Physiognomy: do you look like your pet?

Physiognomy cartoon -dog person proposes to cat person
cat person turns down dog person’s proposal

Never thought I would do a Physiognomy cartoon…

When I drew this  dogface catface cartoon, I wasn’t really thinking about whether I, personally, prefer cats or dogs. I grew up with both, and a couple of other animals, too. As it turns out, I do prefer dogs, but I like men with cat faces. 🙂

Hearsay is that animals grow to look like their owners – or vice versa. And same with husband and wife – their faces become similar, probably from looking at the other person all day. (Have you ever noticed you start to make faces or expressions – frown, concentration, sadness – like other people you spend a lot of time with? Maybe it’s just me.)

But when one is a catface, and one a dogface…I don’t know how that would end up.

Here’s how to buy this or any Animal or Pet cartoon for powerpoint, magazines, advertising, newsletters, blogs, textbooks, Chicken Soup books, etc,

ID # 163rd     Caption: It could never work out, Bruce…you’re a cat person, and I’m a dog person. (man with cat face is proposing, with ring, to woman with dog face) No masks necessary!

Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow

Syndicated cartoonist in the New Yorker, LA Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, textbooks, papers. Columnist for 10 years in Psychology Today. Set painter in studio Art Depts. Member Scriptwriters Network, script analyst. Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.

One Reply to “Physiognomy: do you look like your pet?”

  1. Very recently, I saw a New Yorker cartoon with the exact caption, but illustrated by a different artist. I hope they bought the caption from you, instead of stealing it.

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