Dogs in Culture
Dogs in Comics
From single-panel newspaper gags to long-running syndicated strips, dogs have supplied comic artists with a dependable source of gentle humor and warmth for well over a century.
The Newspaper Strip Tradition
Comic strips have long used a family dog’s perspective or antics as a recurring gag structure — a format that rewards a reader’s familiarity with the character built up strip after strip.
A Dog’s-Eye View
Some of the most memorable comic dogs are portrayed with rich inner lives and thoughts of their own, a device that lets a strip comment on daily life from an outsider’s comic remove.
From Newsprint to New Formats
As comics have moved online and into graphic novels, dog characters have followed, proving just as adaptable to new formats as they were to the original newspaper page.
Did You Know?
Comic strips featuring a family dog have run continuously in daily newspapers for decades at a time — among the longest-running character continuities in any medium.
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