ARE YOU BUCKSPERIENCED? The 4th reprint book from Get Fuzzy entitled The Get Fuzzy Experience - Are You Bucksperienced is now available in most major booksellers. This homage to the late great guitarist Jimi Hendrix is approved, blessed and endorsed by Hendrix's estate, further proving that Get Fuzzy is the coolest new strip on the comics block. Look for the first Get Fuzzy gift book in stores in early May entitled I Would Have Bought You a Cat, But...
HIP TEENS ARE SPORTING PEANUTS-WEAR! PEANUTS is the hottest new trend to hit the junior's accessory market. On the heels of last year's successful PEANUTS by Doe product line, cool junior apparel now will be available to a younger generation of PEANUTS fans. Jerry Leigh has signed on to develop a full range of girls 4-14 sportswear with initial products placed at the Limited Too. To further round out the PEANUTS program, Accessory Network has developed a range of products including stylish cold weather items, backpacks, and messenger bags. Additionally, ES Originals will develop a line of juniors and girls footwear set to launch spring 2004. MJC, the PEANUTS mens lounge wear licensee, also has seen amazing product placement at key retailers such as Target and Wal*Mart.
COPYRIGHTS LAUNCHES NEW ART AND LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES Copyrights at United Media's new art and lifestyle initiative will launch at this year's Surtex, May 18-20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Featured properties include Beatrix Potter English Garden, a decorative line of watercolor art depicting botanicals drawn by the famous author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit; Balarinji, contemporary designs inspired by Aboriginal art; MoDA, art from London's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture; TarePanda, a lazy panda that is the latest and hottest property from Japan; and the Sir Winston Churchill Collection, a selection of paintings by one of the most famous Brits of all time. Current categories available include domestics, home furnishings, giftware and stationery. Visit the Copyrights at United Media Booth #1616.
PEANUTS SAYS "GOOD DAY MATE" TO AUSTRALIANS This April, ABC Australia will begin airing fourteen of the popular PEANUTS specials on Australia's major network and digital channels. Continuing until February 28, 2006, the specials will include "A Charlie Brown Valentine," "It's The Pied Piper, Charlie Brown" and "Lucy Must Be Traded," as well as 18 of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show" series episodes.
PRECIOUS MOMENTS IN JAPAN The Precious Moments brand continues on its successful expansion into the international market with the introduction of new and exciting products in Japan. Sanrio, the largest and most prestigious stationery company in Japan, launched a Precious Moments greeting card and social expression product line in March. The line includes journals, notepads and more! Other exciting news for Precious Moments includes the launch of individually packaged jams by Kewpie, a Japanese company. The new line will be supported by television advertisements on "Kewpie's Cooking Time," a popular morning cooking show in Japan.
RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY HIT CRACKER BARREL WITH A BANG! Cracker Barrel, the exclusive home for the Applause's Raggedy Ann & Andy quilt and pillow sham set, has seen amazing sell through. Already sold out until May, the set features a patchwork and embroidered design of Raggedy Ann & Andy, highlighting their famous mop top red yarn hair. The retail price on the quilt is $59.99 and each sham is $9.99.
FAMED SNOOPY BY EVERHART ARTIST GREETS JAPANESE FANS Tom Everhart, the only artist ever granted permission by Charles Schulz to use the PEANUTS characters in paintings, will be in Japan this spring to visit a major exhibit of his Snoopy by Everhart paintings on display in Tokyo and Osaka. While he is there, he will visit patients at Japan's National Cancer Center. Last year, Everhart supported the National Cancer Center by donating one of his colorful lithographs to the organization.
DILBERT HAS FUN WITH FUNMAIL FunMail Inc., a leading provider of MMS and SMS visual messaging services, will incorporate the wildly popular Dilbert character images and short animation into its line of visual messaging services. Dilbert will be available to FunMail Inc. wireless carriers and wireless portal customers including Vodafone, Globe, Smart and MSN. The Dilbert images and short animation will be selected using FunMail's patent-pending language content matching technology. For example, if a user types in "THE BOSS IS NUTS" FunMail will automatically find the best matching graphic out of the database of Dilbert imagery, combine it with the text message, and send it to the receiving handset.
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Copyrights at United Media's new art and lifestyle initiative will launch at this year's Surtex, May 18-20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Featured properties include 
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Tom Everhart, the only artist ever granted permission by Charles Schulz to use the PEANUTS characters in paintings, will be in Japan this spring to visit a major exhibit of his 
FunMail Inc., a leading provider of MMS and SMS visual messaging services, will incorporate the wildly popular