Writer & Artist: Charles M Schultz
Publisher: Titan Comics
Price: $9.99
Release Date: April 29, 2025
Dogs may be man’s best friends, but they have secret lives they never share with their masters. In Snoopy’s case, he serves as an American pilot in France during World War One. As he takes to the skies in his Sopwith Camel, Snoopy spots the Red Baron flying his Fokker Triplane. What happens next? Let's leap into Peanuts: Snoopy And The Red Baron and find out!
Story
As he sits atop his doghouse clad in his pilot’s cap, goggles, and scarf, Snoopy flies over northwest France. He takes part in aerial combat over famous battlefields like Saint-Mihiel, Montsec, and Pont-a-Mousson. He may be a good pilot, but that doesn’t mean he is a match for the Red Baron.
When he returns to his base in Paris, Snoopy lives with the other pilots. He rallies the ground crew in Peanuts: Snoopy And The Red Baron. And he yearns to return to the skies to combat his German nemesis.
World War One planes were fragile compared to their modern counterparts. Snoopy experiences tragedy when the Red Baron shoots him down. Now, he must trek across German-controlled territory. While trying to slip past guards unnoticed, he seeks the help of the locals to avoid capture.
In Peanuts: Snoopy And The Red Baron, Charles M Schultz portrays the dangerous life of a World War One flying ace. Not every mission was a success. And caught amid the turmoil of war, hearts break as readily as limbs and planes.
Art
Each page of Peanuts: Snoopy And The Red Baron shows one scene. The book showcases Snoopy in Black & White inks against various colored paper. While portraying him in familiar territory, Charlie Brown and his friends rarely appear. Yet when they do, they watch, intrigued, as Snoopy’s actions in the present coincide with his desperate struggles in 1918.
Final Thoughts
Peanuts: Snoopy And The Red Baron celebrates a dog’s life and imagination. While reenacting the glamorous life of pilots in World War One, Charles M Schultz doesn't shrink from portraying the realities American pilots faced in war-torn France.
Rating 10/10
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