Don’t you love it when an idea comes upon you like that? Even if you don’t quit your day job to become the next Dan Piraro (“Bizarro”), you should chuckle to yourself for days about this.
And feel proud of yourself. In this age of recycled experiences, you had an original idea.
Yeah, he should make it more timely. Like, have one dog look like Rodney King and a bunch of other dogs dressed like cops that are beating the shit out of him, and the caption is “can we all get along, little doggies?”
Of course, the secret of success in the comic strip business isn’t coming up with a good gag. It’s coming up with a new good gag seven days a week for fifteen years. Or having a merchandizable animal character.