Dinosaur Bone Cartoon

August 21, 2006 7:39 AM

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.
posted by booksprite to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

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?)
posted by vanoakenfold at 7:50 AM on August 21, 2006

That sounds very familiar alright. Perhaps something from 'The Far Side'?
posted by TwoWordReview at 8:19 AM on August 21, 2006

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

Also, perhaps it is a gag used by many cartoonists?
posted by piratebowling at 8:28 AM on August 21, 2006

I Think i remeber something like that by Charles Addams.
posted by Sara Anne at 8:36 AM on August 21, 2006

Was the small dog a weiner dog? If it was I'm thinking it was in The Far Side.
posted by LunaticFringe at 8:45 AM on August 21, 2006

Echoing the Far Side. I believe this one can be found in The Prehistory of The Far Side.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:48 AM on August 21, 2006

I'll try and remember to look through my FS books this evening and report back
posted by edgeways at 12:02 PM on August 21, 2006

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
posted by legotech at 10:21 PM on August 21, 2006