the blockhead in my family
I took my fifteen month old Ben to the doctor’s office today for his check-up. The receptionist looks at him and says “he looks like Charlie Brown!” (and that was not meant to be some kissing up to me; the receptionist didn’t know of my Peanuts habits.) He does have …
Great Pumpkin tonight
Just a quick reminder to set your VCR, your DVR, your DVD-recorder, or your eyeballs for eight o’clock tonight for the season’s first airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown – and to repeat the same tomorrow for airing #2.
A DVD Valentine, an ultimate deluxe set, and a shrinkwrap note
A Charlie Brown Valentine is coming (well, returning) to DVD in December, paired with Someday You’ll Find Her, Charlie Brown. Peanuts video maven Scott McGuire has pointed out that the release does not bear the “Remastered Deluxe Edition” banner that has come on most releases in the line, which reflects …
The Peanuts Collection reviews
Today is the official release day for The Peanuts Collection. I’ve checked several chain bookstores, and they have it on the shelves. Your local store should as well. What I’ve got here is selections from every single review that I could find for it. What I find surprising is the …
Final look at The Peanuts Collection
Let’ s see if we can barrel through the rest of this book in a single post. We’re on page 52 now, and the spread is on “Spike & Company”, covering all of Snoopy’s siblings. My favorite shot on this spread is of the original of an almost-finished single-panel strip …
The complete Complete Peanuts
You can already preorder The Complete Peanuts volumes all the way out to volume 25 – the final volume – if you’re willing to get them in German. Lock in today’s prices for books that will ship in 2018!
A book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas
You can’t be blamed if you thought we were done with new book editions of A Charlie Brown Christmas for the year. Actually, it’s my fault. I said as much, after reviewing both this year’s slightly-different mini edition in a boxed set, and the pop-up edition. But then I saw …
Nat interviews – and welcome Mr. Media fans
For those of you coming here from hearing about The AAUGH Blog on the Mr. Media podcast – welcome, and I hope you enjoy! There’s ordering information on The Peanuts Collection at the bottom of the page, and please take the time to browse through the blog entries and see …
Speaking of Complete Peanuts covers
Long before he was designing the covers for The Complete Peanuts, the respected comics artist known simply as “Seth” took on Peanuts in another way. It has for years been either a very poorly kept secret or not a secret at all (I never know who knows what) that Seth …