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Dogfaces is the term used by fans to designate the anthropomorphic characters and extras in
Long before modern comics and animation, dog-headed people (called cynocephalics, from Greek ''κυνοκέφαλοι'' (kynokephaloi), from ''κύων-'' (dog-) and ''κεφαλή'' (head)) have been depicted in art and legend in many cultures, beginning no later than ancient Egypt. Several ancient Egyptian gods, such as
Dogfaces is the term used by fans to designate the anthropomorphic characters and extras in comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
s, comic strips, and animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
cartoons. Dogfaces usually resemble cartoon human beings, but with some special characteristics:
* They have four digits on each hand and as few as three toes on each foot.
* They have the round black noses typical of dogs (in one ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip, the statue of a Middle East ruler had a nose that was a giant black pearl).
* They have ears that are either pointed or droopy, like a dog's.
* They often have a prominent overbite
Overbite is the extent of vertical ( superior-inferior) overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors, measured relative to the incisal ridges.
The term overbite does not refer to a specific condition, nor i ...
.
The most famous dogface is probably Goofy. Bill Farmer
Bill Farmer (born November 14, 1952) is an American voice actor, comedian and impressionist. He has performed the voice of the Disney character Goofy since 1987, and has also been the voice of Pluto (Disney), Pluto and Horace Horsecollar since ...
, an actor who voices Goofy in cartoons, suggested that Goofy is "the missing link between dog and man."
Cartoonist Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known simply as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Di ...
apologized, tongue-in-cheek, for turning Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
into a dogface for the sake of consistency in the biography of Scrooge McDuck. Donald Duck supporting character Professor Dustibone been characterized as a dogface in his original incarnation.
Dogheads
Long before modern comics and animation, dog-headed people (called cynocephalics, from Greek ''κυνοκέφαλοι'' (kynokephaloi), from ''κύων-'' (dog-) and ''κεφαλή'' (head)) have been depicted in art and legend in many cultures, beginning no later than ancient Egypt. Several ancient Egyptian gods, such as Anubis
Anubis (; grc, Ἄνουβις), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian () is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depict ...
and Duamutef, are dogheads.
See also
*''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
''The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck'' (''Lo'') is a serial of 12 comic book stories written and drawn by Don Rosa, lettered by Todd Klein (American editions), first published by the Danish publisher Egmont in the magazine ''Anders And & Co.'' ...
'' by Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known simply as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Di ...
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