Peanuts launched with just four panels, and the AAUGH Blogger, Peanuts specialist Nat Gertler, spends fourteen minutes poring over those panels. Oh, well, including asides about popcorn. To follow along, you can see the strip on the GoComics site. Alas, that version is colorized, so it’s not the pure experience. …

In this, the fourth and final installment in this series, we look at a motley assortment of book adaptations of the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas from the current century. Oh, and make a reference to the world’s most famous castaways, because pop culture is my beat.

In the 21st century, Hallmark entered the A Charlie Brown Christmas-adapting realm, and made a big thing of it. And one particular adaptation got reprocessed again and again. In this, the third of four podcast about adaptations of the classic TV special, The AAUGH Blogger looks at both Hallmark’s work …

The AAUGH Blogger looks at about thirty years worth of book adaptations of A Charlie Brown Christmas adaptations, the varying art and the varying formats it’s presented in. Because when you look at the small details of anything, it can become interesting.

It’s getting to be gift-buying time, and the AAUGH Blogger is here with some recommended gifts, as well as some gift-giving tips and practices. Books mentioned include: I’m Not Your Sweet Babboo Peanuts Family Cookbook The Wisdom of Woodstock Peanuts Every Sunday 1976-1980 box set, 1971-1980 1961-1965 Schulz books at …

In 1965, the first of what would turn out to be many book adaptations of the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas was published, illustrated by Dale Hale (read an interview with him here.) The AAUGH Blogger takes a deep dive on that adaptation, how it came to be, and what …

This is what you get folks when you don’t suggest podcast topics: you get The AAUGH Blogger rattling on about the numbering used on various numbered sets of Peanut books. With various diversions into the non-Peanuts world of Hollywood. Fourteen minutes of this! Really!!

During the 1950s and 1960s, four different publishers put out comic books containing Peanuts material. To celebrate the release of the new Peanuts Dell Archive (order it!),  the AAUGH Blogger discusses the history of these comics and what they were like.

The 1979 film strip It’s Your Hobby, Charlie Brown offers some career advice… advice that reflects how the AAUGH Blogger has lived his life. Yes, it’s another kind of introspective article, with a little update to the very first full episode of this podcast series.

It’s that season again, the It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown time of year, and the AAUGH Blogger has some thoughts about giving out rocks for trick or treat.