Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for February 22, 2021

note, Poncho, that Chaz said, “maybe”

And just like that, the tension level rockets back up

Poncho is not a dog. Dogs are nice. Poncho is a space alien…

You are a very bad dog Poncho!

Cone of Shame and Tree of woe for you Poncho !

I’m not saying that Poncho would take the Gold in the Worst Dog Ever Olympics, but he’d certainly be allowed to complete without even going through qualifying trials.

There he is. That’s my Poncho. If dogs were potato chips, Poncho would be the anti-crisp.

I love my pets, but I’d never put up with Poncho.

A couple lines of conversation have caused me to think about cartooning… where do the ideas come from? Do our pets give us ideas? As a retired teacher, over the years, many times, we told each other, “we should write that down… Can you imagine the book?” I am now thinking about art teachers, who might have the talent to draw panels for cartoons. If an art teacher had the same unending source of inspiration from humorous anecdotes that a classroom teacher has and the artistic talent to illustrate the events, could she put them together into a successful strip? Or am I being naively simplistic?

Poncho is about to be tied to his tree. Bad dog!!

I feel I must point out here that Poncho has more the personality of a cat than that of a dog.