In the wake of yesterday’s post about the MetLife brochures, folks were asking whether the art on those might be original Schulz drawings. The answer is almost certainly not. While Sparky drew product art in the early days, by the time MetLife hooked up with Peanuts his art efforts were …

Psychiatric advice from a Peanuts character may cost a nickel, but life advice is free, courtesy of the folks at MetLife. The insurance company has dozens of 24-page booklets available for reading at their website, illustrated with ten or so Peanuts images apiece. You can even call and request that …

Schulz pal Billie Jean King, who wrote the introduction for the forthcoming The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 as well as the earlier Snoopy’s Tennis Book (plus her own book Tennis Love, which Schulz illustrated) has been selected by Obama to receive the Medal of Freedom. It will be presented on August …

I’m back from Comic-Con, and what did I get there? Strange foreign germs, apparently. Lots of cough medicine and bed rest and all the TV shows that are stored up on my pseudoTivo, that’s what’s called for. Anyone who went there for the Peanuts stuff may have been a mite …

When I wrote my piece about Peanuts-related Comic-Con events, I forgot to include one that AAUGH Blog reader Jan was kind enough to remind me of. Sparky’s son Monte will be there, signing copies of his new novel This Side of Jordan. I’m being told that he’s scheduled for noon …

This week brings the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the annual madhouse of joyous geekdom. And if you’re wondering whether you should go – don’t. It’s too late. They’ve already sold out of all tickets for all days, and won’t be selling more at the door. So if you don’t have …

We’re about a month away from this strip being rerun in the daily papers: I couldn’t help but recall that strip when I read this article. A Charlie Brown only metaphorically in the stands, I suppose…

That DVD set of 6 Peanuts specials from the 1960s (A Charlie Brown Christmas; Charlie Brown’s All-Stars; It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; You’re in Love, Charlie Brown; He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown; It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown) is now shipping. So for twenty bucks, you get two …

While doing a web search, I stumbled across the fact that the Smithsonian Institute has a piece of original Schulz art… in their Duke Ellington archives. Since it’s undated, it was probably not an original strip – perhaps Schulz just did a character drawing as a gift for the great …

I thought that the earlier post on the Australian Comic Hits comic was, well, actually more than anyone would want to read on it. But a kind note from AAUGH Blog reader and comic shop owner Jim reminds me that prudence dictates I say a wee bit more. I don’t …