New Peanuts books in Dutch
AAUGH blog fan Jan let us know that a new set of 10 Peanuts books (each with 600 strips on 200 pages) are planned to be published over the coming year by the Dutch company Atlas. More information is available here (in Dutch).
More Schulz gift books available
The second set of reissues of the classic Determined Productions hardcover gift books are now shipping: Christmas Is Together-Time I Need All The Friends I Can Get Love is Walking Hand In Hand Suppertime
New Peanuts special airs Monday
Sorry to give you all such short warning, but… Monday night in the United States will be the first airing of He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown, the latest Peanuts animated special and the last one that Schulz himself worked on. This is based on the storyline where Rerun loses his …
Peanuts in San Francisco
Those Peanuts fans who live in the San Francisco Bay area can count them selves doubly lucky. Not only are they within driving distance of the Schulz Museum, they are also near the Cartoon Art Museum, which is about to put up a Peanuts exhibit. Opening next Friday, November 24th, …
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 …