Peanuts movie books and storybooks a-comin’!
As I’ve mentioned before, these big animated kid movies tend to be accompanied by a bunch of book tie-ins… and now that this fall’s solicitations are coming through, there looks to be a reasonable amount of Peanuts product in that regard. Often, the books are adaptations of a portion of …
Fall Fantagraphics books
The solicitations have hit for this fall’s Peanuts books from Fantagraphics. There are no unexpected books here, but there are a couple pieces of good news. One is that they’re doing box sets of Peanuts Every Sunday, which means that if you wait, you should be able to save a few …
Happiness is an Expensive Puppy
If you want to spend a lot of money on a Peanuts book, then Easton Press is the way to go. It’s been a few years since they offered a new item on their list of gilt-edged, leather-bound, fancy-dancy editions, but supposedly this month they will be shipping Happiness is a Warm …
Peanuts on Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day isn’t until May 2, but they’ve already announced the participating books (so that retailers can order them). And yes, there will be some Peanuts content in the free comic being issued by Boom!, but given the ten different series they intend to showcase in the book, expect …
More Great American Peanuts books
Coming in September is another trio of Peanuts storybooks in the Great American Adventure line from the conservative imprint Little Patriot Press. I Declare, Charlie Brown! looks at the founding of the country (“Declare” as in “Declaration of Independence”, I take it.) It’s a New World, Charlie Brown! goes back to …
The world won’t come to an end in 2014
…because it’s already tomorrow in Australia. As such, we’re looking at having a 2015, and Peanutswise, it’s going to be a big one. The 65th anniversary of the strip, the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, the spread of the French animated Peanuts shorts to more markets, and likely the …
Friends Forever are coming
Shipping in September from Ballantine Books is Friends Forever, which they say little about, but given the other things they’re offering, it’s probably a themed strip collection.
Changing schedules
The following upcoming books have moved on the schedule: Be Awesome, a gift book in the Peanuts Wisdom To Carry You Through series, has been moved back to next March. The kiddie books It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and You Got a Rock, Charlie Brown, pushed back to next …
Snoopy Dance by the book
Coming in July is Keep Calm and Do the Snoopy Dance, a 160 page hardcover of quotes about dancing and life, with Snoopy cartoons. Available for preorder, of course!
Disappearing books
Two upcoming books that had been listed on Amazon have mysteriously disappeared. The pages for Peanuts Movie OGN and Peanuts Off Model are now Amazon’s no-such-thing-exists, what-you-talkin-about-Willis pages. However, Simon & Schuster, who distribute these books to the book trade for Boom!, still have pages for them. I have no idea what, …