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Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag
Over the years spent creating his nationally syndicated panel Speed Bump , Reuben Award–winning cartoonist Dave Coverly has seen trends in which themes are the most popular. The perennial favorite, though, is dogs.
With categories like working dogs, techie dogs, badly behaving dogs, and profiles of dogs both famous and not-so-famous, this hilarious cartoon collection is perfect for animal lovers.
With categories like working dogs, techie dogs, badly behaving dogs, and profiles of dogs both famous and not-so-famous, this hilarious cartoon collection is perfect for animal lovers.
224 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2015
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January 29, 2018
Adorable
June 6, 2021
I saw this at the library (yes, the library is finally open!) and knew I had to get it. These are cartoons by Dave Coverly and they all are dog related. I was cracking up at some of the panels.
He also includes some of the dogs he’s known in his life and I loved these stories. This was a fun book to discover. I’ll have to find more of his cartoons.
He also includes some of the dogs he’s known in his life and I loved these stories. This was a fun book to discover. I’ll have to find more of his cartoons.
March 4, 2015
Needing a pick-me-up to lift my spirits and give me a break from other, more serious work, I began thumbing through this book and couldn't stop before reading it straight through. Not only does it contain photos and brief tributes to the cartoonist's own canine companions, but it features hilarious several hilarious strips that show dogs doing what they do best. There are wise and appropriate remarks from dogs as well as some sight gags, including one poor pup that just keeps scooting across the book's pages, rubbing his bottom as many dogs love to do. This collection will have you and your dog friends howling in amusement and drooling for more. Clearly, this man knows his dogs and his audience quite well.
January 25, 2019
I laughed so hard!!!!!! What a wonderful hidden gem that I found on display at a library. A must read for all dog people and their families.
January 20, 2016
Are you a dog lover? Do you enjoy comics? Do you have a sense of humor on par with a ten-year-old (as I do)? If so, then you will fully enjoy Dogs are People Too. Coverly’s single-panel graphics will delight and amuse. In addition, each chapter is concluded with a relatable story about a dog owned by the author—be it Shag, Tigger, or Steve. Marketed to the middle school crowd, this book is one that will be enjoyed by anyone who doesn’t take life (or themselves) too seriously. More importantly, reluctant readers may be won over by the heartfelt humor.
October 9, 2015
A laugh-out-loud collection of dog cartoons from a man who has never lived without a dog in his life. Interspersed through the cartoons are little stories about the author's various dogs. I loved reading these short essays as much as I loved the comics. I bought this for the Children's Graphic Novel section in my library, but I know a few adults I will be recommending this to as well.
June 22, 2015
Reminds me of a dog-centric version of The Far Side. Clever and funny. What more could you ask for?
February 7, 2015
Pages and pages of tail-wagging hilarity!
July 26, 2019
This was hilarious.
May 4, 2020
מעולה ומצחיק.
March 4, 2025
This was hilarious! Love!
September 1, 2025
Love love love this book. I’ve had it for a while and I’ve read it like 8 times, but i never get sick of it. It’s such a cute and fun book.
April 27, 2016
This just happened to pass through my hands at work today and I thought it would be cute so I signed it out from the library and read it through. Admittedly, I skipped the really text loaded bits about the author's dogs. I'm sorry, but I was reading it for the cartoons.
All of them were cute; the art is adorable. I related to some more than others given the two dogs I have but I can appreciate them all to some extent. Reminds me a lot of the Far Side cartoons.
April 24, 2015
Some of these cartoons/captions are laugh out loud hilarious. Great food for thought if you want to know what your dog might be thinking, these will give you some possible insight. I especially liked the personal stories included about the author's own dogs/experiences. He knows of what he draws/speaks. And the book also includes some useful factual information at the end so there is knowledge as well as hilarity all rolled into one neat package.
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October 25, 2020Funny collection of single-panel comics all about dogs. Lots of mostly family friendly humor, but some of these comics do push that line, similar to the Cats Are People Too collection (another BDSM comic here, a joke about making sure to not hump peg legs because of the splinters with an interestingly placed dog bandage, some curse words).
April 10, 2015
If you have a dog, you will love this. If, like me, you have "grand dogs" you will still love this. Dave's comics and commentary about his childhood dogs will make you shake your head in agreement, and laugh.
June 13, 2015
bookaday #29. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one, and so will any dog lover! catchy chapter titles, hysterical cartoons about dogs with wisdom for canines and humans alike. Sprinkled between chapters are gently funny homages to the artist's dogs.
July 24, 2014
Laugh out loud funny. I've never had a pet and thought this was hilarious. Kids and adults of all ages will enjoy the humor and back story of Dave Coverly's pet dogs.
April 13, 2015
very amusing, I read this at lunch and went back to work smiling :) And then I showed my coworker so the amusement continued.
March 25, 2015
Good collection of dog cartoons.
October 18, 2017
A perfect read for all dog lovers. Funny, still, and I enjoyed the personal stories about the artist's dogs in his life.
December 29, 2017
They are not all gems, but this book has too many wonderful dog cartoons to not recommend it - so I do!
January 30, 2018
Cute and sweet. Perfect book for a dog owner, and a nice, quick break from heavier YA reading.
February 7, 2018
Read this to my kids. A couple were a little over their heads (thank goodness) but we laughed at many of them. A good number made me laugh out loud.
February 14, 2018
What a cute quick read. I did enjoy the stories about his own dogs through life. Because that's what life is. A series of dogs.
April 12, 2018
Ok, after reading Reynolds, "Long Way Down" and Kelly's "Hello, Universe" I need something to bring laughter back to my life. I am forever grateful to the smart, insane silliness of Dave Coverly.
October 6, 2018
Cute comics, took about 30 minutes to go through
September 22, 2019
A Huskies Choose book that kids picked. Just a cartoon collection. Kids will enjoy it.
December 9, 2019
Loved this collection of comics! I think I was laughing out loud at every other page!
January 9, 2020
These are hilarious
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