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Good grief! All of Peanuts in one Humble Bundle courtesy of Fantagraphics!

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Put on your zigzag t-shirt and grab your football, because Humble Bundle has collected every Peanuts comic book and strip into one bundle courtesy of Fantagraphics! This bundle of Peanuts books includes The Complete Peanuts spanning 1953 to 2000, the omnibus series of recolored classic strips Peanuts Every Sunday, the Peanuts Game Day Collection of comics for the sports fan in your life, collected strips like Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, and graphic novels like Batter Up, Charlie Brown! Get all the Peanuts your heart desires in one bundle—and, most importantly, every purchase at the price of your choice helps people in need find their Snoopy by supporting Canine Companions!

The Collected Peanuts Book Bundle has a retail value of $1,041 and you can get it all for just $25.

Collected Peanuts Book Bundle

Sony Gets Majority Stake in Peanuts in $457 million Deal

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Sony is paying quite a few Peanuts to gain more stake in Charles M. Schulz‘s beloved Peanuts. Sony Music Entertainment already has a 39% stake in the property and have entered into an agreement with WildBrain to indirectly acquire the 41% stake it has in Peanuts Holdings LLC.

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment will pay WildBrain about $457 million for their 41%. That gives Sony 80% of Peanuts Holdings LLC while the family of Charles M. Schulz will continue to own the remaining 20%. The management of the business will be handled by Peanuts Worldwide, a subsidiary of Peanuts Holdings LLC. With the 80%, Peanuts Holdings LLC and Peanuts Worldwide will become a consolidated subsidiary of Sony.

WildBrain will use the deal to eliminate 100% of its debt and focus on growing its Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies franchises and invest in content. It will also remain a partner of Sony’s producing Peanuts content and managing the Snoopy YouTube channel. It will also be the exclusive licensing agent for consumer products in all current territories across across Europe, the Middle East, China, and Asia Pacific (excluding Japan, Australia and New Zealand). It will also operate an exclusive production studio for new Peanuts content including a previously announced animated film.

Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950 by Charles M. Shulz in seven newspapers and went on to become a classic beloved property. At the time of his death in 2000, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers with a readership of roughly 355 million across 75 countries and has been translated into 21 languages. It has spun out into television specials, toys, comics, and so much more.

The deal s subject to certain closing conditions as well as regulatory approvals.

Preview: Peanuts: Charlie Brown and Snoopy

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Peanuts: Charlie Brown and Snoopy

Authors: Charles M. Schulz

This timeless classic comic strip is beloved by fans of all ages and continues to find new fans alike.

The latest edition in Titan Comics’ hugely popular Peanuts Facsimile series sees the release of this, the 20th volume in the series and features 126 pages of classic Peanuts daily newspaper strips from 1963 and 1964.

Peanuts: Charlie Brown and Snoopy

SDCC 2025: Cryptozoic reveals its Peanuts Exclusives

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Peanuts Worldwide and Cryptozoic Entertainment have announced the release of Peanuts Playpaks: 75 Years and Peanuts: The Doctor Is in card game, as well as two exclusive Peanuts Playpaks packs and an exclusive Promo Card, at San Diego Comic-Con, July 24-27.

To celebrate the launch of the game, Cryptozoic will have a life-size The Doctor Is in booth to provide a memorable photo opportunity for SDCC attendees. In addition, the first 300 copies of the game sold at Booth #115 will be packed inside an exclusive 75th anniversary box sleeve.

The first Peanuts Playpaks set features trading cards that focus on playful activities and commemorate 75 years of the beloved characters created by Charles M. Schulz. The two exclusive Convention Packs at SDCC each include six cards. Fans who purchase both get nine Foil/Activity Cards, one Sticker Card, one Standee Card, and one Temporary Tattoo Card.

All purchases of Peanuts products at Cryptozoic’s booth will include Promo Card P4, while supplies last.

Peanuts Playpaks: 75 Years celebrates the milestone year for the characters. Each 5-card pack includes Base/Color It, Foil/Activity, Sticker/Puzzle, and Standee, Scratch ’n’ Sniff/How to Draw, or Temporary Tattoo Cards. The iconic and memorable images on the cards are designed to appeal to Peanuts fans of all ages.

