While reading Dogs Are People, Too by Dave Coverly, I noticed three funny cartoons that deal with greetings between humans and dogs. They show an evolution on the part of dogs—they’re smarter than humans! (Click on a panel to enlarge it, then on the top left arrow to come back.)


About Dave Coverly and Speed Bump
Dave Coverly is the creator of the cartoon panel “Speed Bump”, which runs internationally in hundreds of newspapers and websites. His work was named “Best in Newspaper Panels” by the National Cartoonists Society in 1995, 2003, 2014 and 2022. In 2009 the same organization gave him its highest honor, the prestigious Reuben Award, for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”. See his impressive bio, which includes a photo of Dave with his dog Macy.
Amazon lists his 11 book titles where you can look inside to see some of his cartoons. Dave’s local bookstore, Schuler Books, also carries his books and is set up for him to personally inscribe copies for customers.
Visit Dave Coverly’s website, www.speedbump.com, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram where he is known as speedbumpcomic.
See More brilliant cartoons from Dave Coverly as he anthropomorphizes a dog and a crash test dummy with links to more of Dave’s cartoons as well as the work of other funny cartoonists listed at the bottom. Later added these Dave had sent me: Cartoonist Dave Coverly shows dogs begging for food from two perspectives—humans and dogs. And these: More funny Dave Coverly Speed Bump cartoons on how tied up we are with our digital devices.
— Written and compiled by Ken Chawkin for The Uncarved Blog.
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