Comments on: Dinosaur Bone Cartoon

Question: Dinosaur Bone Cartoon

booksprite — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:39:35 -0800

Can you help me find a cartoon drawing I first saw in a book or magazine at least 10 years ago, which shows a small dog digging up a bone? Attached to the bone, buried under the ground, is shown the rest of the tail and the entire skeleton of a large dinosaur.

By: vanoakenfold

vanoakenfold — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:50:48 -0800

I remember a drawing exactly like that, but I'm pretty sure it was in an elementary school textbook (perhaps a magazine reprinted it, or there are two versions?)

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:19:17 -0800

That sounds very familiar alright. Perhaps something from 'The Far Side'?

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:28:37 -0800

I feel like it was in Mad Magazine, but I could be remembering incorrectly.

Also, perhaps it is a gag used by many cartoonists?

By: Sara Anne

Sara Anne — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:36:09 -0800

I Think i remeber something like that by Charles Addams.

By: LunaticFringe

LunaticFringe — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:45:35 -0800

Was the small dog a weiner dog? If it was I'm thinking it was in The Far Side.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:48:26 -0800

Echoing the Far Side. I believe this one can be found in The Prehistory of The Far Side.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:02:15 -0800

I'll try and remember to look through my FS books this evening and report back

By: legotech

legotech — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:21:03 -0800

If its not The Far Side, try the New Yorker, not Charles Adams I don't think, but the modern guy that does Charles Adams style stuff maybe?

Reg