Wow, I just noticed he didn’t just change the text but actually redrew everything.
Digital copy and paste wasn’t really much of a thing in 1983.
FWIW he almost definitely traced it.
Certainly there would have been methods available even then to either overlay changes (~cels) or exactly reproduce a base image (xerographic). I’m just impressed even using tracing he didn’t just 1:1 reproduce the same scene, tiny variations exist (nose shape, left fist, V-neck shape etc.).
This was aligned against the dog:
My dad has had a coffee mug with this cartoon on it since before I was born
Pretty sure she understands garbage too, so she hears “Ginger, garbage! Ginger, garbage!”. She thinks it’s encouragement to get into the garbage.
Nah, fae understands that he has a negative tone. Fae knows there’s some kind of problem with faerself and the garbage.
One of my favourites. I think about it whenever I see people talking to their dog.
It’s funnier when juxtaposed with the one about cats
Dogs are way more cognizant of body language and tone than most people realize. You can talk gibberish to them, but as long as you include their name (which they can recognize) and then use a positive, loving tone or a negative, aggressive tone, you can communicate nearly anything.
