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Comic Book Jobs: Peanuts
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,
Do you like the Peanuts? Are you a fan of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and Linus? When you hear Vince Guaraldi's piano do you immediately think Charlie Brown Christmas? Well, there's a job that you might be interested in.
The Charles M. Schulz Museum And Research Center in Santa Rosa, California is looking for a curator. It's a full-time gig and you'll need some museum experience that doesn't just include staring at the exhibits or eating in the cafeteria. The museum is "27,000 square feet which showcases the comic art and legacy of Charles M. Schulz and the Peanuts comic strip collection."
As the curator, you'll be "responsible for planning the exhibition schedule, researching, and writing exhibition text." Some other stuff is required, but details and contact info are at the job listing.
Good luck, job seekers!
[Artwork: Peanuts, one of the comics published by Kaboom, a division of Boom! Studios]
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Weekend Reading: James Bond, Peanuts, Bolland and Shang-Chi
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, Marvel Comics,
I'm still reeling from the loss of Twinkies and Ding Dongs, the meth of bloggers. So bear with me.
Tainted Archive points us in the direction of James Bond - all of the novels (including those not written by Ian Fleming) are being put online courtesy of Ian Fleming Publications.
I barely understand the world of high-finance, but apparently, Snoopy is going to be issuing bonds. Iconix, the owners of Peanuts, will use the money to go on a spending spree and acquire at least one more company for their portfolio.
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Quote Of The Day: Gary Tyrrell On Webcomics
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,
“And then maybe we’ll all finally come to the conclusion that no, the money isn’t online, it’s in the merchandise and the collections, and the same damn thing has always been true for syndicated strips. One last time for those at the back: Sparky [Charles Schulz] or Jim [Davis] or whichever megasuccess you wish to discuss did not become richer than God off of syndicate checks. The money came from getting the people who read the strip (and essentially paid nothing for it) to buy other stuff with characters on it.”
- Webcomics blogger Gary Tyrrell at Fleen, once again laying it out for the people who don’t get it, that the business model for webcomics is no different from that of newspaper comics. No. Different.
Don't forget to check out our other notable quotes!
[Artwork: Snoopy merchandise]
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Free Comic Book Day 2012
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, Independent,
Hey kids, free comics!
One of my favorite things is Free Comic Book Day, because, you know, “free” and “comics” are the peanut butter and chocolate of the Direct Market. It's the first Saturday of May, and this year that means May 5. Out of all the ones that are being released, I’ve put together a shortlist of the ones I want most.
Kaboom! is the kid-friendly imprint of Boom! Studios and their Peanuts/Adventure Time Flipbook looks like fun. The Peanuts comics are clearly crafted with care and affection for the original material, and Adventure Time is just as nutty as the animated series.
Atomic Robo from Red 5 is one of my favorite comics and why it’s not talked about in the same group as Hellboy and The Walking Dead is beyond me. It’s one of the best comics around - terrific characters, excellent writing and art, beautiful coloring. I grab the latest ones each year at San Diego, and whatever pops up on FCBD. If you see a copy, grab it. Highly recommended.
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Quote Of The Day: Peanuts
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, Independent,
"It should not be forgotten that nearly all thoughts of Peanuts, especially by those who love it, are viewed through the rose tinted bifocals of nostalgia. This was a good comic strip and it certainly had a following, but it wasn’t Watchmen."
-- Ryan K Lindsay
Wikipedia: “At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in almost every U.S. newspaper.”
Thank goodness it wasn’t Watchmen! [I have my copy of Peanuts #1 and will post a review shortly.]
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[Artwork: Peanuts #1 from kaboom!]
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Boom! Goes! Kaboom!
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Independent,
So far, so good. Following the loss of its Pixar titles, Boom! Kids has rebranded itself as Kaboom! and outlined a number of its upcoming titles in a series of tease posts on the internet in the past week or so.
