The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the Gang, and the Meaning of Life will feature pieces on the iconic comic strip from, among others, Adam Gopnik, Jonathan Lethem, Rick Moody, and George ...Saunders. Blauner said the book, which is slated for 2019, will "explore different Charles M. Schulz characters, distinctive aspects or themes of the Peanuts strip, and the writers' autobiographical engagement with the beloved comic." Valencius is a professor at Boston College, and Kuchment is a reporter for the Dallas Morning News ; in the book, the pair follows a team of scientists looking to uncover the cause of a string of earthquakes rocking the Midwest.
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Discussing several reasons why aren't there more comic strips by women, Braddock claims that while it is hard to be a woman in comic strips, it is even harder to be a female comic-book character. She ...further claims that until there are more women out there telling a different side to the story, the comic pages will continue to be dominated by the old boys' club.
Furano's latest endeavor, Epic Rights, which launched in 2013, builds celebrity brands through a global network of retailers and licensees, as well as tackles social media, VIP ticketing, fan ...experiences and trademark consultation for clients such as AC/DC, Kiss, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Zac Brown Band, Lionel Richie and the estates of John Lennon and David Bowie. During the last three years, Epic Rights has executed more than 500 license deals, including Madonna's skincare line, Celine Dion's handbag collection, an apparel deal featuring the lyrics of Lennon & McCartney and even Kiss waffle makers. Furano's Career Moves 1974 Co-founded Winterland Productions with brother Dave and Bill Graham. 1985 Sold half of Winterland to CBS Records. 1988 Bought back Winterland and then sold it to MCA. 1993 Started Sony Signatures, which handled Sony Corp.'s consumer products, merchandise and licensing. 1999 Launched Signatures Network, expanding into social media and VIP ticketing. 2008 Sold Signatures to Live Nation and oversaw Live Nation Merchandise. 2013 Founded Epic Rights.
The comics of Charles Schulz: the good grief of modern life edited by Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2017, viii + 222 pp., US $25.00 (paperback), ISBN: ...978-1-4968-1847-8
Fantagraphics Books, 75 (208p) ISBN 978-1-68396-564-0 Verstraete leaves no stone unturned in his English-language debut, a violence-drenched, underground-comic-style flight into the unknown. The ...proceedings open with an anarcho-comic noir nod to Pulp Fiction, when a couple of mouse-masked henchmen named Jules and Vincent beat a seemingly random stranger to death, then steal his briefcase and fence it to a crime boss known as Mr. Pussy. Debus and Matteuzzi avoid retreading familiar analysis of Peanuts (a name Schulz hated) and cover lesser-known aspects of Schulz’s life, such as his Christian faith, though they drop in biographical details that inspired the strip (for instance, the family dog who served as a model for Snoopy).
