Jane’s World

I uploaded this to the wrong folder on Comics.com so it uploaded late… my bad!

The new Peanuts comic book has been getting lots of great reviews and fan response. For which, I am very grateful. The most recent interview came from Tim at Robot 6.

I’m in Tokyo all week this week. Today it is brisk and sunny

Here’s a fun little ad I did for JW, which probably hardly anyone will see unless I post it on this blog:

There’s a flurry of reviews for Peanuts, issue #1, which I did some inking for and color for the cover. These books have really been a team effort. I thought I’d share a few links.

This is a radio interview with Lex Fajardo and myself. The sound is a little rocky in the first minute or so because we were doing this via conference phone, but it evens out:

Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib (Episode 181) – Paige Braddock and Alexis Fajardo Extended Exclusive

There’s a review on iFanboy, a review on Comics Alliance, and this one written by an eight year old. She especially highlights the “How to Draw Charlie Brown” section.

Sometimes at the end of a year I reflect back and try to construct in my head my personal “best of” list. Here are a few things that were on my list:

Best book that I read: The Passage, by Justin Cronin

Best drive: Scenic Hwy 12, southern Utah

Best hike: Dead Horse Point, Moab, Utah

Best pop song: Fireflies by Owl City

Best movie soundtrack: We Bought a Zoo by Jonsi (former lead singer for Sigur Ros)

Best movie: Drive

The other best movie: We bought a Zoo (Bad title, great movie)

Best indie comic discovery: Very Near Mint, by Justin Peterson

Best new friend: Oliver, who just celebrated his first Christmas

Emmanuel, God with us, we have journeyed to Bethlehem; we have caught the notes of an angel’s song, we have seen a star in the heavens… and we have found new hope and joy. We have come to the manger looking for you, only to discover that you, who are the weakest and the strongest, the most humble and the most mighty, have found us. Hope lives again, joy lives again, we live again. And so we say together, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace and goodwill to all.” Amen.

Thanks to “the linster” for a great interview on AfterEllen.com

This Christmas ‘toon will be up Friday through Monday, then new comics start up again on both GoComics and Yahoo Comics. Happy holidays!

Just wanted to let all of you patient readers of GoComics and Yahoo Comics that Jane’s World will be airing new installments starting on December 19th. Just in time for Christmas

Above is a bit of “Classic Jane’s World” from the JW archive in honor of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is always a good time to pause for a moment and say thanks. When I wrote the front matter for Vol. 10 of Jane’s World I added a page in the front of the book to thank all the many supportive folks who have helped get JW to this big 10 year mark. I realized that I thanked my comics support system in the USA, but left out one of my special partnerships abroad. So I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Celine Lion, owner of Editions Dans L’Engrenage in France. Celine’s company has published 3 volumes of Jane’s World in French and manages a blog where Jane gets to speak French every day.

Thank you, Celine! You are the best publisher a cartoonist could ask for

It’s not often that we take time to stop and enjoy all the art we’ve collected as a group here at the Schulz studio. This past week, my pal, Andy and I went through some of our flat files and brought in some original sketches and other treasures to share with the group.

In the foreground of this shot you’ll notice an original comic by Hilary Price and an original editorial comic by Mike Luckovich.

This is a copy of a sketch done by Charles (Sparky) Schulz of one of his coworkers at the art instruction school in Minnesota. I love that she put her tea cup in her drawer. I do that at home for fear of spilling coffee all over whatever I’m working on. I thought I was the only one who did this.