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Homeless Hector; famous dog in comics, Homeless Hector Tige; famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown Beans; famous dog in comics, Little Jimmy Alonzo; famous dog in comics, Have You Seen Alonzo Kolin Kelly; famous dog in comics, Krazy Kat Offissa Bull Pup; famous dog in comics, Krazy Kat Sieg and Kleine; famous dog in comics, Gasoline Alley Tippie; famous dog in comics, Cap Stubbs and Tippie Bullet; famous dog in TV, comics, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith Pip; famous dog in comics, Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Bingo; famous dog in comics, Rupert Bear Fikske; famous dog in comics, Rikske and Fikske Pongping; famous dog in comics, Rupert Bear Mike; famous dog in movie, comics, Ginger Meggs Bonzo the dog; famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements Sandy; famous dog in movie, comics, Little Orphan Annie Adolph; famous dog in comics, Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph Zero; famous dog in comics, Little Annie Rooney Junior; famous dog in comics, Muggs and Skeeter Snowy; famous dog in movie, book, TV, comics, The Adventures of Tintin Daisy; famous dog in movie, comics, Blondie Struppi; famous dog in comics, Tobias Seicherl Fritz; famous dog in comics, Jane Napoleon; famous dog in comics, Napoleon and Uncle Elby Poochie; famous dog in comics, Nancy Sparky; famous dog in comics, Smokey Stover Devil; famous dog in movie, comics, The Phantom Eugene the Jeep; famous dog in movie, comics, Popeye Harry; famous dog in comics, Oor Wullie Spot; famous dog in comics, The Timbertoes Bolivar; famous dog in movie, book, comics, Donald Duck King; famous dog in TV, comics, Challenge of The Yukon Alec; famous dog in comics, Alec the Great Bello; famous dog in comics, De Avonturen Van Bello Bulletdog; famous dog in book, comics, Bulletman Pedro; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Sexton Blake Tuffy; famous dog in comics, Tuffy and his Magic Tail Bul Super & Hiel Hieper; famous dog in comics, Tom Puss Bulle Bas, Officer; famous dog in comics, Tom Puss Joost; famous dog in comics, Tom Puss Señor Dog; famous dog in comics, Gordo Koko the Pup; famous dog in The Beano Book Black Bob; famous dog in book, comics, The Dandy Fokkie Flink; famous dog in comics, Fokkie Flink Humphrey; famous dog in comics, Superkatt Rivets; famous dog in comics, Rivets Skip; famous dog in comics, Kapitein Rob Sorry O-O; famous dog in book, TV, comics, Moomin Tobias; famous dog in comics, Spike and Suzy Andy; famous dog in comics, Mark Trail Jollipop; famous dog in comics, Panda Jigg and Mooch; famous dog in comics, Jigg and Mooch Tekko Taks; famous dog in comics, Tekko Taks Beauregard Bugleboy; famous dog in comics, Pogo Pif; famous dog in TV, comics, Spiff and Hercules Streak; famous dog in book, comics, Green Lantern Sniffy the Pup; famous dog in book, comics, Sniffy the Pup Otto; famous dog in comics, Beetle Bailey Snoopy; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Peanuts Spike; famous dog in comics, Peanuts Beagle Boys; famous dog in comics, Beagle Boys Ruff; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Dennis the Menace Puddy; famous dog in comics, Little Eva Rex the Wonder Dog; famous dog in comics, Rex The Wonder Dog Dollar; famous dog in book, TV, comics, Richie Rich Pearl; famous dog in comics, Beryl the Perl Alphonse; famous dog in comics, Luc Junior Dawg; famous dog in comics, Hi and Lois Geddown; famous dog in comics, The Flibbertys Marmaduke; famous dog in movie, comics, Marmaduke Schultz; famous dog in comics, Sweetie Pie Ace the Bat-Hound; famous dog in comics, Bat Man Fifi; famous dog in comics, Jommeke Krypto; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Superman Pekkie; famous dog in comics, Jommeke Scamp; famous dog in movie, comics, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Bessy; famous dog in comics, Bessy Boot; famous dog in comics, The Perishers Bill; famous dog in comics, Boule et Bill Blu; famous dog in book, comics, Monica and Friends Ditto; famous dog in comics, Monica & Friends Dogmatix; famous dog in comics, Asterix Barfy; famous dog in comics, Family Circus Rantanplan; famous dog in book, TV, comics, Lucky Luke Sam; famous dog in comics, Family Circus Belvedere; famous dog in comics, Belvedere Sinbad; famous dog in book, comics, Sinbad Again! Fred Bassett; famous dog in comics, Fred Bassett Jock; famous dog in comics, Fred Bassett Rodney; famous dog in comics, Trudy Albert; famous dog in comics, Klaus Vonderwerth Einstein; famous dog in comics, Einstein Lucky; famous dog in comics, Hawkeye Sniffy; famous dog in comics, Sniffy Bowser; famous dog in comics, Moose & Molly Gai Luron; famous dog in comics, Gai Luron Kewpie; famous dog in comics, Born Loser Lockjaw; famous dog in comics, Fantastic Four Pajamas; famous dog in comics, Tumbleweeds Stripe; famous dog in comics, Tiger Bello; famous dog in book, comics, Bussi Bar Patch; famous dog in comics, Mandy  Pup Parade dogs; famous dog in comics, Pup Parade Boby; famous dog in comics, Boby Cubitus; famous dog in comics, Cubitus Hot Dog; famous dog in TV, comics, Archie Cirano; famous dog in book, comics, Alan Ford Fuzz; famous dog in comics, Ziggy Nosonja; famous dog in book, comics, Alan Ford Bars; famous dog in comics, Franka Lotje; famous dog in comics, Jack, Jacky and the Juniors Nugget; famous dog in book, comics, Adventures of Big Boy Rocket; famous dog in comics, Chacha Chaudhary Duke; famous dog in comics, Kelly & Duke Norbert; famous dog in comics, Norbert Snert; famous dog in comics, Hagar the Horrible Spike; famous dog in TV, Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats Gnasher; famous dog in comics, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Mosé; famous dog in book, comics, Lupo Alberto Dog; famous dog in movie, comics, Footrot Flats Miles; famous dog in comics, Farley Pimpa; famous dog in TV, comics, Pimpa Electra; famous dog in comics, Cathy Vivian; famous dog in comics, Cathy Wonder Dog; famous dog in book, TV, comics, Super Friends Odie; famous dog in movie, comics, Garfield Edgar; famous dog in comics, For Better or Worse Farley; famous dog in comics, For Better or Worse Wally; famous dog in comics, Drabble Cudlow; famous dog in comics, <i>Goosemyer</i> Rosebud; famous dog in comics, Bloom County Shagg E. Dawg; famous dog in comics, Ask Shagg Howard Huge; famous dog in comics, Howard Huge Rufferto; famous dog in book, comics, Groo the Wanderer Bitsy; famous dog in comics, Marvin Harrie; famous dog in comics, Joop Klepzeiker Iggy; famous dog in comics, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Nabuko Donosor; famous dog in comics, Urbanus Ribbon and Hayward; famous dog in comics, Ribbon and Hayward Yankee Poodle; famous dog in comics, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! Gin; famous dog in TV, comics, Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Grimm; famous dog in comics, Mother Goose and Grimm Gumbo; famous dog in comics, Adam@home Puddles; famous dog in comics, Luann Top Dog; famous dog in comics, Top Dog Winston; famous dog in comics, Winston Floyd; famous dog in book, comics, Crabby Road Weederman; famous dog in comics, Mister Boffo Chief Mutt; famous dog in comics, Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids Danny; famous dog in book, comics, Phantom Blood Patches; famous dog in comics, Gamin and Patches Sam; famous dog in TV, comics, Sam & Max Chubb and Chauncey; famous dog in comics, Chubb and Chauncey Polgas; famous dog in comics, Pugad Baboy Axel; famous dog in comics, Fusco Brothers Bumper; famous dog in comics, The Middletons Cody; famous dog in comics, U.S. Acres Dogbert; famous dog in comics, Dilbert Gromit; famous dog in movie, comics, Wallace and Gromit Mortimer; famous dog in comics, Jump Start Biscuit; famous dog in comics, Stone Soup Colin Curly; famous dog in book, comics, Quaver Louie; famous dog in comics, Overboard Roscoe; famous dog in comics, Pickles Bobje; famous dog in comics, Berts Bobje Barnabas; famous dog in book, comics, The Sandman Fang; famous dog in comics, The Duplex Earl; famous dog in comics, Mutts Fergus; famous dog in comics, Citizen Dog Buckles; famous dog in comics, Buckles Canturro; famous dog in comics, Gaturro Akamaru; famous dog in TV, comics, Naruto Newshounds; famous dog in comics, Newshounds Radar; famous dog in book, comics, Supreme Oso; famous dog in comics, Sheldon Ponta Koizumi; famous dog in comics, Guru Guru Pon-chan Rocky; famous dog in comics, Rocky Beck; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Beck Kemlo; famous dog in book, comics, Top 10 Satchel; famous dog in comics, Get Fuzzy Weed; famous dog in book, TV, comics, Ginga Legend Weed Boomer; famous dog in comics, Pooch Cafe Duncan; famous dog in comics, Raising Duncan Max; famous dog in comics, Lola Poncho; famous dog in comics, Pooch Cafe Pooch; famous dog in comics, Sinfest Rover; famous dog in comics, Red and Rover Smirnov; famous dog in comics, Blacksad Andy; famous dog in comics, Pearl Before Swine Black Hayate; famous dog in TV, comics, Fullmetal Alchemist Koko; famous dog in comics, The Other Coast Kreeg; famous dog in comics, Sojourn Sakura; famous dog in comics, The Other Coast Cagney; famous dog in comics, Zack Hill DJ Dog; famous dog in book, comics, Housebroken Alexander; famous dog in comics, Fullmetal Alchemist Bandit; famous dog in book, comics, We3 Banks; famous dog in comics, Barkeater Lake Big Shirley; famous dog in comics, Big Shirley Blake; famous dog in comics, Little Dee Sophie; famous dog in comics, Dog eat Doug Bailey; famous dog in Harry Bliss Clive; famous dog in comics, My Own Genie Krypto the Superdog; famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog Mammoth Mutt; famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog Bleeker; famous dog in comics, Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog Bradley; famous dog in comics, On a Claire Day Brainy Barker; famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog Cobb; famous dog in comics, Deflocked Drooly; famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog Ruppert; famous dog in comics, Deflocked Böwser vön Überdog; famous dog in comics, The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama Bridget T. Dog; famous dog in comics, My Cage Cosmo, the Spacedog; famous dog in TV, comics, Guardians of the Galaxy Dogs of C-Kennel; famous dog in comics, Dogs of C-Kennel Little Dog; famous dog in comics, Little Dog Lost Picpak; famous dog in comics, Picpak Dog Happie; famous dog in comics, Stargazing Dog Max; famous dog in comics, Ben Metal; famous dog in comics, Tibetan Rock Dog TNT; famous dog in comics, Rip Haywire Biff & Riley; famous dog in comics, Biff & Riley Buster; famous dog in comics, Oh, Brother! Dogpool; famous dog in book, comics, Deadpool Corps Sapphie; famous dog in TV, comics, Jewelpet Zuky; famous dog in comics, Beano Gnipper; famous dog in comics, Gnasher and Gnipper Spencer; famous dog in comics, Best in Show Tobias; famous dog in book, comics, Jommeke Poppy; famous dog in comics, Off the Leash Titus; famous dog in comics, Batman Tubby; famous dog in comics, Take It From The Tinkersons Peeves; famous dog in comics, Pet Peeves Watson; famous dog in book, comics, Kid Sherlock Stella; famous dog in comics, Furbabies Minnie; famous dog in comics, Mike du Jour 

