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I saw this earlier today, didn't know if it had a place on the forum, but it shows Boom!/kaboom! does have plans post-Disney titles.

If anyone's checked out the kaboom! "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" graphic novel, it is extremely well done. It resembles something that would have been done in the mid-late 1960s.

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Creative Associates and the Schulz family keep a very close eye on all the Peanuts products (as did Charles Schulz himself)... if you are at any store, you'll notice that any Peanuts merch is very high-quality. They've recently gone back to merchandising some of the earlier art, which is a smart move, there's a great deal to be mined from 50 years of strips, books and advertising art. Next time you pass a Hallmark store, go inside and check out their great vintage Peanuts lines.

Quote from user: Charlie BrownOh, no! Schulz didn't want someone else making Peanuts comics. TV specials is one thing he approved, but no comics. And "new stories" doesn't sound like reprints ;)
Charlie Brown, I beleive you're right: but the TV specials produced after Schulz's death and the 2011 "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" movie all pulled gags and storylines directly from the original strips. Schulz had to give up the strip and passed away around the zenith of the popularity of "South Park" - I recall an article where he said he didn't want Peanuts to turn towards that kind of humor. His widow Jeannie and sons Craig and Monte Schulz have been doing a phenomenal job keeping Peanuts alive in other outlets, while maintaing it's integrity. It's certain they'll do a similar treatment of re-using strip materials to craft new comic book stories.

P.S. - They'd have to, as the original DELL Peanuts comics read more like Little Lulu than the actual Peanuts comic strip!

I actually really like the Dell Peanuts comics. I was hoping Boom would reprint those stories along with some new material, if they decided to do a monthly comic.

Quote from user: Alexander KnoxI actually really like the Dell Peanuts comics. I was hoping Boom would reprint those stories along with some new material, if they decided to do a monthly comic.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply the DELL issues were no good, Alexander... just very different from the tone of the newspaper strip.

If Boom!/kaboom! continues to publish comics and their PEANUTS title goes over with success, it's more than likely they'll reissue the original comics in the same spirit as the Walt Disney Treasury, Walt Disney's Comics & Stories Archive, and Walt Disney Four-Color Adventures albums.

Quote from user: KneonNew PEANUTS stories might viable... if the property were in the right hands. I just really, really, really think Boom! aren't the right folks to pass the torch to.
Kneon: sounds like several others are cautious about this as well. A good idea would be for any and all to write to Creative Associates to intelligently inform them of Boom!/kaboom!'s uneven handling of their licenses, and request they maintain a close watch on the content created for the new books.

To enlighten folks a little, I believe C.A. hand-chooses the artists and writers for their projects and have a brain trust of what should be done or not with the characters. One of the members of that trust is Stephan Pastis of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine, and I know he's very protective of PEANUTS (despite the funny, dark and outrageous tone of Pearls). But a well-written message wouldn't be a bad idea.

For those interested, here's a loosey-goosey, kinda rambling history of the DELL PEANUTS comics: http://www.comicartville.com/peanutscomics.htm

I know they properly credit Dale Hale as the main story artist, with Schulz drawing the covers on the comic books. I have the issue of Hogan's Alley with the article on Dale Hale that they cite - if I have some spare time, I'll see if I can't scan it in for the record. It's pretty interesting, and mentions that Hale would oftern work on the comics at Schulz's home studio in Sebastopol, CA, while Schulz drew the strip.

Quote from user: VesuviusThe fact that the book is due out in November, but no creative team has been announced, is kind of indicative that Boom is going to treat this title with the same diligence and care they gave DuckTales.
I rather think that Creative Associations would be even quicker off the mark than Disney (assuming that Disney's intervention was what caused the delay in DUCKTALES #4, of course) should the kaboom! product be shoddy in any way.

Quote from user: Lars JensenQuote from user: KneonThe comments over on Robot 6
I especially enjoy the posts by "Ray" and "Torsten" (whoever they are). Classic, beautiful examples of straw man arguments.
I'm reasonably sure that "Torsten" is Torsten Adair; a contributor to comicsbeat.com and a regular commenter on many other comics blogs.

Boom!kaBoom! is capable of achieving great artistic heights, and when they're good, they're good. When they're bad...well, they're really, really, REALLY bad. There seems to be no middle ground with them.
I'm nervous about this book. But I look at it this way...the best or worse that can be done with a Boom! PEANUTS book will never profoundly contribute to or permanently damage the legacy Schulz has left behind. Most people will know that this isn't the "real" gang. At best, this book will be seen as a footnote in the already-staggering history of the characters.
I just hope this isn't the Schulz family's attempt to test-drive a revival of the comic strip...

Quote from user: DebbieI doubt that the Schulz family would try to revive the newspaper strip for the simple reason that newspapers and newspaper comics are dying out. The younger audience they want to reach likely doesn't read newspapers anyways.

That said, I won't pass judgment on the new material until I get the chance to read it. No, it won't be Schulz, but done well, it could be fun.
Agreed. I'll approach the book with an open mind. The Peanuts gang was such a product of Schulz's inner man, if you will, that it's hard for someone else to replicate to the same degree of effectiveness something that was so personal.