a friend and collaborator of Schulz’s who accompanied him on his move to California. His work can be seen on the earlier Peanuts comic book stories, and he provided the finished art for most of the …

Classic finds

The other Complete Peanuts set, and more

So you want the complete run of Peanuts strips in 25 volumes, but you don’t want to wait another decade to get the complete set? And you want to pay only about $60 plus shipping for the whole set? Well, how’s your Chinese? Because that’s the language for this set …

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Amazon.com: Books: Jasper: The Story of a Mule

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Schulz/Peanuts news

Slight change of plans

Unfortunately, due to a mounting health situation, Jim Sasseville will not be able to attend Sunday’s signing at the Schulz Museum. However, we should be able to offer some It’s Only A Game bookplates signed by him, and Derrick Bang and I will both still be there to answer your …

New releases

Magic disappearing Snoopy

In a recent AAUGH blog entry, I mentioned a pamphlet that had Peanuts on the inside but not on the outside. Now to make up for that we have Snoopy Magic Party Ideas, a ninety-five cent Hallmark booklet where the only Peanuts content is the cover. The characters are neither …

Schulz/Peanuts news

Peanuts thoughts in The New Yorker

Novelist Jonathan Franzen (best known for The Corrections) has a piece in the November 29th New Yorker reflecting on the presence of Peanuts in his life. You can read it online (although I have had trouble with some browsers.) Thanks to Mark Evanier for pointing this out.

Schulz/Peanuts news

U.S. Government Peanuts services

Have you been saying to yourself “I’d sure like to have access to some Peanuts-related lyrics and MIDI tunes, but only if they’re provided to me by an agency of the United States government?” If so, then here you go! (And yes, I’ve already dropped them a note letting them …