the central business of this blog
I must apologize, dear readers. Here it is, the sixth day of the month, and I’ve yet to do a post about print adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas. But come, let me address that now! My guide already had the 1977 book & record set issued by Charlie Brown …
“A book worth reading” and a special renamed
I’m not a Peanuts collector, I’m a Peanuts book collector. The difference is important, because there are far too many Peanuts things out there for me to be a general collector. I haven’t the money, the space, or frankly the inclination to be chasing after Christmas ornaments, toothbrush holders, or …
Easter Beagle, and an All-Stars triple play
I just picked up The Easter Beagle Egg Hunt, the new kids book. It’s a light-scale board book with plastic easter egg shapes that peak through the pages, plus one pop-up. The art adaptation is actually quite nice on this one. Six two-page spreads. Not a deeply meaningful or important …
An All-Star error
In the previous post, I listed the various specials in the upcoming collection of Peanuts specials from the 1960s, and noted that Charlie Brown’s All-Stars (among others) had not been on DVD before. As alert AAUGH Blog reader Dennis has pointed out, that’s not 100% true. In fact, it’s off …
If you re-collect the 1960s, you weren’t really there
With Woodstock-the-bird serving as the mascot for Woodstock-the-music-festival, the folks at Warners thought it was a good time for a release of a boxed set of the 1960s Peanuts specials. The bad news is that this overlaps with specials that were already released on DVD. The good news is that …
Counting down the days to counting up the days
So of course, on the day after I post that the Schulz calendar is coming but is not yet available for preorder, the calendar becomes available for preorder.
Schulz’s non-Peanuts days
I expect that 2010 will be represented by the usual number of Peanuts calendars… but in what I think will be a first, it will also be represented by a non-Peanuts Schulz calendar. It’s not up at Amazon yet, but here at the Barbour Books site, you can see that …
The Doctor is In
Coming in April is The Doctor Is IN: The Peanuts Psychiatric Help Kit. It’s got a 64 page book of psychiatric strips, plus a can to collect your nickel charges in.
An old book in a new, unlikely format
Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, that lovely Chip Kidd compiled art book is now available… ..in an edition for the Kindle, Amazon’s eBook. Now, I know some images are possible on the Kindle. Heck, I’m the guy who published Schulz’s Youth on the Kindle. But it’s one thing …
Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 now shipping
I meant to have a review up before this happened, but the combination of a sick 4 year old, a sick self, and hammering deadlines meant the review did not happen (yet). But you don’t need a review, do you? It’s two full years of Peanuts. So order The Complete …