"So basically, Charlie Brown's streak of being a loser never ends, but at least he's a likeable person. That's the way Shultz set it out.
Exactly. Everything in Peanuts had that theme. It was all about unrequited love. The football was always pulled away, the baseball games were all losses, (except for one, but I'll let that detail remain hidden for now. It was funny, though, the reason why they reversed the decision.)
I created a comic book called "The Flying Ace Battles" which was an all new adventure for Snoopy against the Red Baron, whose face I finally revealed, though a hat comes down over his eyes.