Cartoonists Day

May 5.  Cartoonists Day.  The people who make us laugh, think, and sometimes even cry.  When I think of cartoons, I of course think of famous dog cartoons.  Probably one of the most famous is that crazy Beagle, Snoopy.  Who likes to sleep ON TOP of his dog house.  He’s pretty well known.

But there are others – and other breeds represented in the funnies. Here are just a few…We have Marmaduke, the Great Dane; Mickey Mouse’s dog, Pluto who is probably a Bloodhound – or SOME kind of hound; Goofy another Disney hound dog; Scooby-Doo – another Great Dane; Mr. Peabody, another Beagle; Garfield the cat’s friend, Odie who looks like another hound…hey WAIT a minute.  There are like hundreds of dog breeds in the world – and when you look at these cartoons – we seem to have more hounds than anything!  And just WHY is that?  Are hounds funnier than the rest of us canines?  Now there WAS a famous Old English Sheepdog, Farley who appeared in a Canadian cartoon called For Better or for Worse.  When the cartoonist killed off Farley in the story, people went crazy.  Everybody was sad.

But of course, we do not YET have a cartoon with a PON.  I’ll have to get my human working on it.  As if she doesn’t have enough to do.  And what will the character’s name be?  Do you REALLY need to ask?!  Viktor the Victorious.  

 Oh.  And speaking of names.  Will and Kate didn’t pick Viktoria.  Oh well.  But I hear it WAS in the running.  And they DID make a good choice.  Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.  Which meets the obligatory name recycling tradition.  And I must confess, it is pretty.  Even if it isn’t Viktoria.

©  Linda Wozniak