Woof parade: museum fetes 200 years of cartoon canines

'The Dog Show: Two Centuries Of Canine Cartoons' is an exhibition, curated by comics historian Brian Walker, featuring over one hundred different characters documenting the fascination that cartoonists have had with our furry friends. Photo: Handout

In a 1970 Beetle Bailey comic strip, the character known as Sarge berates his uniform-wearing dog, Otto, for a paperwork mistake.

"Think, Otto, think!!” Sarge says.