Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 12, 2018

awwww!

Puppies are always not guilty by innocence.

Puppies, my favorite monsters.

Well, of course. What else can you say?

With a nod to Barsotti…

Who’s a good boy, then? Are YOU a good boy? Of course you are. You’re SUCH a good boy!!’

Lawyer: J.D. (Juris Doggy), Canine College of Colorado.

Welcome to: “The Pupples Court”

That is one of the cutest strips this year!

The puppy is about to leave a present for his lawyer.

It’s like the episode of Night Court where Dan has to prosecute in doggie court, and the defense always wins by baby-talking to the judge, “Just look at this face! This is the face of a good boy!”

The “I couldn’t hold it” defense. Never fails in a criminal proceeding. Although I understand the puppy lost in a later civil action for damages. The plaintiff’s attorney argued that “If the puppy $#!+$, you must convicts!”

I wonder how it works with baby kangaroos.

It’s been over a year since this strip ran my all-time favorite cartoon ever, of a man growing old with his dog, mourning its passing, and then finding love with a new puppy. I wish I’d bookmarked it. I still tear up just thinking about it.

I agree. But take him away, I have a kitten.

Do they arrive at the number of jurors using the same math as dog years?

It’s hard to boo a puppy.

I had a half St. Bernard/half Tall-Dark -And-Sneaky-Stranger puppy, who for the first eight months of her life, thought her name was g#xx@%%$/ Blaze !

She survived puppy hood and was my companion for almost 15 years.

The Prosecutor doesn’t even show up to Puppy Court…

This reminds me of a cartoon I once saw of a mother standing at her front door looking at her ruined garden while her very young son hands her some flowers saying, “I picked them for you Mommy.”

Puppy: Ooooh, what’s this? Ooooh, what’s this? Ooooh, what’s this? Woops, gotta pee. Ooooh, what’s this? Ooooh, what’s this? Woops, gotta pee.

Kitty: Bouncy thing! Dangly thing! Rolly thing! Wiggly pink thing! Springy thing! Shiny dot thing! Funny looking thizzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Guinea Pig: Carrots? Carrots? Carrots? Carrots? Carrots? Carrots? CARROTS!! Nom nom nom. Carrots? Carrots? Carrots?

Today’s Dog Eat Doug fits in with today’s. Sophie going where she shouldn’t.

Blame it on the cat!

Only four of them? It must be a jury of his paws.