This has always been Bernie’s problem. She approaches every discussion, conversation, or just plain talk, with a pathological need to prove she’s right. And you’re wrong. You can see it in the way she questions Shannon’s story. Like, “Why am Iistening to this illogical drivel?”. Completely missing the point about a little girl’s immagination.
I could envision a modified Rorschach Test where an ink blot resembles Shannon’s big blob of black hair and 7 out of 10 respond with the word, “obnoxjous,”
Why not have something interesting happen for a change… like Shannon’s mother suddenly appearing and demanding custody, Tara and her cousin robbing The Fuse and accidentally setting the place on fire, “Elvis” shows up again, Al divorces Irma and marries an 18-year old girl, there’s a massive earthquake which destroys over half the town, mobsters from TJ’s past show up demanding all his money, or b-WAD gets seriously injured in a fire and falls in love with the nurse giving him sponge-baths? Just sayin’.
What we’re actually seeing here is Bernice approaching awareness of her own talents. First she gets Shannon to calm down by “tricking” her into writing a book. Then she gets her to explain it to her, so she has to come up with the supporting information.
“Yes, there are SOME things I know, Shannon. For instance, I know that I should have left the house the moment you showed up! In fact, I know that so well, I could become an expert at it!”
The girl who does everything only after thinking for hours and organizing every small detail meets a child who simply does things. The battle is emotional, I hope it will be traumatic for Bernice. One of those positive traumas that make you understand that you’re a mess and it’s time to change. Shannon has a lot to teach her. It would be nice if in the future Bernice will be able to follow her emotions, without panicking or feeling guilty. Just go with the flow.
Hey Bern, YOU said “books are full of imagination.” Think about the mermaid romances that you couldn’t tear your self away from. I think Shannon’s on a roll.
Shannon has a future in art.Our son knew at 5, he wanted to be an artist. Way different that his father & I, who had no idea what we wanted to be when we grew up – even in college. In 1st – 2nd grade, John’s teacher had the class collaborate to create books. John drew & others came up with a story.He is now an Illustrator. (Thank you Cornish College of the Arts).
I think both of these characters are damaged. Bernice acts like someone who has been told all her life she wasn’t good enough, and now has no idea how to relate to others that to give uninformed, critical advice, now disguised as “psychology” and Shannon is an abandoned child who is passed around to different relatives who are either too busy or too immature to raise her. It’s a truly tragic story being played out here.
lvlax about 1 month ago
Hi Monstro! Hi Puddles! You wanna take Frank’s car and blow this popsicle stand? Yes!! I’ll pack some sandwiches! ;)
Shannon is a pretty decent artist for just being 6 years old..
So.. what will be the plot to " Dog Friend Fish Friend " ?
bullardcr about 1 month ago
So, when is Luann going to realize she could be a successful children’s author?
beb01 about 1 month ago
Is this going to be Howtheduck’s long dreamed of Epic road trip story?
Willow Mt Lyon about 1 month ago
Shannon is pretty smart for her age, and she draws a really good dog.
kenhense about 1 month ago
Our two major political parties should learn Shannon’s trick.
Rhetorical_Question about 1 month ago
Cartoonist?
R.W.Singer -SF about 1 month ago
I still don’t like her.
Yakety Sax about 1 month ago
No, she doesn’t.
sallymargret about 1 month ago
What kind of child says to an adult, “Don’t you know anything?”
J. Scarbrough about 1 month ago
Okay, what’s up with the big empty gray bar at the top of the page now?
ericbrower about 1 month ago
This has always been Bernie’s problem. She approaches every discussion, conversation, or just plain talk, with a pathological need to prove she’s right. And you’re wrong. You can see it in the way she questions Shannon’s story. Like, “Why am Iistening to this illogical drivel?”. Completely missing the point about a little girl’s immagination.
Joe1962 Premium Member about 1 month ago
I typically love kids, But Shannon is a piece of work.
