Spike

a black and white dog wearing a brown hat

FIRST APPEARANCE:

August 13, 1975

Snoopy’s thin and stoic brother, (and the only one with a mustache) Spike lives in the desert outside of Needles, California. He prefers a quiet, solitary life. His closest friends are the cacti and tumbleweeds. Spike is thoughtful, and at times, melancholic. When his loneliness becomes too much he makes the trip to visit Snoopy and the rest of the gang. He loves his brother, and enjoys spending some time with his friends, but he is soon reminded of why he prefers to live alone in the desert.

DID YOU KNOW:

"Spike, Snoopy's brother, is a beautiful example of images evoked by a location: we know he lives with the coyotes outside Needles, and that's about all we know. There is about him, with his thin, faintly exotic mustache and soulful eyes, an air of mystery that is totally foreign to what Snoopy is. Our imagination takes over.” —Charles M. Schulz