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famous dog in comics, Homeless Hector

NAME: Homeless Hector

A homeless dog in the comic strip Homeless Hector; about the humorous adventures of a stray dog; created by Harry Hershfield.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1899.

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famous dog in TV, comics, ads, Buster Brown

NAME: Tige

In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.

BREED: Pit Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921.

Ads: 1904-now.

Radio: 1943-1954.

TV series: 1951-1953.

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famous dog in comics, Little Jimmy

NAME: Beans

Jimmy's dog in the comic strip Little Jimmy; about little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and ended up getting into trouble; created by Jimmy Swinnerton. The comic strip was one of the first continuing features and one of the longest running.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1904-1958.

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famous dog in comics, Have You Seen Alonzo

NAME: Alonzo

Feisty dog in the comic strip Have You Seen Alonzo; about various comic situations; drawn by several cartoonist including Paul Terry.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1909.

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famous dog in comics, Krazy Kat

NAME: Kolin Kelly (See also Offissa Bull Pup)

A brickmaker in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.

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famous dog in comics, Krazy Kat

NAME: Offissa Bull Pup (See also Kolin Kelly)

The one whe tries protect Krazy Kat in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.

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famous dog in comics, Gasoline Alley

NAME: Sieg and Kleine

Slim and Clovia's dogs in the comic strip Gasoline Alley; about an established family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley; created by Frank King. It is the longest-running current comic strip, second after The Katzenjammer Kids

BREED: Great Dane

and Doberman Doberman

YEARS: Comic strip: 1918- now.

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famous dog in comics, Cap Stubbs and Tippie

NAME: Tippie

Cap's dog in the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie; about the daily life of a boy and his dog (later renamed Tippie and Cap Stubbs); created and drawn by Edwina Dumm. The comic started out with the bulldog prior to 1930s, then a terrier. (Also a coloring book issued in 2014.)

BREED: Scottish Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1918-1966.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

NAME: Bullet

Snuffy's dog in the comic strip and animated TV series Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1919- now.

TV series: 1963.

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famous dog in comics, Pip, Squeak and Wilfred

NAME: Pip (The one on the right)

The assumed father role in the in the British comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; about an orphaned family of animals who were looked after by a housemaid in a family house on the edge of London; conceived by Bertram Lamb and published in the Daily Mirror.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1919-1956.

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famous dog in comics, Rupert Bear

NAME: Bingo

One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Pong Ping)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now.

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famous dog in comics, Rikske and Fikske

NAME: Fikske

Rikske's dog in the Flemish comic strip Rikske and Fikske; about the adventures of a boy and his dog; written by Nonkel Fons and drawn by Lionel Graham Croucher.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1920-1971.

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famous dog in comics, Rupert Bear

NAME: Pongping

One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Bingo.)

BREED: Pekingese

YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Ginger Meggs

NAME: Mike

Ginger Meggs' dog in the Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs; about the escapades of a red-haired young boy; created by Jimmy Bancks and drawn by several cartoonist over the years. The strip remains the most widely syndicated Australian comic strip.

BREED: generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1921-2023.

Movie: 1982.

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famous dog in movie, comics, ads, advertisements

NAME: Bonzo the dog

A comic strip dog famous for branded advertisements created by British artist George E. Studdy in 1924 as an animated film short. The character was crafted in all kinds of merchandise.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Movie short: 1924.

Comic strip: 1926.

Ads: 1924-1927.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Little Orphan Annie

NAME: Sandy

Annie's dog in comics Little Orphan Annie on radio, in the Broadway musical Annie, and in the movies (1982, 1999 and 2014); created by Harold Gray.

BREED: Airedale

mix

YEARS: Radio: 1925-1942.

Comics: 1925- 2010.

Broadway stage: 1977-1983.

Movies: 1982, 1999, 2014.

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famous dog in comics, Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph

NAME: Adolph

In the comic strip Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph; by Harold Knerr. (In 1939, the title of the strip became Dingle-Hoofer and his Dog)

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Comic strip: 1926-1949.

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famous dog in comics, Little Annie Rooney

NAME: Zero

Annie's dog in the comic strip Little Annie Rooney; about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog in the 1920s; originated by King Features Syndicate.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1927-1966.

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famous dog in comics, Muggs and Skeeter

NAME: Junior

Family dog in the comic strip Muggs and Skeeter; about a couple of youngsters in humorous situations; created by Wally Bishop.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1928.

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famous dog in movie, book, TV, comics, The Adventures of Tintin

NAME: Snowy

Tintin's dog in the Belgian comic book, the animated TV series, and the animated movie The Adventures of Tintin; about a reporter and his dog; created by Georges "Hergé" Remi. The earlier TV series was The Adventures of Tintin; the later series Hergé's Adventures of Tintin.

BREED: Wire Fox Terrier

YEARS: Comic books: 1929-1976.

TV series: 1959-1963, 1991-1992.

Movie: 2011.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Blondie

NAME: Daisy

The family dog in the comic strip and the movie Blondie; about the Bumsteads, Dagwood and Blondie and their two children; created by Chic Young.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1930- now.

Movies: 1938-1950.

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famous dog in comics, Tobias Seicherl

NAME: Struppi

Tobias' dog in the Viennese comic strip Tobias Seicherl; about a bourgeois man, often drunk, usually strolling the streets of Vienna with his cane, pipe and dog; created by Ladislaus Kmoch.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1930-1931, 1958-1961.

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famous dog in comics, Jane

NAME: Fritz

Jane's pet in the adult comic strip Jane (originally Jane's Journal); the misadventures of a woman who frequently and often inadvertently lost her clothes; created by Norman Pett.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1959.

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famous dog in comics, Napoleon and Uncle Elby

NAME: Napoleon

In the comic strip Napoleon and Uncle Elby; about a character based on the creator's uncle Henry Elba Eastman and his dog; created by Clifford McBride.

BREED: Irish Wolfhound

probably

YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1961.

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famous dog in comics, Nancy

NAME: Poochie (original called Woofy in 1933, then Poochie in 2018)

Nancy's dog in the comic strip Nancy; about a typical and somewhat mischievous eight-year-old girl and her friends; created by Ernie Bushmiller.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1933- now.

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famous dog in comics, Smokey Stover

NAME: Sparky

Smokey's firehouse dog (sometimes called Sparks) in the comic strip Smokey Stover; about a foolish firefighter (often riding in his two-wheeled "Foomobile") and his family and friends; created by Bill Holman.

BREED: Dalmatian

YEARS: Comic strip: 1935-1973.

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famous dog in movie, comics, The Phantom

NAME: Devil

The Phantom's dog in the comic strip and the movie serial The Phantom; about a masked crimefighter based upon the comics; created by Lee Falk. In the series the dog is played by Ace the Wonder Dog.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Comics: 1936- now.

Movie serial: 1943.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Popeye

NAME: Eugene the Jeep

A character presumed to be some type of dog in the comic strip and animated movies Popeye; a mysterious animal with magical abilities. The name "Jeep" was adopted by GIs in WW II for their 4-wheel utility vehicle because it was small, versatile and could solve seemingly impossible problems.

BREED: Unknown

YEARS: Comic strip: 1936.

Animated movies: 1938-1940.

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famous dog in comics, Oor Wullie

NAME: Harry

Wullie's dog in the Scottish comic strip Oor Wullie; about a boy and his friends whose adventures often involve unrealistic get-rich-quick schemes that lead to mischief; created by R. D. Low and drawn by cartoonist Dudley D. Watkins until 1969; then by others.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip:1936-1969, 1989-1997, 2005- now.

