The Zipper on My Bible is Stuck at Beaglefest
Both of the books I’m debuting at Beaglefest were, as I noted, samples which I designed when trying to pitch gift books to publishers targeting the Christian specialty market. God’s Children, which I discussed in an earlier message, was to be calm and black-and-white. But I wanted a sample in …
I’m bringing God’s Children to Beaglefest
Remember how I said that I was bringing two new books to Beaglefest? Here’s why… When I got the rights to publish Schulz’s Youth, the collection of cartoon panels that Schulz had done for Church of God (Danville) publications, they included the right to sublicense reprints, translations, abridgments, and so …
This cover is a Peanuts trivia quiz
This is, apparently, the real cover to Peanuts Volume 1, the upcoming collection of the recent Peanuts comic book run… or at least realer than the fill-in image they had (they’ve previously been showing the cover to Peanuts issue zero as the cover… including the $1 price. Sadly, this will …
Schulz writes another posthumous cookbook
About a year-and-a-half ago, I was discussing the rather unlikely book listing for a then-upcoming book on barbecue, supposedly written by the late great Charles M. Schulz himself. Well, it seems as if Sparky is at it again… at least if this link that eagle-eyed AAUGH Blog reader Scott sent …
Is it pictures that lie, or words
The words of the Amazon entry say that this upcoming product is named Snoopy’s Organic Dog Biscuit Kit, that it’s written by Snoopy, and that it has cookie cutters in the shape of a doghouse and Peanuts characters. The pictures on the Amazon entry show that it’s name Snoopy Dog …
A close-up look at my work on Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking
Today’s work: looking at the artwork, trying to erase the stray dots that have been caused by printing and scanning and half a century of time passing, while not erasing stray dots actually caused by the ink pen of Charles M. Schulz. If he’d only signed each genuine stray dot, …
Free Peanuts comic book
Coming up this Saturday is one of the greatest holidays on the calendar – Free Comic Book Day! Just think about those words; is there any one of them not to like? And to make it all the better, this time there’s a free Peanuts comic book to be …
First look at the next A Charlie Brown Christmas book edition
Christmas may only last twelve days, but our coverage of book editions of A Charlie Brown Christmas goes all year long! The next one coming up is a booklet that will come with a little A Charlie Brown Christmas snow globe. This ships in September, but you can preorder it …
Preorder the Art of Peanuts Animation now
At the moment, you can preorder The Art And Making of Peanuts Animation for $20.83, which is a pretty steep discount for a $40 book… and remember that if the price goes down at any time between now and when the book ships this fall, you’ll get that lower price. …