And that, folks, is why you always put the strap around your neck (or wrist — for camera) when near a precipice or lake.

Childhood is all about the fizz of Hydrogen Peroxide from the brown bottle. It means it’s DOING something.

This was one of the first strips where I showed the deep blur in their lives between being animals with animal behaviors, and being cartoon characters who live very human lives as well.

I remember, when younger, almost the only food I had in the house was a pyramid stack of SpaghettiO’s. For lunch I’d take a can and a can-opener.

Healthier than cake, perhaps, but not much.