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famous dog in comics, The Timbertoes

NAME: Spot

A wooden dog in the comic strip The Timbertoes; about a wooden family; appearing in 1946 in the children's magazine Highlights for Children; created in 1936 by John Gee Curley.

BREED: Wooden character

YEARS: Comic: 1936- now.

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famous dog in movie, book, comics, Donald Duck

NAME: Bolivar

In the animated movies and comic strip Donald Duck; by Walt Disney. (More about Bolivar.)

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: Movies: 1938- now.

Comic books: 1938- now.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Challenge of The Yukon

NAME: King (Also known as Yukon King)

A Mounted Policeman's sled dog in the radio and the TV series and comic book Challenge of The Yukon; aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, about the Monty and his dog fighting evildoers in the Northern wilderness in the 1890s; TV series starred Richard Simmons.... (More about Yukon King)

BREED: Alaskan Malamute

YEARS: Radio: 1938-1954.

TV show: 1955-1958.

Comics: 1951-1958.

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famous dog in comics, Alec the Great

NAME: Alec

Subject of several poems in the comic strip Alec the Great; created by one of the first woman syndicated cartoonist, Edwina Dumm.

BREED: Generic small fluffy dog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1931-1969.

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famous dog in comics, De Avonturen Van Bello

NAME: Bello

A scampy dog in the Dutch comic strip De Avonturen Van Bello (The Adventures of Bello); by cartoonist Marten Toonder.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1939.

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famous dog in book, comics, Bulletman

NAME: Bulletdog

Bulletman's dog in the comic book series Bulletman; about a man who develops powers, great muscle mass, and brain power to fight crime; created by Bill Parker and Jon Smalle for Fawcett Comics.

BREED: English Setter

YEARS: Comic books: 1939-1953.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Sexton Blake

NAME: Pedro

Faithful companion of private detective Sexton Blake in the British TV series Sexton Blake, about a detective solving many kinds of mysteries.

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Comic strips: 1939-1979.

Movies: 1930-1958.

TV: 1967-1971.

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famous dog in comics, Tuffy and his Magic Tail

NAME: Tuffy

Pet with in the British comic strip Tuffy and his Magic Tail; about a dog whose wagging tail results in magical things; by cartoonist Warden Arnold.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1939-1955.

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famous dog in comics, Tom Puss

NAME: Bul Super & Hiel Hieper (See also Bulle Bas and Joost)

Two dogs who are crooks in the Dutch comic strip Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch); about a clever white cat and a bragging bear and other anthropomorphic animals in a fantasy world.

BREED: Bulldog

and a small white dog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1941-1986.

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famous dog in comics, Tom Puss

NAME: Bulle Bas, Officer (See also Bul Super & Hiel Hieper and Joost)

Head of the police in the Dutch comic strip Tom Puss (Tom Poes, in Dutch); about several anthromorphic animals; created by Marten Toonder. (Also in the strip is police officer Brigadier Snuf and secretary Steenbreek.)

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1941-1986.

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famous dog in comics, Tom Puss

NAME: Joost

Bommel's loyal butler in the Dutch comic strip Tom Puss; about a white anthropomorphic cat, and his best friend, Lord Oliver B. Bumble, set in a fantasy world with many characters. (Also in the series are dogs Bul Super, Hiep Hieper, Officer Bulle Bas, and Brigadier Snuf.)

BREED: Labrador

YEARS: Comic: 1941-1986.

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famous dog in comics, Gordo

NAME: Señor Dog

Gordo's dog in the comic strip Gordo; about a Mexican bean farmer who eventually travels throughout Mexico as a tour guide; created by Gus Arriola

BREED: Chihuahua

YEARS: Comic strip: 1941-1985.

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famous dog in The Beano Book

NAME: Koko the Pup

A character in the comic book series The Beano Book; with Big Eggo, doing various antics; published by DC Thomson.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Cartoons: 1943-1949.

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famous dog in book, comics, The Dandy

NAME: Black Bob

Shepherd master Andrew Glenn's dog in the the comic The Dandy and the book Black Bob: The Dandy Wonder Dog; drawn by Jack Prout.

BREED: Border Collie

YEARS: Comics: 1944-1982.

Book: 1950-1965.

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famous dog in comics, Fokkie Flink

NAME: Fokkie Flink

In the Dutch comic strip Fokkie Flink; about an anthropomorphic, pipe-smoking detective dog who solves mysteries.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1944-1945.

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famous dog in comics, Superkatt

NAME: Humphrey

A character in the comic series Superkatt; about an anthropomorphic cat who wears a bowtie, bonnet, and diaper as a superhero costume but has no super powers; created by Dan Gordon.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic series: 1944-1955.

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famous dog in comics, Rivets

NAME: Rivets

Family dog in the comic strip Rivets; created by George Sixta. The comic first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1944 and was syndicated from 1953 to 1985.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1944-1985.

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famous dog in comics, Kapitein Rob

NAME: Skip

Kapitein Rob's dog in the Dutch comic strip Kapitein Rob; about a sea captain who owns a sailing ship and a time machine which allows him to travel to previous centuries.

BREED: Samoyed

YEARS: Comic strip: 1945-1966.

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famous dog in book, TV, comics, Moomin

NAME: Sorry O-O

A melancholy and longing dog in the comic strip, TV series, and books about Moomin; a series of episodes with several eccentric and oddly-shaped characters, some of whom are related to each other; by Finnish author Tove Jansson.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Books: 1945-1970.

Comic strip: 1945-1975.

TV series: 1959-1991.

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famous dog in comics, Spike and Suzy

NAME: Tobias

Dog adopted by Suzy in the Belgian comic strip Spike and Suzy (Suske en Wiske in Flemish); about two children and their friends and family with elements of comedy, fantasy, and science fiction.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1945- now.

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famous dog in comics, Mark Trail

NAME: Andy

Mark's faithful dog in the comic strip Mark Trail; about an outdoor magazine writer whose assignments lead him into danger and adventure; created by Ed Dodd.

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: Comic strip: 1946- now.

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famous dog in comics, Panda

NAME: Jollipop

Panda's personal servant in the Dutch comic strip Panda; about a young and intelligent panda who travels the world; created by Marten Toonder.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1946-1991.

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famous dog in comics, Jigg and Mooch

NAME: Jigg and Mooch

Two dogs in the comic series Jigg and Mooch; about a large dog, Jiff, and a small dog, Mooch, romping around; a short lived series created by John Stanley

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip; 1947.

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famous dog in comics, Tekko Taks

NAME: Tekko Taks

In the Dutch comic strip Tekko Taks; about a dog that finds himself in various situations.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Comic strip: 1947-1950, 1982-1985.

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famous dog in comics, Pogo

NAME: Beauregard Bugleboy

In the comic strip Pogo; set in the Okefenokee Swamp of the southeastern United States and engaging in social and political satire; created by Walt Kelly. (The dog is also known as Beauregard Chaulmoogra Frontenac de Montmingle Bugleboy.)

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Comic strip: 1948-1975.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Spiff and Hercules

NAME: Pif (Spiff in English)

In the French comic strip and animated TV series Spiff and Hercules (titled Pif et Hercule in French); about an anthropomorphic dog and cat in a love/hate relationship; created by José Cabrero Arnal

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1948-1970s.

Animated TV series: 1989.

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famous dog in book, comics, Green Lantern

NAME: Streak

Companion to the original Green Lantern in the comic book series Green Lantern; about a super hero who fought common criminals in New York City with the aid of his magic ring; published by DC Comics.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic books: 1948.

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famous dog in book, comics, Sniffy the Pup

NAME: Sniffy the Pup

A playful and frolicking pup in the comic book series Sniffy the Pup; by Standard Comics.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic books: 1949-1953.

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famous dog in comics, Beetle Bailey

NAME: Otto

In the comic strip Beetle Bailey; about the inept American soldiers stationed at Camp Swampy; created by Mort Walker.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1950- now.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Peanuts

NAME: Snoopy (See also Spike)

Charlie Brown's dog in comic strip Peanuts and in animated TV specials such as I want a Dog for Christmas by Charles Schulz. (More about Snoopy.)

BREED: Beagle

YEARS: Comic strip: 1950- now.

TV specials: 1965-2011.

Movies: 1969, 1972, 1977, 1980.

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famous dog in comics, Peanuts

NAME: Spike (See also Snoopy)

Snoopy's older brother in the comic strip Peanuts; by Charles Schulz. (More about Spike.)

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1950- now.

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famous dog in comics, Beagle Boys

NAME: Beagle Boys

A gang of criminals who constantly try to rob Scrooge McDuck in the Walt Disney comic series Beagle Boys; created by Carl Barks.

BREED: Beagles

YEARS: Comics: 1951.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Dennis the Menace

NAME: Ruff

The family dog in the comic strip, the movie, the TV series, and animated TV series Dennis the Menace; about a boy who causes problems for everyone; created by Hank Ketcham.

BREED: Briard

YEARS: Comic strip: 1951-.

TV series: 1959-1963, 1986-1988.

Movie: 1987, 1993, 1998 .

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famous dog in comics, Little Eva

NAME: Puddy

Eva's dog in the comic book series Little Eva; about a high-spirited little girl with a vivid imagination and a mischievous streak; published by St. John Publications. Some books were in 3d

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1952.

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famous dog in comics, Rex The Wonder Dog

NAME: Rex the Wonder Dog

A super-dog in the comic book series Rex The Wonder Dog; about a dog who receives an injection of a special serum that gives him with great strength speed and intelligence great for fighting evil; by DC Comics.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Comic: 1952-1959.

