# Identify this comic strip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 1, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058 "2005-08-01T01:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/1 "2005-08-01T01:42:09Z")

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I have vague recollections of a comic strip from the 80s and the main character was a dog that claimed he was a Tyrolean beachhound, I think.

Does anyone remember the name of this strip?

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/2 "2005-08-01T23:44:58Z")

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Nobody has a clue?

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**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/3 "2005-08-02T07:17:38Z")

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Is it “Miles To Go” you’re talking about? He was the dog I named my dog after. If I recall correctly he was sort of like a sheepdog.

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/4 "2005-08-02T12:32:29Z")

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Possibly, it sounds a little familiar. I remember the dog was kind of sheepdog-like, but I haven’t been able to find a single sample on line to look at.

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/5 "2005-08-02T13:19:38Z")

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_Miles to Go_ is by a San Fransisco cartoonist named Phil Frank, who also did a strip called _Travels with Farley._ I’m having tough time locating sample art online for _Miles To Go_… Does this art style look [familiar?](http://www.milehighcomics.com/comicindex/trade-paperback/title/Title-TRAVELS-WITH-FARLEY-GN--1980--by-Troubador-Press.html)

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/6 "2005-08-02T13:39:24Z")

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Did he have a long muzzle, and was he brown, with an underbelly of white fur?

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip/315058/7 "2005-08-03T00:57:12Z")

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I honestly don’t remember what they style or the dog looked like. The name “Miles to Go” sounds familiar, but only vaguelyl so. Heck, it’s been 20 years. I was hoping to find a sample online but haven’t had any luck.