Charlie Brown’s International All-Stars
Making me happy in yesterday’s mail was this book: This is a 1976 Japanese paperback translation of the book adaptation of Charlie Brown’s All-Stars. Now, while the English version is one of my favorite adaptation (as it has original Charles Schulz art) ,this book shouldn’t make me too happy. After …
What exactly is a puppy seedling anyway?
August is looking to be a busy month for Peanuts book releases; in addition to the It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: Leaf Globe and Snoopy Loves to Doodle: Create and Complete Pictures with the Peanuts Gang, we now have not one but two editions of Happiness is a Warm …
Snoopy Loves to Doodle
Coming in August is Snoopy Loves to Doodle: Create and Complete Pictures with the Peanuts Gang, a $7.95 paperback from Running Press Kids. As always, you can keep track of such things on our Upcoming Books list.
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 …