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famous dog in book, TV, comics, Richie Rich

NAME: Dollar

The family dog in comic books and an animated TV series Richie Rich; about the only child of fantastically wealthy parents and is the world's richest kid; produced by Hanna-Barbera.

BREED: Dalmatian

(actually Dollarmatian; like a Dalmatian but with dollar signs instead of spots)

YEARS: Comic books: 1953-1994.

TV series: 1980-1984,1996.

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famous dog in comics, Beryl the Perl

NAME: Pearl

Beryl's dog in the comic strip Beryl the Perl; about a mischievous but also fun-loving and clumsy woman; created by David Law.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1953-2012.

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famous dog in comics, Luc Junior

NAME: Alphonse

Luc's faithful dog in the French comic strip Luc Junior; about a boy reporter and his dog; created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1954-1957.

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famous dog in comics, Hi and Lois

NAME: Dawg

The family dog in the comic strip Hi and Lois; about about a suburban family; by Dik Browne and Mort Walker.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1954- now.

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famous dog in comics, The Flibbertys

NAME: Geddown

The family dog in the comic strip The Flibbertys; about a family with a dog, cat, and mouse who talk to each other; by Ray Helle.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1954-1972.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Marmaduke

NAME: Marmaduke

The Winslow family dog in the comic strip and in the animated movie Marmaduke; about a big dog that gets into loads of trouble; comic by Brad Anderson. (Also in the movie are dogs Bosco, Giuseppe, Jezebel, Mazie, Thunder, Lightning, and Raisin.)

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Comic strip: 1954- now.

Movie: 2010, 2022.

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famous dog in comics, Sweetie Pie

NAME: Schultz

Sweetie Pie's dog in the comic strip Sweetie Pie; about a typical kid who can be quite annoying to her parents and teacher; created by Nadine Seltzer.

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1954-1967.

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famous dog in comics, Bat Man

NAME: Ace the Bat-Hound

Bruce Wayne's dog in the comics Bat Man; as dog partner with Batman and Robin; by DC Comics. (More about Ace the Bat-Hound.)

BREED: German Shepherd

Later Ace was a Puggle.

YEARS: Comic strip: 1955-1964.

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famous dog in comics, Jommeke

NAME: Fifi (See also Pekkie and Tobias)

The huge dog of the Countess Elodie from Stiepelteen in the Flemish comic strip Jommeke; about a young boy who lives with his parents and loves adventure; created by Jef Nys

BREED: Large white dog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1955- now.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Superman

NAME: Krypto

Superman's dog in the various comic books starring Superman; published by DC comics. (More about Krypto.)

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Comics: 1955- now.

TV appearances: 1966-now.

Movies: 2010, 2018, 2022.

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famous dog in comics, Jommeke

NAME: Pekkie (See also Fifi and Tobias)

Jommeke's friend's black dog in the Flemish comic strip Jommeke; about a young boy who lives with his parents and loves adventure; created by Jef Nys.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Comic strip: 1955- now.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

NAME: Scamp (See also Lady, Tramp, Jock, and Trusty)

In the comic strip, then in the animated movie Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. Originally the pup had his own comic strip and comic books beginning in the 1950s, then later showed up as the son of Lady and Tramp in the movie. (Also in the film are dogs Annette, Danielle, Colette, Buster, Ruby, Scratchy, Sparky, Francois, and Mitch.)

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

mix

YEARS: Comic strip: 1955-1988.

Movie: 2001.

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famous dog in comics, Bessy

NAME: Bessy

Andy's dog in the Belgian comic strip Bessy; about a dog and her owner with whom she has many adventures involving cowboys and native Americans; created by Willy Vandersteen.

BREED: Rough Collie

YEARS: Comic strip: 1952-1997.

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famous dog in comics, The Perishers

NAME: Boot

In the British comic strip The Perishers about a group of urban children and a dog drawn by Mauarice Dodd. (Also in the comic are dogs "B. H. (Calcutta) Failed and Tatty Oldbitt.)

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1958-2006.

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famous dog in comics, Boule et Bill

NAME: Bill

Boule's dog in the Belgian comic strip Boule et Bill; about a typical family and their cocker spaniel; created by Jean Roba in collaboration with Maurice Rosy. From 1961 to 1965, the strip appeared as a British comic strip It's A Dog's Life with Boule's name was changed to Pete and Bill's to Larry.

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

YEARS: Comic strip: 1959- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Monica and Friends

NAME: Blu (See also Ditto)

Franklin's pet in the Brazilian comic book series Monica and Friends (previously Monica's Gang); about the adventures of Monica and her many friends; created by Mauricio de Sousa. (Also in the comic are dogs Fluffy {Floquinho}, Duke {Duque}, and Rufus {Rúfius}.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic books: 1959-now.

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famous dog in comics, Monica & Friends

NAME: Ditto (See also Blu)

Monica's pet in the Brazialian comic strip Monica & Friends; about the adventures of Monica and her many friends; created by Mauricio di Sousa. (Also in the comic are dogs Fluffy {Floquinho}, Duke {Duque}, and Rufus {Rúfius}.)

BREED: King Charles Spaniel

YEARS: Comic strip: 1959- now.

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famous dog in comics, Asterix

NAME: Dogmatix

Obelix's dog in the French comic books Asterix; about the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation; created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. (More about Dogmatix.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comics: 1959-2010.

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famous dog in comics, Family Circus

NAME: Barfy

The first family dog in the comic strip Family Circus; about a typical American family; created by Bil Keene.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Comic strip: 1960- now.

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famous dog in book, TV, comics, Lucky Luke

NAME: Rantanplan

A prison guard dog in the French-Belgian comic book series and the animated TV series Lucky Luke; about a cowboy known to "shoot faster than his shadow"; created by Maurice De Bevere. (More about Rantanplan.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic book appearance: 1960-1987.

TV series: 2006.

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famous dog in comics, Family Circus

NAME: Sam (See also Barfly)

The second family dog in the comic strip Family Circus; about a typical American family; created by Bil Keene.

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

YEARS: Comic strip: 1960- now.

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famous dog in comics, Belvedere

NAME: Belvedere

Pet of Orville and Emma in the comic strip Belvedere; about an intelligent and spoiled dog who causes lots of problems for his family; created by Nat Greenwood and George Crenshaw.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1962-1995.

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famous dog in book, comics, Sinbad Again!

NAME: Sinbad

A boy's dog in the comic book Sinbad Again!; about about a dog, his young boy owner and the boy's grandmother; created by Edwina Dumm, creator of comic dog Tippie also.

BREED: Terrier

YEARS: Comic book: 1932.

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famous dog in comics, Fred Bassett

NAME: Fred Bassett (See also Jock)

In the comic strip Fred Bassett; about a snobbish dog who appreciates the finer qualities of life; created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham.

BREED: Bassett Hound

YEARS: Comic strip: 1963- now.

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famous dog in comics, Fred Bassett

NAME: Jock (See also Fred)

Fred's companion in the comic strip Fred Bassett; created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham. (Also occasionally in the strip are dogs Yorky and Fifi.)

BREED: Scottish Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1963- now.

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famous dog in comics, Trudy

NAME: Rodney

The family dog in the comic strip Trudy; about a homemaker who finds time to manage the house, her husband, their children and pets; create by Jerry Marcus.

BREED: Sheep Dog

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1963-2005.

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famous dog in comics, Klaus Vonderwerth

NAME: Albert

A dog in the German comics by Klaus Vonderwerth who made short humorous comic strips for the children's magazine Der Trommel

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1964-1965.

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famous dog in comics, Einstein

NAME: Einstein

Leroy's dog in the comic strip Einstein; about a dog who posed puzzles for Leroy and readers with the solution in the following edition; created by Jay Heavilin and Frank Johnson.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1964-1965.

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famous dog in comics, Hawkeye

NAME: Lucky

Barton's dog in the comic book series Hawkeye; about a superhero archer in many adventures with the Avengers.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1964- now.

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famous dog in comics, Sniffy

NAME: Sniffy (not Sniffy the Pup)

A dog in the comic strip Sniffy; about a gang of neighborhood dogs, including Sniffy (who was named after Fett's pet Beagle), his nephew Caesar, his pal Charley, and girl friend Queenie; created by George Fett.

BREED: Beagle

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1964-1973.

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famous dog in comics, Moose & Molly

NAME: Bowser

The Miller's pets in the comic strip Moose & Molly; about the daily life of a loafer and his wife; created by Bob Weber. (Also in the comic is dog Butch.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1965-2020.

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famous dog in comics, Gai Luron

NAME: Gai Luron

An anthropomorphic dog in the French comic strip Gai Luron; about an apathetic dog and his fox-friend reading their fan mail usually written by the same reader, a little boy. (Also in the comic is his girl friend Belle-Lurette.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1965- now.

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famous dog in comics, Born Loser

NAME: Kewpie

The family dog in the comic strip Born Loser; about a guy who can't get any breaks; created by Art Sansom and continued by his son Chip Sansom.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1965- now.

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famous dog in comics, Fantastic Four

NAME: Lockjaw

An alien bulldog-like being in the comic series Fantastic Four; about super-powers on steroids. (More about Lockjaw.)

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic series: 1965- now.

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famous dog in comics, Tumbleweeds

NAME: Pajamas

Echo's lazy dog in the comic strip Tumbleweeds; a satirical look the Old West with the main character a laconic cowpoke who has no real ambition to do anything; created by writer-artist Tom K. Ryan.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1965-2007.

