In this issue:<\/p>\n
* A LITTLE BOOK OF LINUSES
\n* WHY PEANUTS BOOK COLLECTORS GO BROKE
\n* PEANUTS, BUT NOT SCHULZ
\n* THE AAUGH.com DEAL<\/p>\n
A LITTLE BOOK OF LINUSES<\/p>\n
This was the fourth year of the city of St Paul being
\ndecorated with Peanuts statues. In 2000, the city was
\nfull of custom-painted Snoopy statues, and following
\nthat came Charlie Brown, Lucy, and this year, Linus.
\nFollowing up on that is a book – well, a booklet,
\nreally \u00e2\u20ac\u201c of pictures of the statues, just as last year
\nthere was a booklet of the Lucy statues and one the
\nyear before covering the first two years of statues.<\/p>\n
The LINUS BLANKETS SAINT PAUL booklet has photos of
\nall but one of the statues, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a design
\ndrawing for that one. Some of the statues are quite
\nimpressive in their imagination and bringing it to
\nlife. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll admit to a fondness for the Linus-as-Elvis
\nand Linus-as-the-Green-Giant statues. Any concept of
\nlinusness is lost in a lot of them.<\/p>\n
This is a nice little booklet, and will only be
\navailable for a limited time. Part of its function is
\nto serve as an auction catalog for the sale of some of
\nthe statues, although less than half of them will be
\nauctioned off.<\/p>\n
The statue effort is on the wane in some ways. There
\nare 92 Linus statues, while previous characters had
\nmore than 100.<\/p>\n
The booklet is a mere 16 pages, on slick paper. The
\nprice is $6.95, which is a bit steep for the page
\ncount. . . but it gets worse. This is only available
\nfrom Camp Snoopy (sighs the man who runs AAUGH.com
\nand cannot offer it), and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll charge you about
\n$7 for shipping. Yipes.<\/p>\n