The Peanuts kiss countdown
Over at another website, they were polling people to name the 5 greatest kisses in comics history – and being the man that I am, all of the good kisses which came to mind were from Peanuts (sounds of shocked surprise fill the room). So for Valentine’s Day, I thought …
He’s got more than just a security blanket
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com Reference Library is an issue of Linus, an Italian comics magazine that mixes translated English language strips with original Italian material. The magazine launched in 1965, and is still running today – the issue that I grabbed up is from Maggio (May, most likely …
Two Valentines for Charlie Brown tonight
In the US, on ABC tonight (at 8 o’clock in most markets) is an hour’s worth of Peanutsy goodness, made up of Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Valentine.
The reason the AAUGH Blog continues to exist
In these days of worldwide strife and uncertainty, people find various ways of maintaining a steadiness in their life, something that assures them that the world will go on turning. For some, this rock is religion. For others, it is the love of a good woman or a good man. …
The Schulz legacy interview
The KPCC interview I talked about earlier is now available online here. Probably the best part of it is Jean Schulz puncturing a little bit of the legend of the problems in getting “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on the air. I got to spend time before the interview with Kevin …
Nat talks Schulz on the radio
I’ve got the official definite time for that radio appearance I mentioned a while back. On this coming Monday, Jan 31, I’ll be in the studios of KPCC, the biggest public radio station in Southern California, appearing on AirTalk with Larry Mantle. With me in the studio will be “Drabble” …
The Theology of Peanuts
For those of you who liked such musings on Peanuts and Christianity as Robert Short’s books The Gospel According to Peanuts and The Parable of Peanuts, Professor Richard Beck of Abilene Christian University has done up his own online book as part of his Experimental Theology blog: The Theology of …
Peanuts Collection even cheaper
I do not understand this pricing, but Urban Outfitters has just knocked their price on The Peanuts Collection down yet again, to $9.99 for this $35 book. Not only that, but they’re currently running a promo code (TAKE10) to take 10% off any order, knocking it down another buck. There …
A day of being the Peanuts guy
Sometimes, a day goes by with almost nothing Peanuts-related intruding in my life. Other days are like today. An auction house wanting to know if what they were being offered could possibly be Schulz original art, even though it wasn’t on the same sort of paper as they’ve usually seen …
Severe bargain on The Peanuts Collection
I don’t know why, but for some reason Urban Outfitters is running a big bargain deal on The Peanuts Collection for just $14.99. That’s a $35 list-price book, and that’s more than a third off of even Amazon’s price for it.