Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for February 20, 2010

Yeah, let him rip on someone else for a while.

Maybe take it for a one way walk!!!!

My, my… spunky little critter isn’t she?

Hi Marg, long time no see. I’ve been off visiting my in-laws in the countryside where plumbing is a rarity so never mind the internet.

little dog syndrome?

How come those little dogs all look like soccer balls?

How did it become mean and yappy?

I was just wondering. Usually dogs that bite have been abused. (big or small breeds). I thought maybe yours had been abused before you got it. That’s why I asked.

I’ve had several pomeranians and none of them have ever bitten or been aggressive, thank god.

My real question though is why does that dog have a tail coming out of its shoulder, and why does its ears look like cat ears?

And why would Martha want to do that, George?

Meanwhile, back in Cleveland…

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Houndini, don’t let those Egyptians break your snout, like they have to so many others!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200220

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/cscwy/2020/cscwy200220.jpg

And here’s the human version:

http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/37/3729/52QAF00Z/posters/poster-promoting-harry-houdini-evoking-mystical-past-of-ancient-egypt-1925.jpg

Hullo all….

Of course, we’re talking about the Feb 20th, 2020 “Cleo and Company”, on Sherpa …

Oooh… 02.20.2020….

Where today, we’re not actually back in Cleveland….

But even further back, in time and distance… to ancient Egypt, with the great Houndini…

Courtesy of a wonderful poster from StelBel.

Houndini was amazing!

Often billed as the greatest entertainment in the world…

(No hyperbole there, of course…)

He could escape from any collar….any leash… any crate or kennel…

And even from coffins and tombs, which is why he was in Egypt…

And according to his story, it almost killed him….

Though truth be known, there was a bit of mystery about how his story managed to conform closely to another tale…

But let’s not dig that up.

Let buried bones stay buried.

Think outside the box.

Why? It likes you!

BTW… For a moment, I saw little Mitzi (half sister of Miss Millie High Maintenance) the same way that ten years ago poster JRon7667 did…

With kitty cat ears and a weird appendage sticking out of her shoulder…

That is, until I adjusted my vision.

So just in case anybody else has that view in mind…

No. Her head is pointed upward… What looks like the larger cat ear is actually her nose.

The other pointy “ear” is really a shred of George’s plaid shirt… and her 4 front teeth are biting into his elbow.

That “appendage” jron thought was her tail is actually her longish fluffy ear…

She also has a tail, in its proper place.

She’s mostly poodle, you know.

So cute.

If you happen to like slightly psychotic dogs.

Next basset that mances a necro in my pyramid is gonna get her nose rubbed on the sarcophagus.*

*(which, I’ll have you know, I spelled correctly on the first try)

Houndini the Great. Slight of paw expert. Master of walkies. And greatest escape artist ever known.

Good morning Balladeers, Plods and Miss Susan!

Oooooo. I love a great magic show. After all, it’s starring the Great Houndini, isn’t it? He has all these magic tricks up his sleeve.

But wait, he’s not wearing sleeves!

I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Houndini, trapped in a Ballard Street arm pit. – Eew!

She’s got quite the grip there.