Ruth Brown about 1 month ago
What an obnoxious kid.
snsurone76 about 1 month ago
Jeez, Bernice! Haven’t you ever heard of Dr. Seuss??
cholomanaba about 1 month ago
Yikes! either Puddles went into the fish bowl or Monstro learned to fly (not to mention how they breath… wait… I know… comics physics – doh!)
Rockabore about 1 month ago
This reminds me a little of The Amazing World of Gumball with the “well, yeah, anything can interact with anything.”
Mordock999 Premium Member about 1 month ago
No Shannon.
Bernice only THINKS she knows something. ;-)
howtheduck about 1 month ago
A Monstro / Puddles story! Could this possibly be the best comic strip that Evans has ever written?
MathProf2 about 1 month ago
Dog resembles Luann’s
9thCapricorn about 1 month ago
Lord. You’ve got zero imagination, Bernice.
cmxx about 1 month ago
Yeah, Bernie, don’t you realize how comic strips work?!
nightflight about 1 month ago
I could envision a modified Rorschach Test where an ink blot resembles Shannon’s big blob of black hair and 7 out of 10 respond with the word, “obnoxjous,”
Wilkins068 about 1 month ago
Dog Fiend, Fish Fiend, Th Story Of Two Diabolical Petz In Crime
wolfiiig about 1 month ago
At what point will Bernie give up and transfer to the historiography department? Von Ranke in the original would be less tedious.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 month ago
Why not have something interesting happen for a change… like Shannon’s mother suddenly appearing and demanding custody, Tara and her cousin robbing The Fuse and accidentally setting the place on fire, “Elvis” shows up again, Al divorces Irma and marries an 18-year old girl, there’s a massive earthquake which destroys over half the town, mobsters from TJ’s past show up demanding all his money, or b-WAD gets seriously injured in a fire and falls in love with the nurse giving him sponge-baths? Just sayin’.
daDoctah1 about 1 month ago
What we’re actually seeing here is Bernice approaching awareness of her own talents. First she gets Shannon to calm down by “tricking” her into writing a book. Then she gets her to explain it to her, so she has to come up with the supporting information.
Heck of a writing coach, I’d say.
BradFilippone about 1 month ago
So either the dog is underwater, or the fish is floating in air. Well, it is a six-year-old’s imagination, after all.
cdward about 1 month ago
It is time to teach Shannon some manners.
tremaine53 about 1 month ago
“Yes, there are SOME things I know, Shannon. For instance, I know that I should have left the house the moment you showed up! In fact, I know that so well, I could become an expert at it!”
Caldonia about 1 month ago
It’s Shannon who looks like Darth Vader. Her hair fits like his helmet.
jr1234 about 1 month ago
Why does GoComics now have a 2 inch blank space at the top making you have to scroll down?
See this on computer, don’t know if you see it on a phone.
SquidGamerGal about 1 month ago
It’s a silly children story, Bernice. Get with the program already!
Ignatz Premium Member about 1 month ago
Bernice wants to be a psychologist despite having zero empathy.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 1 month ago
The girl who does everything only after thinking for hours and organizing every small detail meets a child who simply does things. The battle is emotional, I hope it will be traumatic for Bernice. One of those positive traumas that make you understand that you’re a mess and it’s time to change. Shannon has a lot to teach her. It would be nice if in the future Bernice will be able to follow her emotions, without panicking or feeling guilty. Just go with the flow.
Chris about 1 month ago
yes, with speech bubbles, duh. :D
ekw555 about 1 month ago
that dog looks a lot like Puddles.
and the fish looks like a fish out of water.
mrsdonaldson about 1 month ago
Does Bernice not like children at all, or just Shannon? I’d have thought she’d be more encouraging of her imagination.
RSH about 1 month ago
Hey Bern, YOU said “books are full of imagination.” Think about the mermaid romances that you couldn’t tear your self away from. I think Shannon’s on a roll.
Goshen about 1 month ago
Bernice says, “Dogfish Head, good idea, I think I’ll drink another one.”
ctolson about 1 month ago
Geesh, Bernice, the same way Trixie talks to everyone or Marvin talks to Bitsy – ‘Thought bubbles’.
WilliamVollmer about 1 month ago
Bernice. Don’t you remember your Saturday morning cartoons? All animals can talk to each other.