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famous dog in comics, Tiger

NAME: Stripe

Tiger's ever-present mutt in the comic strip Tiger; about a scrappy group of school-aged kids; created by cartoonist Bud Blake.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic stripe: 1965-2003.

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famous dog in book, comics, Bussi Bar

NAME: Bello

Companion of Bussi Bar in the German comic book series Bussi Bar; about a orange bear with a golden heart.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic book: 1966-2016.

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famous dog in comics, Mandy

NAME: Patch

Mandy's dog in the British girl's comic book series Mandy ; serialized stories mostly either comedic or about tragic heroines published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co.

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

YEARS: Comic strip: 1967.

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famous dog in comics, Pup Parade

NAME: Pup Parade dogs (Also known as The Bash Street Pups)

In the British comic strip Pup Parade; centred around The Bash Street Kids' dogs and their many adventures; drawn by Gordon Bell and part of the Beano comic enterprise.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1967-2003.

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famous dog in comics, Boby

NAME: Boby

A fun loving dog in the Spanish comic strip Boby; about the romps of a dog; created by Francisco Sifre Pardo.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1968.

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famous dog in comics, Cubitus

NAME: Cubitus (Dommel in the Netherlands, Wowser in English)

Semaphore anthropomorphic dog in the Franco-Belgian comic series Cubitus; about a talking dog who lives with his master a retired sailor next door to Sénéchal the black and white cat who is instinctually Cubitus' enemy; created by cartoonist Dupa.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic: 1968.

Comic albums: 1977-2006.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Archie

NAME: Hot Dog

Jughead's dog in the comics Archie; a long running series about teenage friends (the dog first appeared in 1968); created by publisher/editor John L. Goldwater. Also an animated TV series The Archie Show"

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Comics: 1968- now.

TV animation: 1968-1969.

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famous dog in book, comics, Alan Ford

NAME: Cirano

Bob Rock's dog in the Italian comic books Alan Ford; about a group of misfit secret agents based in a flower shop in New York City; created by Max Bunker.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic books: 1969-2014.

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famous dog in comics, Ziggy

NAME: Fuzz

Ziggy's dog in the comic strip Ziggy; featuring a small bald trouserless barefoot character with a large nose who seems to have no friends other than a menagerie of pets; created by Tom Wilson.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1969- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Alan Ford

NAME: Nosonja

A character in the Italian comic book Alan Ford; a satirical take on classic secret agents laden with surreal and black humour; created by Max bunker and Robert Raiola.

BREED: Bloodhound

YEARS: Comic book: 1969- now.

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famous dog in comics, Franka

NAME: Bars

Franka's dog in the Dutch comic strip Franka; about a strong female Dutch sleuth who solves mysteries in exotic locales; created by Henk Kuijpers.

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1970- now.

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famous dog in comics, Jack, Jacky and the Juniors

NAME: Lotje

Family pet in the Dutch comic strip Jack, Jacky and the Juniors ((Jan Jans en de Kinderen); about a family's situations; originally created by Jan Kraus.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Comic strip: 1970- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Adventures of Big Boy

NAME: Nugget

Big Boy's dog in the comic book Adventures of Big Boy; a promotional comic book given free to children visiting the Big Boy restaurants.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic book: 1971-1995.

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famous dog in comics, Chacha Chaudhary

NAME: Rocket (also known as Raaket)

Chacha Chaudhary's dog in the Indian comic strip Chacha Chaudhary; about frail, extremely intelligent old man, his wife, a giant called Sabu, and dog in a small Indian village; from Diamond Comics.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1971- now.

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famous dog in comics, Kelly & Duke

NAME: Duke

Kelly's bests friend in the comic strip Kelly & Duke; about a boy with an anthropomorphic dog with a Southern accent; created by Jack Moore.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1972-1980.

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famous dog in comics, Norbert

NAME: Norbert (Originally called "Little No-No")

Orphan dog in the comic strip Norbert; about the life of a pup; the strip evolved from Little No-No and Sniffy (see other image); created by George Fett.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1973.

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famous dog in comics, Hagar the Horrible

NAME: Snert

Hagar's dog in comic strip Hagar the Horrible; about a shaggy scruffy overweight red-bearded Viking who regularly raids England; created by Dik Browne and now drawn by his son Chris Browne.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1973- now.

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famous dog in TV, Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats

NAME: Spike

A neighbor's dog in the movie and TV series Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats; about a wisecracking trouble-making cat and associates; created by George Gately. The earlier 1980 TV series was known as Heathcliff.

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: TV series: 1980-1982, 1984-1988.

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famous dog in comics, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

NAME: Gnasher (See also Gnipper)

Dennis' dog in the British comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher; about a boy and his dog who cause problems for everyone; originally appearing in the British comic book The Beano; published by D. C. Thomson & Co. (More about Gnasher and Gnipper.)

BREED: Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound

YEARS: Comic strip appearance: 1974- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Lupo Alberto

NAME: Mosé

An antagonist in the Italian comic book series Lupo Alberto; about a blue wolf whose antics are usually foiled by a sheepdog; created by Guido Silvestri.

BREED: Old English Sheepdog

YEARS: Comic books: 1974- now.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Footrot Flats

NAME: Dog

In the comic strip and animated movie Footrot Flats; about a dog who thinks he's intelligent and tough but is actually soft and cowardly; created by cartoonist Murray Ball. The animated movie was called Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale. (Also in the comic strip are dogs Jess, Prince, Charles and Major.)

BREED: Border Collie

YEARS: Comic strip: 1976-1994.

Movie: 1986.

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famous dog in comics, Farley

NAME: Miles

Dog host of KFUR radio station in the comic strip Farley (first named Travels with Farley); a satirical look at life in the San Francisco Bay Area with a reporter for a city newspaper as the title character; created by Phil Frank.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1975-2007.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Pimpa

NAME: Pimpa

In the Italian comic strip and animated TV series Pimpa; about a talking dog who lives in a magical world where everything is animated; created by Francesco Tullio Altan.

BREED: Generic

white with red spots

YEARS: Comic strip: 1975-1995.

Animated TV series: 1980s.

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famous dog in comics, Cathy

NAME: Electra (See also Vivian)

Cathy's dog in the comic strip Cathy; about a woman and her struggles with food, love, mom, and work; by Cathy Guisewite.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1976-2010.

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famous dog in comics, Cathy

NAME: Vivian (See also Electra)

Irving's dog in the comic strip Cathy; about a woman and her struggles with food, love, mom, and work; by Cathy Guisewite.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1976-2010.

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famous dog in book, TV, comics, Super Friends

NAME: Wonder Dog

One of the super-heros in the animated TV series Super Friends; by Hanna-Barbera; created by E. Nelson Bridwell. (More about Wonder Dog.)

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Comic books: 1976-1977.

TV series appearance: 2008.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Garfield

NAME: Odie

Garfield's canine pigeon in the comic strip Garfield and the movie Garfield: The Movie; about a fun-loving cat and a stupid dog; created by Jim Davis.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1978- now.

Movie: 2004.

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famous dog in comics, For Better or Worse

NAME: Edgar (See also Farley)

The second family dog in the comic strip For Better or Worse; about a regular Canadian family; created by Lynn Johnston. Since 2008, the strip continues as reruns. Edgar appears in 1995 after first dog Farley died.

BREED: English Sheepdog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1979- now.

Dog: 1995.

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famous dog in comics, For Better or Worse

NAME: Farley (See also Edgar)

The first family dog in the comic strip For Better or Worse; about a regular Canadian family; created by Lynn Johnston. Since 2008, the strip continues as reruns. Edgar appears in 1995 after first dog Farley died.

BREED: English Sheepdog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1979-1995.

Dog: 1979.

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famous dog in comics, Drabble

NAME: Wally

The family dog in the comic strip Drabble; created by Kevin Fagan.

BREED: Dachshund

YEARS: Comic strip: 1979- now.

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famous dog in comics, <i>Goosemyer</i>

NAME: Cudlow

Goosemyers's cynical dog in the comic strip Goosemyer; about a government clerk hopelessly caught in the bureaucratic red tape of Washington DC; created by Brant Parker and Don Wilder.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1980-1984.

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famous dog in comics, Bloom County

NAME: Rosebud

The world's last basselop in the comic strip Bloom County; about events in politics and culture as viewed by people of a fanciful small town in Middle America; created by Berkeley Breathed.

BREED: Basselope

(a cross between a basset hound and an antelope)

YEARS: Comic strip: 1980-1989.

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famous dog in comics, Ask Shagg

NAME: Shagg E. Dawg

In the comic strip Ask Shagg where a dog answers questions about animals that are sent in by readers; created by cartoonist Peter Guren.

BREED: Generic shaggy dog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1980-2020.

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famous dog in comics, Howard Huge

NAME: Howard Huge

A family dog in the comic strip Howard Huge; about a dog who, by his very size, gets in the way of his family... and sometimes himself; created by Bill Hoerst and now written by Bunny Hoerst. (Image reprinted courtesy of Bunny Hoest.)

BREED: St. Bernard

YEARS: Comic strip: 1981- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Groo the Wanderer

NAME: Rufferto

Groo's inseparable companion in the comic book series Groo the Wanderer; about an incompetent large-nosed barbarian and his faithful dog; created by Sergio Aragonés.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic books: 1981- now.

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famous dog in comics, Marvin

NAME: Bitsy

The family dog in the comic strip Marvin (later call Marvin & Family); about a young baby boy named Marvin and his father and mother; created by Tom Armstrong.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1982- now.

