Useful news if you program your DVR seven years in advance
ABC has paid to keep their rights to the key Peanuts specials until 2020.
Another Peanuts Christmas book… and it’s my fault
As some of you may recall, last year saw the publication of the book Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking, which reprinted two Peanuts stories that had appeared in women’s magazines in the 1960s. This was a book that I had thought up, and that I had taken to the publisher Fantagraphics …
A thing that no longer exists, and a thing that will not exist
As predicted, that unlicensed Charlie Brown and Snoopy coloring book that I blogged about the other day has been yanked from Amazon and other sites. However, the other works of Mrs. Beatrice Harrison remain available. After five straight years of Hallmark putting out a new book editions of A Charlie …
Conservative Peanuts are Coming
Regnery Publishing has announced that they will be coming out with a series of a dozen Peanuts books aimed at the 4-8 year old set, intended to teach American history and “what makes America strong”. The first three books are slated for next fall, coming out under their Little Patriot …
Trading on Charlie Brown’s good name
Some folks talk about trademark as a way big, evil corporations “steal language” to keep the little guy from getting ahead. Actually, trademark legally exists to protect the little guy, the consumer, by letting them know that an item that bears a trademark meets the standards of the company that …
Now that’s audacious
I stumbled across this Amazon listing for a print-on-demand Charlie Brown and Snoopy coloring book. Seemed a little odd for a Peanuts coloring book to be published that way. After all, there are plenty of Peanuts coloring books published through traditional means, so it doesn’t need the print-on-demand advantage in …
It’s a Municipal Holiday, Charlie Brown
People sometimes ask me if I own any original Schulz Peanuts art; alas, I do not. I have a nice little collection of comic book and strip art, but nothing that valuable. What I do own, however, is the originals to a couple of Peanuts-referencing gags, including this one that …
Quick notes
Today would’ve been Schulz’s 91st birthday. Tomorrow (Wednesday), the ABC Family cable network will air all four of the Peanuts animated theatrical films (although not in their original release order.) Their website says this runs 4 PM to 10 PM, but you may have to check your local time zone. …
The man who would have done Peanuts
My pal Mark Evanier is reporting the death of comics creator Al Plastino. Al was a talented creator with long runs in both comic books and comic strips (he did strips ranging from “Batman” to “Nancy”), and curious assignments in each realm. In comic books, his best known odd assignment …