Peanuts in Translation in Collection
The Charles M. Schulz Museum is currently running an exhibit of Yoshiteru Otani’s Peanuts-themed ink drawings, called Found In Translation. They’re also putting out a catalog for this exhibition, which will not be available through AAUGH.com but can now be ordered through the Charles M. Schulz Museum Store; the section …
Peanuts books make my mailbox happy
Today was a good day, bringing in two shipments of Peanuts books. The main shipment had a few recent books. I got the boxed Oh Friend Of Friends set, so I can confirm that the included booklet is a smaller abridgement of the already small-and-short hardback giftbook of Oh Friend …
U.S. Government Peanuts services
Have you been saying to yourself “I’d sure like to have access to some Peanuts-related lyrics and MIDI tunes, but only if they’re provided to me by an agency of the United States government?” If so, then here you go! (And yes, I’ve already dropped them a note letting them …
AAUGH and AG
Sorry if things have seemed a bit frentic lately at AAUGH.com. It wasn’t a business thing, it was a personal life thing. Last night, My wife Lara gave birth to Allison Elizabeth Gertler, our first child. Prepping for this has knocked all my plans and schemes for a loop. She …
A box of friends
Also now available is Oh Friends of Friends : A Peanuts Box of Friendship, which is the same sort of little box as the Merry Christmas, Sweetie! Woof, Woof, Woof!” box I described before. This one has a cardboard Snoopy with word balloon stickers. I’ve not gotten it yet, so …
Woof Woof Wooflet
I’ve gotten my copy of Merry Christmas, Sweetie! Woof, Woof, Woof!, which is a small boxed set that includes a flat cardboard doghouse with Christmas stickers to deorate it with. Also enclosed is a 32 page booklet, 2.75 inches square, with Christmas-themed Peanuts strips reprinted in color, plus Christmas-oriented quotes. …
Yet another Schulz bio for kids!
It seems like Sparky has turned into quite a popular topic for books aimed at kids library. Next up, this January, is a new such volume in the First Biographies line. Let’s hope that author Cheryl Carlson hits the mark better than some of the lesser shelf-fillers that have come …
Peanuts Paperback Celebration
Peanuts: a Golden Celebration, the large 50th anniversary book, is now shipping in paperback. (This isn’t the first paperback edition, but the earlier one was available only to a membrs of a book club.) One thing I do want to note is that this edition has not been updated at …
Halloween all year long
Yup, I’m still playing catch-up with this year’s halloween-themed Peanuts books. It’s never too late to buy them for next year. The major release is Trick or Treat: A Peanuts Halloween, which includes about 130 halloween and fright-themed comic strips taken from the entire run of the strip, including ones …
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