* REPORT ON THE SCHULZ MUSEUM
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* MUSEUM BOOKS
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* FREE SHIPPING IS NOW CHEAPER!
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* THE WRITING LIFE
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* BOOKS NOW SHIPPING
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* ODD PEANUTS BOOK: JAPANESE CATALOG<\/p>\n
REPORT ON THE SCHULZ MUSEUM<\/p>\n
I had a great time at the Schulz Museum. If any of you
\nare going to be in the San Francisco Bay area, it’s
\ncertainly worth the hour drive north to Santa Rosa.<\/p>\n
Admission is $8, with discounts for seniors and
\nstudents. Downstairs in this sharp new building they
\nhave about 80 original strips on display, plus a
\nspace for their current exhibition (at the moment, it’s
\nsome of the Schulz tribute strips, plus a room showing
\nPeanuts videos. (There’s also an about-the-museum video
\nwhich is showing in the auditorium basically any time
\nthat there isn’t anything else going on.) <\/p>\n
Upstairs is a timeline of Schulz’s life, with a variety
\nof interesting mementos, including the famous
\nSchulz-decorated wall taken from his early-1950’s house.
\nOn the other side of that wall you will find reproductions
\nof covers from Peanuts books in various languages around
\nthe world.<\/p>\n
If you go, be sure to sit in the sofas in the original
\nart room and check out the three scrapbooks there. They
\nhave copies of correspondence to Sparky and Jeannie
\nduring the days from Sparky’s retirement on through the
\nmemorial service, with notes from everyone from young
\nfans to Donna “The Little Red-Haired Girl” Wold to
\nBill Clinton. Some keen stuff.<\/p>\n
My presentation there covered the history of Peanuts
\nbooks. Basically, I did a rundown on the history of
\nthe primary reprint books, and followed it up with
\nsome of the odder books that have come out over the
\nyears. I talked to hundreds of people, did 9 shows,
\nand had time for plenty of questions and even a few
\nanswers. It was fun! (And a “hi” to all the new
\nnewsletter subscribers who saw me at the talks.)<\/p>\n
So stop on by the museum, and the ice rink with its
\nWarm Puppy snack bar, and the Snoopy gift shop one
\nmore building down. Tell them AAUGH.com sent you,
\nand you’ll get a free look of confusion!<\/p>\n
For more info, go to: http:\/\/www.SchulzMuseum.org
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MUSEUM BOOKS<\/p>\n
The Museum has its own little gift shop, with museum
\nt-shirts, stuffed Snoopy dolls with museum tags, and
\nsome books. Most importantly for the Peanuts book
\ncollector, they’re selling copies of the handy Peanuts
\nreference book 50 YEARS OF HAPPINESS. This book was
\noriginally made available through the Peanuts Collector
\nClub, and this new printing was done specially for the
\nmuseum.<\/p>\n
The museum is planning more books for the future. They
\naren’t ready to publicly announce their exciting plans,
\nbut there will be good stuff to come. (But to head off
\nthe inevitable emails: no, they are not planning a
\nComplete Peanuts at this point.)
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FREE SHIPPING IS NOW CHEAPER!<\/p>\n
Some of you AAUGH.com shoppers have been taking advantage
\nof Amazon’s free US shipping on orders over $49. Now
\nthat deal is even easier to take advantage of, because
\nthey have lowered the threshold to $25! So head over to
\nhttp:\/\/AAUGH.com, order a few Peanuts books at discount
\nprices, and luxuriate in the free shipping!
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THE WRITING LIFE<\/p>\n
One of the AAUGH.com elves snuck me a peak at a copy of
\nthe upcoming book, SNOOPY’S GUIDE TO THE WRITING LIFE.
\nAs suspected, this book is basically a bunch of strips
\nfeaturing Snoopy as the World’s Greatest Author,
\ninterspersed with short text pieces by thirty big name
\nauthors about writing and being a writer. This book will
\nbe out next month. Order now at:
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http:\/\/AAUGH.com\/go.htm?1582971943
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BOOKS NOW SHIPPING<\/p>\n
If you’ve ordered a copy of WHY, CHARLIE BROWN, WHY?,
\nthen it should be winging its way to you at this very
\nmoment. And if you haven’t ordered a copy, why not?
\nThis reprint of the book adaptation of the touching
\nanimated special about a girl with leukemia contains
\noriginal Schulz drawings which make it the best of the
\nanimated adaptations:
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http:\/\/AAUGH.com\/go.htm?0345455312<\/p>\n
The storybook SNOOOPY: FLYING ACE TO THE RESCUE, part
\nof the Ready-To-Read line for kids, is also now
\nshipping.
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http:\/\/AAUGH.com\/go.htm?0689851480
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ODD PEANUTS BOOK: JAPANESE CATALOG<\/p>\n
The Japanese are wild for licensed character products,
\nand Snoopy is one of their most popular characters.
\n(Interestingly, he’s more popular with men than with
\nwomen — he’s the third most popular character with
\nmen, and the seventh with women, with only Winnie The
\nPooh beating him out in both sexes.) My one big
\nPeanuts book find of the museum trip was a 1993 catalog
\nof Japanese Peanuts products, which was for sale not
\nat the museum but at the gift shop by the skating rink.<\/p>\n
The catalog is a class act. It comes in a slipcover
\nbox with a separate Index (it appears to be a listing
\nof the manufacturers with contact information.) Both
\nthe 172-page book and the 48-page index are in full color,
\nwith plenty of photos. Most of the products are
\nones that were not released in the U.S., including such
\nthings as Snoopy bowling balls, Peanuts breakfast
\ncereals, and Snoopy And His Friends chopsticks. The book
\nalso has a guide to the relationships between the Peanuts
\ncharacters, pages introducing various characters, and
\nwhat appears to be a bio of Schulz.<\/p>\n
If you like books of Peanuts collectibles and don’t need
\nto have a price guide as part of it, you’ll want this
\nbook. Alas, the gift shop does not appear to offer it
\nthrough their website, but if you stop by the shop and
\npick one up, it’ll run you a mere 5 bucks.<\/p>\n
(The pictured item I most want? A diorama of the Peanuts
\ncharacters in traditional Japanese ceremonial dress.)
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Well, summer is winding down, and so is this issue of
\nthe newsletter. Keep those questions, suggestions,
\ncomments, and e-mail updates coming — address them to
\nnat@AAUGH.com<\/p>\n
–Nat
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proprietor
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