Comic-Con in Fashion
While I may have gotten some of you down the other day with mention of Peanuts things that will only be available to you if you have a no-longer-available Comic-Con badge, I’ve got some good news: if you happen to be in San Diego anyway during the Con, there’s some …
Peanuts Comic-Con Exclusives 2017
The world-famous Comic-Con International: San Diego is less than a month away, and if you haven’t already gotten tickets… well, then it ain’t happening, they sold out way back. So if you’re not already planning on going, you’re not gonna be there, and this will be mere window-shopping for you. …
Peanuts by the numbers
My focus is, and always will be, on Peanuts as a work of art. I draw interest and amusement from how that work of art is presented commercially. But it’s also a matter of business, and not a small business at that. So images like this one being distributed by …
Kong: Snoopy Island
I went to see the film Kong: Skull Island last night, and in addition to noticing that it was a beautifully shot, and very much the film it should be (a well-made piece of fluff), I noticed that it’s the latest film for the Peanuts crew to make a sneak appearance …
Good Grief! Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang Are Up for Sale
Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the Peanuts gang are up for sale. Strawberry Shortcake too Source: Good Grief! Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang Are Up for Sale Several people have called my attention to the fact that Iconix, the majority owners of Peanuts Worldwide (the company co-owned by the Schulzes) are looking …
Squeaky wheel, meet grease
Having chastised the Christian Science Monitor for their article on the end of the MetLife Peanuts license, I must now commend them for taking my concerns seriously once I submitted them. While the article is still grounded in some assumption of a lack of interest in Peanuts among the younger …
AAUGH! The blockheadedness! It hurts!
The dropping of the MetLife Peanuts licenses has produced some rather ignorant coverage, like: MetLife has dropped the 1950s cartoon character, a mascot that likely doesn’t resonate with the youngest generations. Source: The Christian Science Monitor article See you, Snoopy: why insurance co. is saying goodbye to cartoons To make that …
Peanuts out of the insurance business
Several people have contacted me to make sure I know about the announcement that MetLife is dropping their Peanuts license. There were signs that this was coming, and if it’s news it’s only because that license has lasted a ridiculously long time as licenses go. It produced some interesting commercials, and …
Award-winning after all these years
Peanuts fared well at last night’s Harvey Awards, Peanuts: A Tribute To Charles M. Schulz (that’s the collection of various respectable cartoonists doing Peanuts stories or stories about Schulz), took three awards: Best Single Issue Or Story Special Award for Presentation Best Anthology
Peanutsy panels at Comic-Con
Comic-Con International: San Diego (yes, that’s it’s real name) is a week away. For those of you who are going, here are the Peanuts-related panels that are planned: Thursday brings us Snoopy for President: Politics in Peanuts Explore the world of politics through Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. Hear about Charlie …