{"id":1851,"date":"2011-12-31T08:48:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2011-12-31T12:52:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T20:52:55","slug":"2011-in-peanuts-books-and-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/2011-in-peanuts-books-and-such\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 in Peanuts books and such"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we close out an interesting year here at the AAUGH Blog<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/booktie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1610\" title=\"booktie\" src=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/booktie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown<\/em> emerged as <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/warm-blanket-review\/\">an interesting DVD<\/a> and a surprisingly good<a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/review-warm-blanket-graphic-novel\/\"> graphic novel adaptation<\/a> thereof.<\/li>\n<li>I searched Peanuts for the <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/the-peanuts-kiss-countdown\/\">greatest comic strip kiss of all time<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ten new Peanuts books as part of the Wendy&#8217;s Kids Meal program kept content flowing here, at the very least, and kept the hardcore collector headed in for burgers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/AAUGH.com\/to.htm?1606994727\">Two new volumes in the <em>Complete Peanuts<\/em> series<\/a> made sure there were books for the serious Peanuts student.<\/li>\n<li>A battle between a humungous retailer and an even more humongous state <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/ties-and-cutting-ties\/\">cut off <\/a>the main source of funding for this blog for a while. The conflict was eventually settled and funding restored&#8230; but it still hasn&#8217;t reached its earlier level, much less covered what was lost. (Don&#8217;t worry, not a problem, just a reflection on the way these things go.)<\/li>\n<li>I took a look at a Schulz biography so bad that they <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/the-new-worst-schulz-biography\/\">misspelled his name on the cover<\/a>, and note the <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/review-in-the-shadow-of-the-family-dog\/\">first installment<\/a> of the memoirs of Schulz&#8217;s granddaughter (an effort which seems to have been aborted.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/LatinaSample.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1590\" title=\"Dolores the Latina Peanuts character\" src=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/LatinaSample-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The website drew a lot of visitors thanks to chronicling the existence of <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/you-may-live-underwater-charlie-brown\/\"><em>You May Live Underwater, Charlie Brown<\/em><\/a>, and a little bit for chronicling <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/the-latina-peanuts-character\/\">Dolores<\/a>, the unknown Latina Peanuts character.<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 115px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMGP1750croptoben.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1769\" title=\"Charlie Brown costume\" src=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMGP1750croptoben-105x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/on-the-distribution-of-rocks-and-justice\/\">mused<\/a> on the distribution of rocks at Halloween, and justice. (Speaking of which: the other day my two year old son was given a geode by his grandparents. He turned to me and asked &#8220;Can I say &#8216;I got a rock&#8217;?&#8221; I said &#8220;yes&#8221;, so say it he did!)<\/li>\n<li>Peanuts returned to the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/the-peanuts-comic-book-a-review\/\">comic book magazines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Snoopy was referred to in <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/there-must-be-something-snoopy-in-the-air\/\">two mainstream movies<\/a> released on the same day.<\/li>\n<li>The Peanuts characters got sucked into the <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/free-trade\/\">legislative battle<\/a> over free trade agreements.<\/li>\n<li>For Nook owners, I not only released an edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/schulzs-youth-on-the-nook\/\"><em>Schulz&#8217;s Youth<\/em><\/a>, I also released Schulz&#8217;s Youth wallpaper.<\/li>\n<li><em>A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/em> arrived not only in <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/it-is-a-book-adaptation-of-a-charlie-brown-christmas\/\">multiple <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/did-you-know-theres-a-book-editon-of-a-charlie-brown-christmas\/\">book <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/a-charlie-brown-christmas-in-july-in-book-form\/\">editions<\/a>, but also <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/an-a-charlie-brown-christmas-edition-i-cant-get\/\">multiple<\/a> ebook <a href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/a-charlie-brown-christmas-storybook-for-your-ipad-ipod-ipoodle-whatever\/\">editions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>With two major broadcast networks airing Peanuts specials, the airwaves were filled with Charlie Brown and crew like never before this holiday season, reaching its apex when <a title=\"When it\u2019s Charlie Brown versus Charlie Brown, everybody wins!\" href=\"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/when-its-charlie-brown-versus-charlie-brown-everybody-wins\/\">two Peanuts specials were airing at the same time<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I sat down to write this summary, I thought it would prove to have been a light year&#8230; but looking at that list, I&#8217;m quite satisfied with 2011 on an AAUGH Blogging level. Here&#8217;s hoping I can keep up this level in 2012, and thank you for coming with me for the ride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we close out an interesting year here at the AAUGH Blog Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown emerged as an interesting DVD and a surprisingly good graphic novel adaptation thereof. I searched Peanuts for the greatest comic strip kiss of all time. 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