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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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Upcoming releases

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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Upcoming releases

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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Schulz/Peanuts news

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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New releases

Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography: a Review

It’s been a couple weeks now since I finished reading the uncorrected proofs for Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography, this October’s major new look at the life of Charles Schulz; I’ve held off on posting because I wanted to get the review right. This is a significant book. If you …

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Shipping early: Peanuts boxed set

That big set of the Peanuts gift books, packed in the nifty doghouse-shaped box and scheduled to come out next month, is already shipping. Nine hardcovers in a nifty box for under $27 (with free US shipping)? C’mon, if you don’t need this, you know someone who does!

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Charlie Brown’s lost cues

I just noticed this new-this-year disk of the “lost” music bits that had been left off of earlier collections of Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts music. And for those who want the hardcover edition of Schulz’s Youth but are most comfortable ordering through Amazon,  it is now available courtesy of a third-party …

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