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famous dog in comics, Joop Klepzeiker

NAME: Harrie

Joop's dog in the Dutch comic strip Joop Klepzeiker; about a gullible idiot and eternal loser; drawn by cartoonist Eric Schreurs

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1982-199, 1993-2003.

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famous dog in comics, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

NAME: Iggy

A dog with super powers in the third story, Stardust Crusaders, of the Japanese comic (manga) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure; about a family whose members have unique powers, who discover they must take down supernatural forces; created by Hirohiko Araki.

BREED: Boston Terrier

YEARS: Comic: 1989-1992.

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famous dog in comics, Urbanus

NAME: Nabuko Donosor

Urbanus' dog in the Flemish comic strip Urbanus; loosely based on Flemish comedian and singer Urbanus who portrayed as an eleven to twelve-year old version of himself despite his full-grown beard.

BREED: Alien dog

but treated like a regular dog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1982- 2022.

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famous dog in comics, Ribbon and Hayward

NAME: Ribbon and Hayward (Ribbon left, Hayard right)

Two dogs with a relationship in the comic strip Ribbon and Hayward; about the owners of a self-centered posh canine style and her neighbor's dog, a complete slob who lived in a garbage-strewn hovel; by Steve Carpenter and Ed Wallerstien.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1982-1985.

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famous dog in comics, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!

NAME: Yankee Poodle (aka Rova Barkitt)

From Follywood (a parody of Hollywood), in the DC Comics comic book Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!; about a team of funny animal superheroes called the Zoo Crew.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Comics: 1982-1983, 2005.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

NAME: Gin

Daisuke's dog in the Japanese comic series and animated TV series Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin; about a dog who leaves his master to join a pack of wild dogs from all over Japan to fight a deranged bear and his minions.

BREED: Akita

YEARS: Comic series: 1983-1987.

TV series: 1986.

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famous dog in comics, Mother Goose and Grimm

NAME: Grimm

A talking dog owned by Mother Goose in the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm which includes both one-day gags and week-long storylines involving the main characters; created by Mike Peters.

BREED: Bull Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 1984- now.

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famous dog in comics, Adam@home

NAME: Gumbo

The family dog in the comic strip Adam@home; about a stay-at-home consultant and his family; created by Brian Basset, (1984-2009); continued by Rob Harrell (2009-present). The dog was added to the strip in October, 2012.

BREED: Mixed breed

shepherd/retriever

YEARS: Comic strip: 1984- now.

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famous dog in comics, Luann

NAME: Puddles

Luann's dog in the comic strip Luann; about a teenager dealing with school and family and friends; created by Greg Evans.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1985- now.

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famous dog in comics, Top Dog

NAME: Top Dog

Joey's friend in the comics Top Dog; about an intelligent talking dog and a human child who go on adventures involving spies, criminals and mad scientists; by Marvel Comics.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comics: 1985-1987.

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famous dog in comics, Winston

NAME: Winston

A family dog in the comic strip Winston; about dog, parodied after Winston Churchill living with a husband-and-wife couple and a cat; created by Jim Burnett and Johnny Sajem.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1985-1987.

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famous dog in book, comics, Crabby Road

NAME: Floyd

Maxine's dog in the Maxine series for Hallmark cards and the comic strip Crabby Road; created by John Wagner for Hallmark, then as a comic strip and books, and continuing as a web comic to the present.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Hallmark cards: 1986- now.

Comic strip: 1990-2002.

Books: from 1999.

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famous dog in comics, Mister Boffo

NAME: Weederman

Earl's dog in the comic strip Mister Boffo; about a balding big-nosed man married to a pretty blonde; by Joe Martin.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1986- now.

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famous dog in comics, Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids

NAME: Chief Mutt

A character in the comic strip Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids; a strip that features logic puzzles and an anthropomorphic fox detective who constantly matches wits with a variety of criminals; created by Bob Weber Jr.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1987-now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Phantom Blood

NAME: Danny

Jonathan's dog in the Japanese comic (manga) Phantom Blood; the comic serial follows the adventures of a young man, relatives and his father's fortune; created by Hirohiko Araki.

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Comic book: 1987.

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famous dog in comics, Gamin and Patches

NAME: Patches

Gamin's pet in the comic strip Gamin and Patches; about a boy and his dog; created by cartoonist Mort Walker.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1987-1988.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Sam & Max

NAME: Sam (Of Sam & Max the Freelance Police)

A crime-stopper in comic book series Sam & Max; in the animated TV series The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police and video games originally created by Steve Purcell. (More about Sam & Max.)

BREED: Cocker Spaniel

YEARS: Comics: 1987- now.

TV series: 1997-1998.

Video games: 1993-2010.

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famous dog in comics, Chubb and Chauncey

NAME: Chubb and Chauncey (left is Chubb, right is Chauncey)

Canine characters in a Canadian comic strip Chubb and Chauncey; about two dogs, Chubb a lower class pooch, and Chauncey who fancied himself more refined. Created by cartoonist Vance Rodewalt, the daily strip and was syndicated in fifty to sixty newspapers in Canada and Europe.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1988-2001.

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famous dog in comics, Pugad Baboy

NAME: Polgas

Sungcals' anthropomorphic family dog in the Filipino comic strip Pugad Baboy; featuring the traditional and stereotypical Filipino family life.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1988-2013.

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famous dog in comics, Fusco Brothers

NAME: Axel

The brothers' dog in the comic strip Fusco Brothers; created by J.C. Duffy.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1989- now.

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famous dog in comics, The Middletons

NAME: Bumper

The family dog in the comic strip The Middletons; about a white suburban American family and their neighbors; create by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers. (Also in the strip is dog Rusty.)

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 1989- now.

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famous dog in comics, U.S. Acres

NAME: Cody

A dog who liked to chase barnyard animals in the comic strip U.S. Acres; about the antics of barnyard animals, with the main character being a small pig; created by Jim Davis.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic Strip: 1986-1989.

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famous dog in comics, Dilbert

NAME: Dogbert

Dilbert's dog in the comic strip Dilbert; about an engineer in a typical office; created by Scott Adams.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1989- now.

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famous dog in movie, comics, Wallace and Gromit

NAME: Gromit

Wallace's companion in the comic strip and several animated movies (claymation) about Wallace and Gromit; an absent-minded inventor and his companion, an anthropomorphic intelligent dog; created by Nick Park. The first full-length movie in 2005 was The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The comic strip appeared daily in the The Sun and then a series of collection books.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Movies: 1989, 1993; 1995; 2005, 2008.

Comic strip: 2010-2013.

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famous dog in comics, Jump Start

NAME: Mortimer

The Cobb family dog in the comic strip Jump Start; about an average middle class couple, busy with work and raising a family revealing the humor of daily life; created by Robb Armstrong.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Comic strip: 1989- now.

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famous dog in comics, Stone Soup

NAME: Biscuit

Holly and Alix's dog in the comic strip Stone Soup; about a family household (a widow with two young daughters) where squabbles and arguments are not resolved; written and illustrated by Jan Eliot.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1990.

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famous dog in book, comics, Quaver

NAME: Colin Curly

Mascot for advertising Quaver, a British snack food company. Later the dog appeared in his own comic book series; also appeared in two Amiga and Atari ST puzzle games.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Advertising: 1990.

Comic books: 1992.

Games: 1992-93.

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famous dog in comics, Overboard

NAME: Louie

Captain Crow's pet in comic strip Overboard; about pirates anachronistically placed in modern times; created by Chip Dunham.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1990- now.

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famous dog in comics, Pickles

NAME: Roscoe

Earl and Opal's dog in the comic strip Pickles; about a retired couple in their seventies; created by Brian Crane.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1990- now.

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famous dog in comics, Berts Bobje

NAME: Bobje

Bert's dog in the Belgian comic strip Berts Bobje which appeared exclusively in the French magazine HUMO; about an anthropomorphic dog with a human face often seen doing things only humans can; created by Kamagurka.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1991- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, The Sandman

NAME: Barnabas

Talking canine companion of first Destruction and later Delirium in the comic book series The Sandman; revolves around Delirium's wish to reconcile with her brother Destruction; published by DC Comics.

BREED: Unknown

YEARS: Comic books: 1992-1993.

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famous dog in comics, The Duplex

NAME: Fang

Eno's dog in the comic strip The Duplex; about an overweight unemployed bachelor and his dog; created by Glenn McCoy.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1993- now.

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famous dog in comics, Mutts

NAME: Earl

In the comic strip Mutts; about the day-to-day adventures of a dog and his cat associate named Mooch; created by Patrick McDonnell. (Also in the comic strip are dogs Woofie and Guard Dog.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1994- now.

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famous dog in comics, Citizen Dog

NAME: Fergus

Mel's dog in the comic strip and several books Citizen Dog; about the antics of Mel and his canine companion; created by Mark O’Hare. (Also in the comic strip are dogs Arlo and Bruno.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1995-2001.

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famous dog in comics, Buckles

NAME: Buckles

A guileless and innocent dog in the comic strip Buckles; created by David Gilbert. (Also in the comic strip is a crippled dog, Lester, and a street dog, Rusty.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1996-2021.

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famous dog in comics, Gaturro

NAME: Canturro

A character in the Argentine comic strip Gaturro; about a cat who lives with his human owners but finds adventure roaming rooftops of the neighborhood; created by Cristian Dzwonik, better known as "Nik". (Also a movie, Caturro: The Movie.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1996-now.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Naruto

NAME: Akamaru

Kiba Inuzuka's ninja dog in the Japanese comic (manga) and animated TV series (anime) Naruto; about an adolescent ninja whose team seeks out various antiheros; created by Masashi Kishimoto.

BREED: Unknown

YEARS: Comic: 1997-2014; TV series: 2002-2007.

