Doggy Date

Doggy Date

I wrote this gag for the “pet issue” of The Dayton City Paper—which runs Last Kiss every week. Yes, I do requests—occasionally. And this one was a bit of a challenge. Romance doggy style!

Below is the original romance art…which is at least as strange as the version I did!

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SCENE: A dog is sitting next to a man and a woman who are on a park bench.

DOG (thinking): Too much talk! When’s he going to sniff her butt?

Color by Dan McConnell

His Cat Loves Me

His Cat Loves Me

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WOMAN #1: His mom loves me! His boss loves me! Even his cat loves me!

WOMAN #2: Now if only you can convince him...that he loves you!

Doggone Love

Doggone Love

You’ll never sleep alone if you have a dog!

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SCENE: A man is holding a woman from behind her back. She looks back at him in distress.

MAN: I need love!

WOMAN: Buy a dog!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman

Her Royal Highness

Worship me or I'll crush you!

Many thanks to everyone who saw my recent post about my cat Cous Cous and commented here or on Facebook about how beautiful/adorable/magnificent she is.

For those of you who expressed concern about her size. Well…

She’s not quite as heavy as she looks. She weighs 15 pounds (down two pounds from a couple of years ago) and she could probably stand to lose another pound. But according to our vet she isn’t actually obese.

She’s almost certainly part Maine Coon and those cats are huge. Bigger than some dogs. Smaller than your average tractor trailer.

Nature Abhors My Cat…Vacuuming

Nature Abhors My Cat…Vacuuming

I do most of the vacuuming in our household. And I wouldn’t mind, but the person who creates most of the mess never helps out. She just lies there, licking her paws,  and shedding fur at a world record rate.

It’s everywhere. On the couch, in our bed…in my toothpaste. I’m breathing it right now. You probably are too. (No doubt my computer fan is sucking it up and distributing it over the Internet.)

I’ve been trying to teach Cous Cous to clean up. But she runs and hides every time I bring out the vacuum. She pretends to be afraid, but…the truth? She’s lazy. And selfish!!

Like most cats, she’ll clean herself. But never the house!

What me? Vacuum?