Snoopy’s Many Faces
I’ll admit that I haven’t had time to actually read The Many Faces of Snoopy, because I’ve been spending a lot of time reading the 24 hour comics made during 24 Hour Comics Day, as well as handling some of the preperations for Schulz’s Youth. And this is a thick …
Peanuts strips become anecdotes
The latest addition to the AAUGH.com reference library is King’s Treasury of Dynamic Humor, by King Duncan. This is a book aimed at public speakers – most notably pastors, but in general any public speaker who needs short humorous anecdotes to begin their talks and to introduce a topic. The …
Jean Schulz on The Great Pumpkin
The Deseret News (Salt Lake City) has this little article on the Great Pumpkin special (which has already aired in the U.S. this year, sorry for not giving you folks a heads up.) It’s just a little piece that reflects on how the show has been embraced by generations, and …
Getting “They Called Him Sparky”
I’ve gotten some questions about how people can lay their hands on They Called Him Sparky, the book with comments on Schulz from his Church of God days. No, it’s not available through Amazon or most of the regular sources. Instead, order it direct from the author – more information …
Covering Schulz’s Youth
As long as I’m showing off other publishers’ upcoming covers, I figure it’s only fair that I show you the cover for Schulz’s Youth, next May’s collection of Schulz’s Warner Press work. This is a very tentative stage of the work – expect a lot of adjustment in color, fonts, …
Blog-by-mail problems appear to be fixed
The get-the-blog-by-mail feature of The AAUGH Blog has apparently been down for a while now, without my realizing it. I (appear to) have fixed it. So if you’ve been waiting to sign up, please do. And if it’s been months since you’ve seen any email from us, head over to …
Complete Peanuts update
Things have been hectic here of late, and I forgot to note that both The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 and the nicely cheap boxed set covering 1959-1962 are now shipping. Oh, and as long as I’m talking about The Complete Peanuts, I should note that the German edition is about to …
Snoopy video game on the way
The folk making the new Snoopy vs. the Red Baron video game have been sending us press materials, asking if the AAUGH Blog wantd to interview the development team, things like that. That’s outside the standard realm of this blog, of course. But it all got me to thinking. The …
Review: The Making of a Great Pumpkin
Years ago, I was hired to write a biography of race car driver Richard Petty in comic book form. Problem was, the publisher had already published two Richard Petty biographies, so my job was to find things that hadn’t been covered in the first two issues, so that all three …