Dog Eat Doug by Brian Anderson for June 06, 2010

Love it. Once again, great artwork, Brian

I think that it is time for a dance. Maybe a water ballet.

This one is so CUTE! :-)

Those look like some very nice shoes, guys!

Brian, I agree with Grog. Awesome artwork.

Mom and dad are going to be very impressed. Love the matching smiles!

all I can think is DOG hair –labs shed like crazy when wet, poor Doug

Why can’t they chew them up like normal dogs and Dougs?

I think it’s so cute how the parents bathe Sophie and Doug together just like they were brother and sister

Thanks, Joe-Allen. Loved the link.

I remember my dogs’ reaction when my son was born. When we came home from the hospital (also on a Nov 15, LOL) the older sheltie kept running up and down the hall smelling for footprints. He knew there was another person in the house.

After that, he pretty much treated our son the same as he treated the sheltie puppy we had: a lot like Sophie treats Doug.

Joe that’s “proof” of absolutely nothing. The idea that parents “bring a baby home” from the hospital, which comes as a surprise to those (usually siblings) who stayed home is an old one. That’s how Charlie Brown reacted to the birth of Sally, how Lucy reacted to the birth of Rerun. It’s an old theme.

Until and unless Anderson makes some specific mention of Doug being anything other than the biological offspring of “Mom” and “Dad”, there’s no reason to believe he’s adopted. (Not that there would be anything wrong with that.)

Sheesh!!! There is a lot of over analyzing going on here. Let’s just appreciate Brian’s mind and art.

By the way Joe all Brian may be trying to show is that a dog sees a baby come home and doesn’t know the source, so he reacts accordingly. This is to much work. Why does a comic need explaining, you just appreciate it for what it is.

What difference would it make if Doug was adopted? Maybe he wasn’t, maybe he was. I am sure Sofie has no idea where Doug came from. The point is, Doug is part of her pack now.

Doug sitting up is probably just comic license.

Newborns don’t do much that would make for an interesting comic.

In comics, time, size and behavior don’t need to follow real life rules. The best jokes often bend the rules.

Resist the temptation to take things literally.

For the last week over in “Pooch Cafe”, we’ve had two dogs in the birth canal arguing over which should get to be born first.

The poet’s fruitful freedom knows no bounds, And takes no oath to tell it as it happened.

What Ovid said about poets goes double for cartoonists…

Doug is like ‘Rock On!!!!”