Dial P For Peanuts

by David C. Hayes

(W) David Hayes, Michael Kary (A) Kurt Belcher

Ten friends are invited to a mysterious home on the remote Isle of Man by the mysterious Mr. Iman. A closely knit group as children, they drifted apart as the world turned them into jaded, cynical... adults. Charles, Lucille, Sally, Patricia, and the rest are in danger, though. That jaded adulthood has taken its toll on the group and they have done horrible, terrible things. As they pay the ultimate price, one by one, will there be enough time to call for help? Will they be able to Dial P... for Peanuts?

Kindle Edition

First published November 25, 2020

About the author

Welcome to the Goodreads profile of David C. Hayes. David writes stuff and teaches people to write stuff.

"Hayes is fast establishing himself as the new top-drawer of hardcore horror!" - Edward Lee

Reviews

[Jason Fifi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure, I've never written a review of a graphic novel before. I’ve never really read many graphic novels or comic books, but i like dumb things in general, so like, whatever, it’s all basically the same thing. Video games, music, graphic novels, the fantastic 4, I get it. The big trick is just not to post spoilers or give too much of the plot or thematic elements away, and you got a pretty good review cooking up, simmer it for a bit, maybe some meta hints of some kind like how i’m going to actually be very humble and also pretend to be the smartest person that could have possibly written this, and BAM, once you read what i’m reviewing, this will make sense, and it’s not a spoiler so i’m basically a genius.

Dial P for peanuts is an “all grown up” thing about the peanuts characters thrown into a murder mystery genre story. This one sentence should be enough for you to make your decision as to whether or not you should buy it or skip it, but i’m a writer, not a quitter, and nobody said that writing meant just telling people things quickly.

The bait and switch, and switch again, of the story works perfectly on the expectations of the reader, building up our lovable goof-ball failure hero. The everyman, the reader represented in text, is abused as always, giving the reader a self to both root for and learn from.

And yeah, sometimes we hate ourselves.

[Adam Stone · Rating 1 out of 5]

My mother once told me "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

So I won't say anything about the art.

I won't say anything about the plot.

I won't say anything about the concept.

I ordered this to support a small comic book press. I regret it.

If you like hella basic, childish art that vaguely, and I mean Vaguely resembles Schultz's character designs, maybe this is for you?

I guess it could be fun if you read it MST3K style. Otherwise, oof.

[Andy Rausch · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very clever, very funny take on the Peanuts. I loved this. Definitely recommended for anyone who loves both the Peanuts and good, well-crafted whodunits. Buying copies of this as gifts for my adult children this year.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you ever wondered what happened to Charlie Brown and his friends, wonder no more. They're all grown up and, unfortunately for them, being picked off one by one Agatha Christie style. This concept could only be brought forth by the twisted mind of author David C. Hayes.

[Will Cooper · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some of the worst art I've ever seen paired with a homophobic, racist group of Peanuts getting murdered Agatha Christie style.

[Stephen Lewis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great premise. Bad execution.

[Jon B. · Rating 1 out of 5]

No. Just no.

Just because you can put things together doesn't mean you should.