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famous dog in comics, Newshounds

NAME: Newshounds (Including Kevin, Rochelle, Sam, Renata, and Wolfram)

The staff of news broadcasting company, KPET in the web comic strip Newshounds; drawn and written by Thomas K. Dye and hosted by online comics syndicate Keenspot.

BREED: Golden Retriever

Cocker Spaniel, Collie, Black Labrador, Noregian Elkhound, Malmute

YEARS: Comic strip: 1997- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Supreme

NAME: Radar

A super-powered dog in the comic book series Supreme; about a fictional superhero; created by Rob Liefield for Image Comics.

BREED: Dalmatian possibly

YEARS: Comic book: 1996-1997.

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famous dog in comics, Sheldon

NAME: Oso

Sheldon's dog in the web comics Sheldon; about an ordinary 10-year-old boy who is fabulously rich; created by Dave Kellett.

BREED: Pug

YEARS: Comic strip: 1998.

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famous dog in comics, Guru Guru Pon-chan

NAME: Ponta Koizumi

In the Japanese comic strip (manga) Guru Guru Pon-chan; about a puppy who turns into a human and falls in love with a girl in his school; created by Satomi Ikezawa.

BREED: Labrador

YEARS: Comic strip: 1998-2000.

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famous dog in comics, Rocky

NAME: Rocky

In the Swedish comic strip Rocky; about on an anthropomorphic dog and his friends in their everyday life in Stockholm; created by Martin Kellerman.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 1998- now.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Beck

NAME: Beck

Ryusuke's dog in the Japanese comic books, animated TV series and the movie Beck about a teenage boy and his pursuit of a music career.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comics: 1999-2008.

TV series: 2004-2005.

Movie: 2010.

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famous dog in book, comics, Top 10

NAME: Kemlo ("Hyperdog" Caesar, Sergeant)

A intelligent talking dog in a robotic exoskeleton in the comic book series Top 10; about the people of Neopolis, a city in where everyone has super powers; published by America's Best Comics.

BREED: Doberman Pinscher

YEARS: Comic book series: 1999-2001.

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famous dog in comics, Get Fuzzy

NAME: Satchel

One of Rob's pets in the comic strip Get Fuzzy; about the adventures of an ad executive and his anthropomorphic dog and cat; created by Darby Conley.

BREED: Mixed breed.

Father was Labrador Retriever, his mother a Shar-Pei

YEARS: Comic strip: 1999- now.

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famous dog in book, TV, comics, Ginga Legend Weed

NAME: Weed

Son of Gin in the Japanese comic book series and animated TV series Ginga Legend Weed; about a dog and his allies who journey throughout Japan aiding those in need;

BREED: Akita

YEARS: Comic book series: 1999- now.

Animated TV series: 2005-2006.

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famous dog in comics, Pooch Cafe

NAME: Boomer (See also Poncho)

Poncho's friend in the comic strip Pooch Cafe; about the humorous antics of a self-serving, squirrel-fearing, food-obsessed, toilet-drinking mutt; created by Paul Gilligan. (Also in the comic are dogs Hudson, Droolia, Gus, Beaumont and Poo Poo.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Raising Duncan

NAME: Duncan

Big Daddy's dog in the comic strip Raising Duncan; a semi-autobiographical look at the life of the comic's creator, Chris Browne.

BREED: Scottish Terrier

YEARS: Comic Strip: 2000-2005.

Returned on the Internet for GoComics: 2005-now.

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famous dog in comics, Lola

NAME: Max

Lola's pet in the comic strip Lola; about a widow who, having moved in with her son and his family, reveals her independence and love of life; created by Todd Clark.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Pooch Cafe

NAME: Poncho (See also Boomer)

Chazz's dog in the comic strip Pooch Cafe; about the humorous antics of a self-serving squirrel-fearing food-obsessed mutt; created by Paul Gilligan. (Also in the comic are dogs Hudson, Droolia, Gus, Beaumont and Poo Poo.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Sinfest

NAME: Pooch

A stereotypical cheerful dog in the comic strip and website Sinfest which deals with human nature often in parody; created by Tatsuya Ishida.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Red and Rover

NAME: Rover

Red's loyal companion in the comic strip Red and Rover; about a boy and his dog; created by Brian Basset.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

(mostly)

YEARS: Comic strip: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Blacksad

NAME: Smirnov

Police commissioner and friend of Blacksad in the comic series Blacksad; a black cat investigator solving crimes in an anthropomorphic world; created by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido.

BREED: German Shepherd

YEARS: Comic series: 2000- now.

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famous dog in comics, Pearl Before Swine

NAME: Andy

A dog chained to a post in the comic strip Pearl Before Swine; about the daily lives of a group of suburban anthropomorphic animals; written and illustrated by Stephen Pastis.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2001-now.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Fullmetal Alchemist

NAME: Black Hayate

Riza Hawkeye's dog in the Japanese comic (manga) and animated TV series (anime) Fullmetal Alchemist; about the adventures of two alchemist brothers and set in a fictional universe where alchemy is an advanced scientific technique; created by Masashi Kishimoto.

BREED: Unknown

YEARS: Comic: 2001-2010; TV series: 2002-2007.

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famous dog in comics, The Other Coast

NAME: Koko (See also Sakura)

One of the family dogs in the comic strip The Other Coast which satirizes life in the 21st century features environmental and animal rights issues; written by Adrian Raeside.

BREED: Border Collie

YEARS: Comic strip: 2001- now.

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famous dog in comics, Sojourn

NAME: Kreeg

Arwyn's dog in the comic book series Sojourn; about a woman, her dog and a one-eyed man who travel throughout the planet Quin looking for 5 shards of a magic arrow.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Comics: 2001-2004.

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famous dog in comics, The Other Coast

NAME: Sakura (See also Koko)

One of the family dogs in the comic strip The Other Coast; created by Adrian Raeside.

BREED: Papillon

YEARS: Comic strip: 2001- now.

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famous dog in comics, Zack Hill

NAME: Cagney

Zack's pet in the comic strip Zack Hill; about a young boy who lives with his widowed mother in a boardinghouse; created by John Deering and John Newcombe.

BREED: Boston Terrier

YEARS: Comic strip: 2003- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Housebroken

NAME: DJ Dog

In the comic strip Housebroken; about a rap artist pit bull who lives with the Watson family; created by Steve Watkins.

BREED: Pit Bull

YEARS: Comic strip: 2003-2010.

Book: 2008.

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famous dog in comics, Fullmetal Alchemist

NAME: Alexander

Nina Tucker's dog in the Japanese comic (manga) Fullmetal Alchemist; about two alchemist brothers searching for the legendary Philosopher's Stone which would allow them to recover their bodies. (Also in the comic are dogs Black Hayate and Den.)

BREED: Great Pyrenees

YEARS: Comic: 2004-2010.

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famous dog in book, comics, We3

NAME: Bandit

One of the 3 animal weapons fleeing captivity in the comic book series We3; created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Comic books: 2004.

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famous dog in comics, Barkeater Lake

NAME: Banks

An erudite dog in the comic strip Barkeater Lake; about the surreal misadventures of a big-city expatriate, eccentric locals, and the two owner of local gathering spot; created by cartoonist Corey Pandolph.

BREED: Mixed breed

YEARS: Comic strip: 2004-2009.

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famous dog in comics, Big Shirley

NAME: Big Shirley

Alice's grandmother's dog in the comic strip Big Shirley; about a four-year-old girl and her suburban life experiences on a cul-de-sac; created by Richard Thompson.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2004-2012.

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famous dog in comics, Little Dee

NAME: Blake

Dee's dog in webcomic Little Dee; about a little girl lost in the woods who is befriended by three talking animals; created by Christopher Baldwin.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Webcomic: 2004-2010.

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famous dog in comics, Dog eat Doug

NAME: Sophie

Doug's canine friend in the comic strip Dog eat Doug; about a dog and a baby in a love-hate relationship; created by Brian Anderson.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Comic strip: 2004- now.

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famous dog in Harry Bliss

NAME: Bailey

Dog appearing regularly in the cartoon by Harry Bliss; an American cartoonist and illustrator who has illustrated many books and produced hundreds of cartoons and covers for The New Yorker. His single-panel comic titled Bliss is syndicated through Tribune Content Agency.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Cartoon: 2005.

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famous dog in comics, My Own Genie

NAME: Clive

Lula's pet in the British comic strip My Own Genie in the British comic The Dandy; about a schoolgirl named Lula who gets her own Genie; by artist Jamie Smart

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2005-2012.

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famous dog in movie, TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog

NAME: Krypto the Superdog (See also Brainy Barker, Drooly and Mammoth Mutt)

Kevin's companion in the animated TV series and comic book series, and 2022 animated movie, DC League of Super-Pets. Krypto the Superdog; about a dog from Superman's planet living on Earth as the pet of a 9 year old boy; by DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation. (Also in the series are dogs Ace the Bathound, Bulldog, Paw Pooch, Tail Terrier, Tusky Husky, Hot Dog.)

BREED: Generic big dog

YEARS: TV series: 2005-2006.

Comics: 2005-2006.

Movie: 2022.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog

NAME: Mammoth Mutt (See also Kryto the Superdog, Drooly and Brainy Barker)

A dog that can inflate her body enormously in the comic book series and the animated TV series Krypto the Superdog; about a dog from Superman's planet living on Earth as the pet of a 9 year old boy. (Also in the series are dogs Ace the Bathound, Bulldog, Paw Pooch, Tail Terrier, Tusky Husky, Hot Dog.)

BREED: Chihuahua

YEARS: TV series: 2005-2006.

