Good Boy!

As Cheetah is always telling Tarzan, "You are spoiling the boy!"   As I mentioned Arnold the Crocodile is named after my step-daughter's dog Arnold.  Arnold loves to chase a ball and other games dog love to play.
I guess most normal people would not think Tarzan would have a pet Croc that acts like a big old puppy dog but sorry to say, this is how my demented mind works. 
One of the coolest things about doing a comic strip is that the laws of nature and reality do do not apply and if you can imagine it you can make it happen at least on paper.  There are certain Cartoon laws that do apply and the following are some of those "Laws".
1.  Cartoon characters can survive anything including anvils falling on their heads and being shot in the face by a shot gun.
2.  A day in a cartoon character's life is approximately 1 year in human time.
3.  Cartoon characters can eat any thing and never need to sleep or eat and usually they will wear the same clothes day after day and never get them dirty.
4.  Animal cartoon characters can talk
5.  Human reality does not have to apply to a cartoon, if the creator or cartoonist can imagine it it can happen.
6.  The most important part of Cartooning when you are using permanent characters is:  The characters have to keep the same personality forever.  Lucy will always be a fuss budget, Opus will always be a walking butter ball and Calvin will always be a demented child who has an over active imagination.