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By: February books in review, Part I « Charlottesville Words

February books in review, Part I « Charlottesville Words — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:50:27 +0000

[...] books in review, Part I Posted on March 9, 2008 by Elizabeth In contrast with January, February was an excellent month for reading. Mostly. Here’s the [...]

By: Tomorrow’s NYTBR, today « Charlottesville Words

Tomorrow’s NYTBR, today « Charlottesville Words — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:02:27 +0000

[...] enlivens a long Saturday afternoon like a skim through the Grey Lady’s reviews. This week, Beginner’s Greek receives a love letter from reviewer James Kaplan. There is also a review of The Commoner, a new [...]

By: Sean Tubbs

Sean Tubbs — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:07:18 +0000

I read an article in Salon with Michealis, and I was fascinated with the way Lucy’s evolution came about. Something to do with his first wife being sort of bossy?

To date, I’ve mostly been interested in Schulz’s professional history, and the evolution of the strip. I definitely plan to read this in the near future.

By: bkclubcare

bkclubcare — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:26:35 +0000

wow – I have to read the Schulz bio… He defined sarcasm for me. I remember the moment… One of his dailies and I asked my mom what sarcasm meant and she told me – but it was Charlie Brown and Lucy that really explained it…

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:38:57 +0000

James Collins will be at the Festival.

The Schulz bio is well worth your time. Everybody takes Peanuts for granted now, and it did outlive its heyday, but it was not only a ground-breaking strip but one of the biggest global entertainment merchandising phenomena of the century. Where Peanuts led, Star Wars followed.

Even more fascinating than that, however, is the character of the man who created and controlled it all for 50 years. An ego the size of the Taj Mahal, concealed inside the nicest and most self-effacing guy you’d ever want to meet.

By: Sean Tubbs

Sean Tubbs — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:59:10 +0000

I’m very keen to read the Schultz book.

Are any of these folks coming to the Virginia Festival of the Book?