Comics: 2005-2006.

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famous dog in comics, Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog

NAME: Bleeker (Originally named Hoover)

Skip's dog in the comic strip Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog about a boy and his a robotic dog with Spock-like sensibilities and his own programmable training manual; created in 2006 by Johnathan Mahood, relaunched by King features in 2011.

BREED: Robotic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2006.

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famous dog in comics, On a Claire Day

NAME: Bradley

Claire Bennett's pet in the comic strip On a Claire Day; about an insecure and naive young woman who has left her parents' home to live on her own; created by Henry Beckett and Carla Ventresca.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2006-2014.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog

NAME: Brainy Barker (See also Kryto the Superdog, Drooly and Mammoth Mutt)

A dog that possesses telekinetic powers in the anmiated TV series and comic book series Krypto the Superdog; about a dog from Superman's planet living on Earth as the pet of a 9 year old boy. (Also in the series are dogs Ace the Bathound, Bulldog, Paw Pooch, Tail Terrier, Tusky Husky, HotDog.)

BREED: Saluki

YEARS: TV series: 2005-2006.

Comics: 2005-2006.

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famous dog in comics, Deflocked

NAME: Cobb (See also Ruppert, his brother)

The elder dog brother in the comic strip Deflocked; about the relationship of a wayward sheep with two dogs and their adopted young boy; written by Jeff Corriveau.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip:2006- now.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Krypto the Superdog

NAME: Drooly (See also Kryto the Superdog, Mammoth Mutt and Brainy Barker)

A dog who can use his drool as a weapon in the animated TV series and comic book series Krypto the Superdog; about a dog from Superman's planet living on Earth as the pet of a 9 year old boy. (Also in the series are dogs Ace the Bathound, Bulldog, Paw Pooch, Tail Terrier, Tusky Husky, Hot Dog.)

BREED: English Sheepdog

YEARS: TV series: 2005-2006.

Comics: 2005-2006.

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famous dog in comics, Deflocked

NAME: Ruppert (See also Cobb, his brother)

The younger dog brother in the comic strip Deflocked; about the relationship of a wayward sheep with two dogs and their adopted young boy; written by Jeff Corriveau.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2006- now.

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famous dog in comics, The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama

NAME: Böwser vön Überdog

A villain in the web comic strip The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama; about "a high-flying llama, a sword-swinging cat, and a rocket as loyal as a cowboy hero's horse". (Also in the comic is Jetpack Dog and Camwyn Godfrey.)

BREED: Bulldog

YEARS: Comic strip: 2007- now.

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famous dog in comics, My Cage

NAME: Bridget T. Dog

Norman T. Platypus's wife in the comic strip My Cage; an anime-inspired anthropomorphicworld of animals where the main character, a platypus, tries to supervise a corporation and pursue his love of freelance writing; created by Melissa DeJesus and Ed Power. (Other dogs in the strip are Rex, a Doberman, Max, a red dog, Violet, a chihuahua, and Squishy.)

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2007.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Guardians of the Galaxy

NAME: Cosmo, the Spacedog

A character appearing in an animated TV series and the American comic books Guardians of the Galaxy; about a telepathic Soviet dog who is the security chief of the space station Knowhere and a member of the Guardians.

BREED: Golden Retriever

- Labrador Retriever hybrid

YEARS: Comics: 2008-2010.

TV series: 2014-2015.

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famous dog in comics, Dogs of C-Kennel

NAME: Dogs of C-Kennel (Including Iggy, Kenny, Oliver, Tucker, and Willy)

In the comic strip Dogs of C-Kennel; created and written by Mick Mastroianni and illustrated by Mason Mastroianni.

BREED: Chihuahua

Husky, Great Dane, Schnauzer, and Pit Bull

YEARS: Comic strip: 2007- now.

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famous dog in comics, Little Dog Lost

NAME: Little Dog

In the comic strip Little Dog Lost; about a dog that finds the adventure of the open road is addictive; by Steve Boreman.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2007-2016.

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famous dog in comics, Picpak Dog

NAME: Picpak

A pink dog married to a blue cat webcomic strip Picpak Dog; about a dog who loves meeting people, watching TV, and sleeping; by Kim Belding.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2007- now.

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famous dog in comics, Stargazing Dog

NAME: Happie

Daddy's dog who narrates the Japanese comic (manga) Stargazing Dog; about a divorced and homeless man and his dog on the road; written by Takashi Murakami.

BREED: Akita

YEARS: Comic: 2008-2009.

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famous dog in comics, Ben

NAME: Max

The Hatley pet in the comic strip Ben, about a recent retiree from Oshawa, Ontario, and his family.

BREED: Golden Retriever

YEARS: Comic strip: 2009- now.

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famous dog in comics, Tibetan Rock Dog

NAME: Metal

A meditating dog in the Chinese comic book Tibetan Rock Dog; about a orphan dog who grows up in a Buddhist temple after his parents and siblings die protecting a peasant family; by Zheng Jun famous Chinese rock star.

BREED: Tibetan Mastiff

YEARS: Comics: 2009.

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famous dog in comics, Rip Haywire

NAME: TNT

The family dog in the comic strip Rip Haywire; about a soldier of fortune who lives for danger, accompanied on adventures with his cowardly talking Collie dog TNT and his ex-girlfriend; written and illustrated by North Carolina artist Dan Thompson.

BREED: Collie

YEARS: Comic strip: 2009- now.

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famous dog in comics, Biff & Riley

NAME: Biff & Riley

Two canine brothers in the comic strip Biff & Riley; who are at opposite ends of the personality spectrum, one silly, the other serious; created by Jeff Payden.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2010-2014.

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famous dog in comics, Oh, Brother!

NAME: Buster

Lily and Bud's dog in the comic strip Oh, Brother!; about the daily interaction between two young siblings and their dog; created by by Bob Weber Jr. and Jay Stephens.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2010-2011.

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famous dog in book, comics, Deadpool Corps

NAME: Dogpool

Obelix's dog in the comic books Deadpool Corps; about the exploits of a village in ancient Gaul; published by Marvel Comics.

BREED: Mutt

YEARS: Comic books: 2010- now.

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famous dog in TV, comics, Jewelpet

NAME: Sapphie

Aoi's pet in the Japanese animated TV series and comic strip Jewelpet; about the magical world of Jewel Land where three magicians turned the Jewelpets into Jewel Charms.

BREED: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

YEARS: Comics: 2009.

Animated TV series:2009-2013.

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famous dog in comics, Beano

NAME: Zuky

A character in the British children's comic strip magazine Beano; about a cat, Meeko, and dog, Zuky who fight like cat and dog usually for not good reason.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic: 2010- now.

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famous dog in comics, Gnasher and Gnipper

NAME: Gnipper (See also Gnasher)

Gnasher's son in the British comic strip Gnasher and Gnipper; about a boy and his dog who cause problems for everyone; appearing in the British comic book The Beano published by D. C. Thomson & Co. (More about Gnasher and Gnipper.)

BREED: Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound

YEARS: Comic strip appearance: 2011- now.

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famous dog in comics, Best in Show

NAME: Spencer

A wily dog in the comic strip Best in Show; about a dog with a mind of his own; create by Phil Juliano.

BREED: Labrador Retriever

YEARS: Comic strip: 2004-2017.

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famous dog in book, comics, Jommeke

NAME: Tobias (See also Fifi and Pekkie)

Dog of the Baron van Piependale in the 257th Flemish comic book of Jommeke; about a young boy who lives with his parents and loves adventure; created by Jef Nys

BREED: Fictional breed

with long ears and large feet

YEARS: Dog character: 2011.

Comic books: 1955- now.

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famous dog in comics, Off the Leash

NAME: Poppy (stand-in for many dogs)

Ordinary dogs in the comic strip Off the Leash; about all kinds of dogs and their thoughts and conversations in various hilarious situations; created by Rupert Fawcett.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2012-2023.

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famous dog in comics, Batman

NAME: Titus (See also Ace the Bat-hound)

Batman's later dog in the comic book series Batman. Titus was introduced in the Batman books as a German Shepard, taking the place of Ace the Bat-hound.

BREED: Great Dane

YEARS: Comics: 2012.

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famous dog in comics, Take It From The Tinkersons

NAME: Tubby

The family dog in the comic strip Take It From The Tinkersons; about a modern family facing the trials and troubles of daily life; created by Bill Bettwy.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2013- now.

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famous dog in comics, Pet Peeves

NAME: Peeves (a family inclucing dad CJ, mom Jasmine, daughter Sara and son Freddy)

A family of dogs in the comic strip Pet Peeves; about anthropomorphic dogs who capture situations of a typical human family; created by Dave London and Pete Chianca.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic strip: 2016- now.

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famous dog in book, comics, Kid Sherlock

NAME: Watson (John Watson)

Young Sherlock's canine companion in the comic book series Kid Sherlock; about a school boy and his dog who deal with bullies, track down lost toys, and other mysteries; written by Justin Phillips and Illustrated by Sean Miller and Leslay Atlansky.

BREED: Generic

YEARS: Comic book series: 2017- now.

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famous dog in comics, Furbabies

NAME: Stella

One of Kate's animal friends in the comic strip Furbabies; about an imaginative nine-year-old girl and her animal friends; also in the comic is Shawm, a Afghan hound.

BREED: Poodle

YEARS: Comic strip: 2023- now.

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famous dog in comics, Mike du Jour

NAME: Minnie

Mike's companion in the comic strip Mike du Jour; an average guy dealing with the oddities of life; created by Mike Lester.

BREED: Basset Hound mix

YEARS: Comic strip: 2012- now.

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