At the time, dinosaurs were typically depicted as stupid (small-brained), lumbering and slow (because some were SO big). I think that explains the “clomping.”
Could this be the first time that Pig-Pen is named without the use of inverted commas? Every time I’ve seen him up to now he’s been called “Pig-Pen” by the others.
I read this in the week when “Madonna” is under fire for keeping fans waiting for TWO HOURS. If, as threatened, they sue her, she can produce this strip as evidence of her professionalism!
Sluggo has quite an extensive, and unpatched, wardrobe in this corner of the Nancyverse. A nice change!