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Back to Macy. She was one of four puppies born to a pregnant stray. Dave and his family adopted her from Homeward Bound in Canton, Michigan. They thought they knew which puppy they were going to adopt, but when they arrived, little Macy curled up in his older daughter’s lap and fell asleep. When she woke up, she wandered over to the younger daughter and fell asleep again. She had chosen her family and that was that. She went home with the Coverlys. I asked Dave if Macy’s likeness has appeared in any of this cartoons. “No,” he said, “she is too tough to draw!” Even if we don’t see a Macy-like dog in his cartoons, he assures me she is providing plenty of inspiration for his dog cartoons just by being a dog who is also a people. Visit Dave’s website to order your copy of Dogs Are People, Too at SpeedBump.com.
10-year-old dog named Macy. She is a mutt. Oh yeah, that is the other thing Dave loves—mutts! You’ll notice in his cartoons that almost all the dogs are mutts. And there are no recurring characters in Dave’s cartoons. Every cartoon has a whole new set of characters.
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