Peanuts: The Doctor Is in is a card game that takes inspiration from the comic strips in which Lucy Van Pelt offers less-than-useful advice from her psychiatric booth. In each turn of the game, one player takes the Charlie Brown standee and plays a Problem Card asking for advice. The other players take on the role of Lucy, responding with Advice Cards featuring memorable comic strip panels that offer entertaining solutions to the problems. The Charlie Brown player selects the Advice Card that they feel best responds to their problem.

Preview: Peanuts: Here’s to You Charlie Brown

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Peanuts: Here’s to You Charlie Brown

(W) Charles M. Schulz (A) Charles M. Schulz
In Shops: Jul 31, 2024
SRP: $7.99

The Facsimile edition of HERE’S TO YOU, CHARLIE BROWN, published 1960-1962

The facsimile edition of Here’s to You, Charlie Brown, first published in 1960. Featuring many of your favorite characters including: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy Schroeder, Linus, Patty, and Pigpen.

Peanuts: Here's to You Charlie Brown

SDCC 2024: UDON Entertainment announces a new line of Manga Biographies starting with Charles Schulz

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UDON Entertainment has announced the launch of a new line of manga titles, Manga Biographies, which will see the lives of some of history’s most interesting and influential people be brought to the globe-spanning medium of manga. The line kicks off with Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz, exploring the life and times of the revered creator of the internationally beloved Peanuts comic strip.

Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz is a 168-page manga graphic novel written and illustrated by Yuzuru Kuki. This authorized biography spans Charles Schulz’s life, from his youth growing up in Minnesota, through a burgeoning love of drawing and his time in the army, to becoming one of the most recognized and beloved cartoonists in the world. Told in a clear and welcoming style perfect for readers young and old, this gripping manga story touches on many real-world historical events that impacted Schulz’s life, and the ways Peanuts impacted those events! In addition to the wonderful manga, Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz includes a timeline of major events in the world during Schulz’s life, a selection of beautiful archival photos and information about Schulz and Peanuts, and a bibliography for further reading. 

Manga Biographies: Charles Schulz will be available in stores everywhere on October 2, 2024. Special advance copies will be sold at Comic-Con International: San Diego, available at the Peanuts booth at the event.

Around the Tubes

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The weekend is almost here! What geeky things are you all doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekday to end and the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Variety – Neil Gaiman Says He Sabotaged Jon Peters’ ‘Sandman’ Movie by Leaking ‘Really Stupid’ Script – Well played.

Press Democrat – Jeannie Schulz, wife of ‘Peanuts’ creator, wins national honor for promoting cartoon art – Congrats! This is great.

Kotaku – AI Creating ‘Art’ Is An Ethical And Copyright Nightmare – It’s going to get very interesting.

CBLDF – Flamer Sparks Police Investigation in Texas – Can false police reports be used to stop this type of action?

ICv2 – IDW Makes CEO Move – Interesting move.

Reviews

CBR – Defenders Beyond #2
CBR – Earthdivers #1
CBR – Phantasmagoria #1
CBR – Vanish #1

Preview: Peanuts: It’s Dog’s Life, Charlie Brown

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Peanuts: It’s Dog’s Life, Charlie Brown

(W) Charles M. Schulz (A/CA) Charles M. Schulz
In Shops: May 11, 2022
SRP: $7.99

THIS BOOK IS A FACSIMILE EDITION OF THE 13TH PEANUTS PAPERBACK EDITION AND COLLECTS TOGETHER THE 128 OF THE BEST CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS TAKEN FROM THE YEARS 1960 – 1962.
A wonderful collection of vintage Peanuts strips from the 1960s. Featuring not only all your favourite charactes, like Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, and Schroeder; but introducing, not one but TWO new characters! For the first time ever meet Charlie Brown’s little sister, Sally and new girl in the neighbourhood, Frieda. Join them as they tackle the problems of baseball, the Mad Punter, tree climbing dogs and Beethoven’s birthday.

Peanuts: It's Dog's Life, Charlie Brown
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