Crushing changes
The book previously announced as In Your Dreams, Charlie Brown has had a name change, to
Memories of Schulz
Coming in June is Remembering Sparky, a new book put together by David Liverett. This 112 page paperback features reminiscences by 18 people who knew Schulz, generally in the 1940s and 1950s. Expect lots of Church Of God-related material (and some of the cartoons Schulz did for Church Of God …
It’s both nice -and- a dump!
At left, you should see a picture of a dump, which is the book business term for a display that holds books. This one you might start seeing in stores in September. It features all the new Cider Press editions of the old Determined Productions books. In this case, half …
Complete Peanuts 5 review
Yes, I’ve finally gotten around to writing up The Complete Peanuts 1959 to 1960. I apologize for the delay. But lets face it, you don’t need a review. If you’re the sort of person who reads The AAUGH Blog, you should get this book, and all the other volumes in …
Dreams and Corrections
Coming this December is In Your Dreams, Charlie Brown!, a 96 page paperback priced at $12.95 from Ballantine Books. Not coming this autumn is the Running Press miniature book edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Oh, it’s coming in an autumn – look for it next year. As always, you …
Complete Peanuts – upcoming covers
Bopping around The Comics Reporter today, I find a link to where Complete Peanuts editor Kim Thompson has announced the planned list of who will be on the covers of the volumes: 1950-52. CHARLIE BROWN 1953-54. LUCY 1955-56. PIG-PEN 1957-58. SNOOPY 1959-60. PATTY 1961-62. SCHROEDER 1963-64. LINUS 1965-66. CHARLIE BROWN …
Patriotic Peanuts
For a long time, I wasn’t certain that the book What Makes This Country So Great? actually existed. The only copy I had ever seen of this miniature Hallmark hardcover was in a display case at the Snoopy Gift Shop in Santa Rosa, and the folks I talked to hadn’t …
Peanuts All-Stars review
Peanuts All-Stars is a curious choice for a book. With other recent books out there having focused on the baseball strips and the golf strips, this one is meant to cover the other key sports from the strip. It has sections for basketball, football, hockey, and tennis, with plenty of …
Complete Peanuts 5 now shipping
Forgive me for falling behind folks – I’ve had my advance copy of The Complete Peanuts volume 5: 1959-1960 for a while now, but life has not allowed me the time to read and review it. Not that it should need much review; this is Peanuts really heading into what …
Many Snoopy Faces cover
The Many Faces of Snoopy strip collection ships in October. Here’s an early look at the cover. Preorders are now being accepted for the new minibook edition of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. As always, you can see a list of upcoming Peanuts books here. (I’m sitting in a hotel room …