new Peanuts cartoons!
I’ve known this was in the works for a while, but wasn’t sure when it was going to hit: new, short downloadable Peanuts cartoons, adapting 1960s strips. The AP is reporting that the first 20 will be available via iTunes today. The first couple are free (for a limited time), …
the next Complete Peanuts
The Complete Peanuts Volume 11: 1971-1972 is now available for preorder. And going well with the Sally cover is an introduction by Kristin Chenowith, who won a Tony for her performance as Sally in the Broadway revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (and who now co-stars in the …
Why you’re glad you’re not me
Yes, yes, I gave in. I went and bought a copy of the Hallmark edition of the new A Charlie Brown Christmas book adaptation, even though I already owned the standard bookstore edition. I’m thinking about doing a picture spread on all the adaptations that have been put out of …
little Peanutsy bits
In the US, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown airs Tuesday on ABC. Next Sunday, November 2nd, Fox will be airing the 19th annual Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror special… and this year’s includes their parody of The Great Pumpkin. A friend of the blog points us toward a new Snoopy …
more Hallmark editions
Stopped by my local Hallmark Gold Crown store today, and saw that they had two more books in their own editions… which (as far as I could quickly tell) really just vary from the standard editions with minor Hallmark markings. They’re the new, revisionist-history edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas, …
For those who collect the boxes
Barnes & Noble has an exclusive boxed set of all six of the DVDs released under the new remastered DVD line. This they have for a list price of $99.99, and an online price of $79.99. Thing is, you can order the non-exclusive boxed set with three DVDs (Great Pumpkin, …
It’s Springtime, Snoopy
Just added to the shelves of the AAUGH.com reference library… well, not to the shelves, they’re pretty full, but to one of the piles near the shelves (I really do have to get this all straightened out one day) is It’s Springtime Snoopy, which is really a beginning English language …
Stuff now shipping
S Things that are now shipping: The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970 boxed set The paperback edition of Schulz and Peanuts, the problematic biography (for those of you rooting against this book, let me note that while the hardcover edition was a best-seller on Amazon during its initial …
Following up on the earlier post on the Japanese Snoopy magazine, I am pleased to announced that we can now identify the object of Snoopy’s affections in this teen dream shot. It’s Italian movie actor Ray Lovelock. And (unlike many teen dreamfuel of the past) Ray is still a successful …
The Complete Peanuts, 1969-1970
The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 will be shipping soon. Should you buy it? Well, yes, of course. If you’re reading the AAUGH Blog, you’re the sort of person who should be buying all these volumes. Why do you even ask me such silly questions? Having just finished reading through it, I …