The curent line-up will feature Word Girl, based on the PBS animated series (newsstand readers and iPad owners will love this), a new Roger Langridge series called Snarked, a Star Wars parody (always a good bet) called Space Warped (which is a translated French series that someone will go in and rework all the French-specific jokes to tap into US nerd culture.
Best of all is a new Peanuts project that had keyboards smoking as the legion of armchair detectives tried to guess what it was: New? Reprints? Ultimate Peanuts by Mark Millar, oh please, internet, tell me!
Turns out it’s a new adaptation of a new Peanuts animated movie called Happiness Is A Warm Blanket Charlie Brown, which Warners Home video will release this month.
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Weekend Reading: Bill Finger, Mighty Samson, The Shadow & Valerian
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Reviews, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Independent, Marvel Comics,
Thank you internets, you’ve been great this week. So let’s share that bounty with others:
Mighty Samson: Writer J.C. Vaughn has a preview of Mighty Samson #1 at his blog. Shooter’s involved, Patrick Olliffe is the artist. Dark Horse is the publisher. I’m in!
Here’s a little more about the series at Comic Attack.
Shadow: Novelist James Reasoner has a Forgotten Book that’s a must have for fans of Maxwell Grant’s The Shadow: Gangland's Doom: The Shadow of the Pulps, by Frank Eisgruber Jr.
British Comics: Matthew Murray at Comics Beat goes all out for the new Dandy and breaks down its contents.
Peanuts: Zach Weiner finally lets Charlie Brown kick that football.
Peppers: Mark Evanier lives the sitcom life.
3-D: Ricky Sprague at Project Child Murdering Robot tells how Marvel Comics (in 3-D!) turned him into an atheist. Bonus: 3-D artwork on the internets!
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TV on DVD: November 16, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, FX, NBC, Heroes, The Office, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- Ancient Aliens (Season 1)
- Gangland (Season 6)
- Heroes (Complete Series)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
- Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark movie)
- National Geographic: Great Migrations
- The Office (Digital Shorts Collection)
- Peanuts Holiday Collection
- Perry Mason (Season 5, Vol. 2)
- The Twilight Zone (Season 2) **Blu-ray**
- Wycliffe (Series 4 and 5)
Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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Charles Schulz Real Estate Update
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Independent,
Let's check in with the sale of one of Charles M. Schulz's houses, shall we? The house is one that Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, lived in during the 1970s; he bought it back in 1973 for around $250,000.
Some of details original to when Mr. Schulz lived in the Montecito Heights-area house are still present in the home, like the chapel where he married second wife Jeannie Clyde in Sept. 1973.
(He purchased the home from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa shortly after divorcing his first wife, Joyce, with whom he had five children.) The book, Schulz and Peanuts, A Biography says that Schulz converted the chapel into what he called a "combination gym and family room."
Located just a few miles from Santa Rosa and the Charles M. Schulz Museum, the 7,230-square-foot home, which was built in 1949 and is located at 3699 Montecito Avenue, "is on a park-like, gated setting that has hilltop and city views. It sports four bedrooms, including the main- and second-floor master suites; five full baths plus a powder room; an in-ground pool; and a cabana with changing rooms and showers."
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TV on DVD: June 1, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, BBC, Cable, CBS, FX, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- American Pickers (Season 1)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Volume 7)
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (Volume 2)
- Burn Notice (Season 3)
- The Cleaner (Final Season)
- Drop Dead Diva (Season 1)
- Emily of New Moon (Seasons 3 & 4)
- Foyle’s War (Set 6)
- Ghost Hunters International (Season 1, Part 1)
- Life (narrated by David Attenborough)
- Life (narrated by Oprah Winfrey)
- The Matthew Shepard Story (TV Movie)
- Midsomer Murders (Set 15)
- Mister Ed (Season 3)
- Peanuts: 1970’s Collection (Volume 2)
- Rescue Me (Season 5)
- Slayers Evolution-R (Season 5)
Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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