Ten years later, part 2
Ten years ago today, the final Peanuts strip came out. It seemed like the end of Peanuts, but really it wasn’t. The strips were still there, and so few of us had read them all, so there was still much more to discover. There are still rarely-seen pieces being unearthed …
Ten years later, part 1
Ten years ago today, Charles Monroe Schulz passed away in his sleep, bringing to a final end a long career of creativity. I’m not sure what there is to say at this point about his passing. I would rather he were still with us, of course, being with his loved …
Finally, book editions of A Charlie Brown Christmas
Someone in this world knows how to make this AAUGH Blogger happy. Coming in November is the Peanuts Holiday Box Set, which almost certainly will include a book adaptation of A Charlie Brown Christmas, probably reprinting the Running Press adaptation. But better than that, the same month brings… A Charlie …
You are Good Folks, AAUGH Blog Readers
First off, thanks to all of the AAUGH Blog readers who sent in suggestions about how I can get the scent of smoke out of my Braille edition of Home Is On Top Of A Doghouse (various suggestions of laundry products, baking soda, and exposure to sun). I do now …
Good for two senses, not so good for the third
I scored myself one of the TwinVision books, which are versions of the Happiness is a Warm Puppy series of books with braille pages and raised versions of the images inserted, for blind Peanuts fans. This time I got a copy of Home is on Top of a Doghouse, and …
Ooh, La La, Peanuts!
So the other day, we had a “French book day” here at the AAUGH.com skyscraper, with two separate shipments of French books arriving, each representing some triumph. Back in 1968, Hallmark issued a cool little quartet of strip collections called The Peanuts Philosophers (soon to be reprinted, as it happens), …
A (probably) Schulz art auction
The National Cartoonist Society have put together a charity auction to help a family having particular trouble… and they have a piece of Peanuts art for sale. And this piece is bugging me. It’s familiar… but I can’t tell you where its from. Folks want to be absolutely certain it’s …
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown now shipping
Released today: (And no, I don’t have my copy yet, so I haven’t seen how the documentary featurette came out. I’ll presume I didn’t look too foolish; that’s the magic of editing!)
Peanuts past and present
To follow up a post about a Peanuts book that even I wouldn’t buy, I suppose it’s fitting to do a post about something I normally wouldn’t buy – Peanuts figurines – that I’m actually considering in this case. Dark Horse has two upcoming two-figure releases in their Then And …
A Schulz book that will probably only exist if you order it…
…and you shouldn’t. Amazon is now listing a book with the title of Charles M. Schulz and the ungainly subtitle of Cartoonist, Comic strip, Peanuts, Secular humanism, Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), Fort Campbell, Combat Infantryman Badge, Art Instruction Schools, She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown. Forty-nine bucks. 76 pages. …