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Schulz biography versus his family

With the release of Schulz and Peanuts a week-and-a-day away, members of Schulz’s family are taking issue with the psychological portrait it paints. And while I never met Sparky and cannot tell you how accurate their objection to the portrait is, I can confirm that the book does indeed focus …

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New Peanuts cartoons, DVDs coming!

The Hollywood Report is reporting that the Peanuts DVD rights have moved from Paramount to Warner (link via The Comics Reporter). This will mean: New direct-to-video cartoons, plus new direct-to-digital shorts Remastered and repackaged versions of he most famous specials Thick collections of the less-famous cartoons Sounds like good news …

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Upcoming releases

Peanuts Sudoku Comic Digest

Peanuts Sudoku Comic Digest! Peanuts Sudoku Comic Digest! Really, what more is there to say, but… Peanuts Sudoku Comic Digest!

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Some non-book stuff

At Fashion Week this year, they had a special show of Peanuts-inspired fashions — and now you can see pictures and videos online of Snoopy in Fashion. Some nifty stuff there, and some really horrible stuff. Some of those outfits will be on display at the Schulz Museum from October …

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More kids books

The folks at Running Press Kids seem to be doing a real push in the kids books area — In addition to the various animated adaptations and the previously-mentioned Grand Piano Book, they also have Where Is Woodstock and Snoopy At Bat coming in March. As always, you can see …

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Now shipping

Complete Peanuts shipping

Both Volume 8 of The Complete Peanuts (1965-1966) and this year’s boxed set (1963-1966) are now shipping. Order ’em, and soak in the classic Schulzy goodness!

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New releases

It’s Yet Again The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Now on store shelves (although not actually in stock at Amazon) is the latest book to come under the the title of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. This time, it’s a board book, aimed at kids… and with four single-picture spreads and one two-picture spread, it’s not really meant …

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New releases

Commenting on my own review

Given the attention that my review of Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography is now getting and the degree of Schulz expertise people ascribe to me at times, I thought I should clarify that. The book does add a richness of fact, but don’t take my review to attest to the …

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Complete Peanuts, British style

As the UK readers of this blog know, the Complete Peanuts books have been restricted for sale to the US and Canada (and as they may also have noticed, it hasn’t exactly been hard to work around those restrictions). Now, however, they’ll have access to these books without even those …

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Watch it here: Charlie Rose Schulz interview

Here it is — Charlie Rose’s interview with Schulz, free and legal. Enjoy! If you want this on DVD, order here. (Note: if you’re getting the AAUGH blog by email, you may need to click through to the website to view this video.) Note: At the beginning, he’s saying “Charles …

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