This is a big year for Peanuts and the merchandising agreements are peaking also as we celebrate 60 years of Peanuts this Autumn. The Peanuts Moleskine notepads are a thing of beauty. They look too good to write on. via-moleskine Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see […]
It's quite remarkable, isn't it? We're approaching the 75th anniversary of the debut of the very first Peanuts comic strip, which graced the pages on October 2, 1950.
It's amazing to think that this lonely little unexceptional ad from the '50s would spawn a money-making machine long after Charles Schulz would die. The merchandising juggernaut just keeps churning cash like it's going out of style.
The book Schulz and Peanuts a Biography by David Michaelis left a bitter taste in the mouth with the Schulz estate who gladly opened the doors to him with an exclusivity into the Peanuts world and in return David misconstrued the cartoonist in a rather negative light. Die-hard fans were not too impressed by a […]
Schulz City: That Yellow S.1 by ~ninjaink on deviantART What if Frank Miller drew Peanuts? This would be the result. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email at sandboxworld@gmail.com. I read every message personally and, […]
Pencil in July 7th for the release of a new collection of award winning TV Specials based on the Peanuts Gang. There have been more than 41 specials over 5 decades based on the comic strip series. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – In this Emmy® and Peabody Award winning classic, Charlie Brown is upset […]
[sandboxworld]qVn5bsvtmqk[/sandboxworld] It’s been already 9 years since Charles Schulz passed away on February 9th, 2000. Peanuts is still going stronger each year. Not bad for a cadaver cartoonist. Here is a clip from a 1963 documentary on Charles Schulz, with some good advice about where he gets ideas. This is a side of Charles we […]
There are 20 new webisodes Flash animated Peanuts for Itunes. They are true to the original animated shows of old. The new technology is no different from traditional animation techniques. Gone are countless painted cells which encumber the cost of animated shows. Warner is behind these 4 minute episodes that can be downloaded for […]