Some ultra-discounts on Peanuts… and other stuff
The folks at Book Closeouts are running their own equivalent of a Black Friday sales, cutting a lot of prices in half… and that’s in addition to their existing Free Shipping promotion (you need to order at least $35 worth and select the free shipping option at checkout.) Peanuts books …
BBQ from Beyond – continued
I thought that it was bad enough that Simon & Schuster had a catalog page for a (by any sane assumption non-existent) upcoming Schulz book about barbecue. Now they’ve put out a cover image – a holding-the-spot-of-a-cover-image, really – with Schulz’s name on it. I’ve stored a copy on my …
A double dose of Thanksgiving
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving airs Thursday (i.e., “tonight” to most of you when you read this) and then again on Thanksgiving itself, at 8 PM on ABC in most U.S. time zones. To fill out the hour (both times), they’ll be running the “Mayflower Voyagers” episode of the miniseries This …
Barbecue Book from Beyond the Grave!
In the “you can’t believe everything you see in a catalog” department: Simon and Schuster is listing a December release for a new book by Charles M. Schulz: Celebrating America: The Ultimate Guide to America’s 4 Regional Styles of ‘Cue. Alas, it does not appear to be the case that …
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 …