I’ve been getting both questions and answers in my email… and since the questions are ones that I can answer, it’s a win all around! AAUGH Blog reader Jim went above and beyond the call of duty in answering the question about whether the reprints of of Peanuts and More Peanuts would …
The new editions of Peanuts and More Peanuts, the first two Peanuts books, which are coming from UK publisher Titan are now listed at Amazon. Now, there’s a chance this will be like the Australian Classic Treasury (which Amazon unsurprisingly did not deliver to me but still claims they’re going …
Ah, now here is an interesting one – a book offering the work of other creators trying to interpret Peanuts. Peanuts Off Model will ship in September, and promises work by “hit television creators, award-winning cartoonists and best-selling authors” in doing their own take on Schulz’s creation. I’ll be interested to …
The upcoming Australian book Peanuts Classic Treasury that appeared in Amazon US’s listings has now disappeared from Amazon. I presume it will still come out in Australia, that it had just gotten improperly listed for sale in the US. Oddly, Amazon wrote me just a few days ago to tell me …
Coming in January is Peanuts Quilted Celebration, another one for all you crafty folk out there. It has applique designs! A CD-ROM! A foreword by Jeannie Schulz! All brought to you by the American Quilter’s Society! Am I gonna preorder a copy of this one? Of course I am! Am I going …
Here are the covers for some of next year’s kiddie books. (Click covers to go preorder.)
Now shipping are: volume 2 of the paperback edition of The Complete Peanuts, the boxed set of the first two volumes in that series, and the fourth trade paperback collection of the Kaboom! Peanuts comics. (I won’t be reviewing that last, as it’s got some of my work in it. But …
Ah, there’s another Peanuts book coming up in that Popcorn Reader series for beginning English reader. It’s The Ice-Skating Competition, This one is based on the strip story where Peppermint Patty’s preparing for a skating contest, with Snoopy as her coach. Shipping in June, it’s available for preorder now.
Simon Spotlight (which is Simon and Schuster’s kids licensing line) is unleashing a lot of books in May, aimed at the younger crowd… including two with apparent Halloween themes: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown You’ve Got a Rock, Charlie Brown! Meet the Peanuts Gang!: With Fun Facts, Trivia, Comics, …
Here’s one (well, two) I wasn’t expecting: in August, British publisher Titan Books will reprint Peanuts and More Peanuts, the first two Peanuts books that were published, collecting strips from the first half of the 1950s. As far as I know, this is the first time that More Peanuts has been published in …