minor correction
In an earlier message, I said I’d have two stories in the upcoming Peanuts issue 8, which may not be true; I somehow had placed the story I’ve written for issue 7 into issue 8. I’ll have one story in 7 (three pages of Schroeder and Lucy), at least one …
Peanuts comic book issue 6
Usually, the Peanuts preview has a portion of a story… but instead you get a whole short tale here! You can buy the full issue in your favorite comic book store starting tomorrow. (Click on each page to enlarge.) By the way, that story is penciled by the talented Vicki …
As opposed to a needless variant, here’s a needle one
While the Boom! Peanuts series has had rare alternative covers for each of their issues, some of them have had other variant cover editions. These are ones meant for sale at specific conventions. Next up is this year’s Emerald City Comicon, in Seattle March 1 through 3, and I think …
Charlie Brown Christmas Watch 2013
As regular readers know, one of my biggest joys is keeping an eye out for new book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Well, my alarm bells went off today when I found this listing for A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schulz, coming this October. But then I looked closer …
What Nat’s been working on
That’s a piece of the pencil art for a three page story entitled “Bank Notes” which will be showing up in issue 7 of the Peanuts comic book, due out in April. The art is by Stephanie Gladden, who I’ve wanted to work with for a long long time now. …
Planning ahead
Well, if you’re reading this, we’ve made it through Groundhog’s Day, and we aren’t trapped in an infinite loop. Whew! And that means that we’re all free to start planning for future holidays, now that they are likely to happen. To that end, you can order your Peanuts Advent Calendar …
Bunch of book notes
Coming in August are two more books in the Running Press Kids inspirational “Be” series, Be Thankful and Be Friends. Now shipping are the pink-covered edition of Love Is Walking Hand In Hand and the audio-button edition of It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown. And at the moment, remaindered copies …
More on the Sunday Peanuts collections
The title of the series is Peanuts Every Sunday. This will, of course, justify the existence of the AAUGH.com Collectors Guide, as there already is a book of that title, a black-and-white collection of Sunday strips from 1958 through 1961. The books are 12.75″ by 10″, so the strips should …
Color Sunday books coming
As I’ve occasionally noted, working professionally in Peanuts sometimes means hearing about upcoming projects before they’re ready to be announced. This is one of those cases, and I’m glad that the news is finally coming out elsewhere so I can mention it. Starting this fall, Fantagraphics will launch a 10-book …
Look, they’re all smiling
Here we have the cover for the upcoming Running Press Kids book Be Yourself! It’s a rendered color version of what might be the most-used piece of Peanuts licensing art, because it’s got all the characters and they are smiling. Which makes it less than a 100% realistic depiction of …