Call me Ishmael about 1 month ago
Today we descend into infantilism..
DizzyDizzyDino about 1 month ago
Whatever the plot, Bernice will try to psychoanalyze it!
DizzyDizzyDino about 1 month ago
It will probably be about Luann and Bernice.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation about 1 month ago
looking at bernice I’m reminded of what C. S . Lewis wrote to his god daughter Lucy- One day you will be old enough for faerie stories again.
WaywardWind about 1 month ago
Please…PLEASE let this arc with Shannon end today.
lemonbaskt about 1 month ago
put bread in the device push button and wait for results
Angry Indeed Premium Member about 1 month ago
Wait until Bernice discovers she’s just a comic strip character. Her ink will run off the page!
leighabc123 about 1 month ago
Shannon is right. Bernice is at a university and still doesn’t understand fiction?
Ellis97 about 1 month ago
Shannon is quite an artist.
Frank Farkel Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’m still seeing potential child author here. Stranger things have happened. Wonder if Shannon’s dad will ever turn up again?
jimboklein about 1 month ago
Bern claims she wants to study psychology. Here’s her chance to get some “field experience” in the world of a child’s mind.
BJShipley1 about 1 month ago
Bernice: “I got what I wanted, but I still demand to be a stick in the mud.”
tell_laura about 1 month ago
For someone who wants to be a psychologist Bernice is certainly open in showing her disdain/boredom for people. She is awful.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction about 1 month ago
Shannon is very educational. Bernice’ll be larned up afore ye know it.
locake about 1 month ago
Bernice is such a drag. She is lucky even Shannon can stand to be around her.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 1 month ago
“Don’t you know anything?”~~~Shannon. No, Shannon, she just really thinks she does, and doesn’t mind spouting out her idiotic, ignorant ‘knowledge’.
denirwin Premium Member about 1 month ago
Shannon has a future in art.Our son knew at 5, he wanted to be an artist. Way different that his father & I, who had no idea what we wanted to be when we grew up – even in college. In 1st – 2nd grade, John’s teacher had the class collaborate to create books. John drew & others came up with a story.He is now an Illustrator. (Thank you Cornish College of the Arts).
BJShipley1 about 1 month ago
And let’s remember that Bernice still thinks she can be a school guidance counselor.
mistercatworks about 1 month ago
Kids are about answers, not questions. :)
Drbarb71 Premium Member about 1 month ago
I think both of these characters are damaged. Bernice acts like someone who has been told all her life she wasn’t good enough, and now has no idea how to relate to others that to give uninformed, critical advice, now disguised as “psychology” and Shannon is an abandoned child who is passed around to different relatives who are either too busy or too immature to raise her. It’s a truly tragic story being played out here.
GKBOWOOD Premium Member about 1 month ago
Great perspective in you drawing, Shannon!
The Quiet One about 1 month ago
Gawd Bernice, would it be that hard to be a little supportive?
WomanWarrior about 1 month ago
So the book is about the friendship between Puddles and Monstro. Cool.
rebroxanna about 1 month ago
Just like in real life!
metagalaxy1970 about 1 month ago
Definitely not going to be a child counselor.
fourteenpeeves about 1 month ago
First thing to do is put wheels on the goldfish bowl
jmclaughlinvt about 1 month ago
Shannon is easily one of my least favorite characters.
jjkaled about 1 month ago
I wish they’d get rid of Bernice. She is such a downer.
Ricky Bennett about 1 month ago
Reminds me of the Pal and Buddy comic strip.
RSH about 1 month ago
Maybe Shannon is going to do a graphic novel. I like the title ‘Dog Friend Fish Friend’.
w16521 about 1 month ago
When is Shannon going to get that spanking she so deserves?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 1 month ago
That’s a really cute fish. She’s going places.
mort b. about 1 month ago
Bernice should stuff Shannon’s head in the fish bowl and make it stay there. ( Midnight Run reference )
kittysquared Premium Member about 1 month ago
Shannon draws Puddles quite well for a 6 year old.