“Apologies to my wife, but Penny, my miniature poodle, is my world,” says Harry Bliss, whose dog makes an appearance on this week’s cover (she’s in the lower left). “She’s been the inspiration for countless cartoons—and for a couple of my children's books. Interestingly, Penny’s paws always smell exactly like corn chips. Her breath, however, is another story altogether.”
Here is a selection of Bliss’s Penny-inspired cartoons:
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From “Death by Laughter.”
