Did you spot the animals?

  • In the very first Bigshot cartoon The Chocolate Cigar, there is a small frog in the forth panel.
  • Peering through the window in the third panel of The Prima Donna you may be able to see the head of a monkey.
  • The Hack has a moose in the panel 2 which reappears later in The Moose.
  • Outside the window in the third panel of The Trap Door are three Dali-esque goldfish.
  • The Amazon Queen has a cheeky spider monkey head behind the desk in panel two.
  • Aside from the seagulls and starfish in every panel, The Beach features a dolphin breaching in panel three and the first appearance of Cuban president Fidel Castro.
  • Look carefully at panel two in The Galaxy Studios Deal and you may see an owl waiting patiently at the table in panel two just under Bigshot's ear.
  • The Sacula 9 Machine has a little rat in panel 3.
  • A dog is clearly visible in The Test Screening.
  • The Hush Money has no visible animals.
  • The Hot Tub has a rubber duck in panel two.
  • On the computer screen, images of dogs can be seen in The Trailer.
  • The crowd of The Compassionate Socialist features all the characters from the previous strips including Fidel Castro plus a self-portrait of the artist!
  • There is an award with an elephant on the shelf in panel three of The Working incentive. Notice also the extremely clever reference to the Hitchcock movie "Rope" on the poster. This movie is known for having been shot with "no editing" required.
  • The Paris Trip has a French Poodle on the crosswalk in the final panel.
  • Look carefully and you will see a giraffe on the poster in panel two of The Chief of Production.
  • The Comic Relief has no animals.
  • Neither does The Cost-Cutting Measure.
  • The Tuna Salad Recipe features the first appearance of Ernesto's pet rat.
  • The second appearance of the pet rat plus a cat in the first panel of The Director's Cook.
  • The cat and the rat again in The Kitchen.
  • The Open Door has a cat that can be seen appearing through the window in the last panel.
  • A small bug is on the floor in the third panel of The Fidel Castro Story . Note the poster of Cuban guerilla leader Che Guevara in the first panel substituted by Fidel Castro in the last.
  • A white rabbit by the fir three in panel three of The Ski Lift.
  • The Big Apple has a New York rat in panel three. Note the world trade center towers still standing.
  • The Creator has no animals!
  • The rat again in The Genius.
  • The New Carole Lombard features yet more rat.
  • There is a dog in the movie poster with Chloe in The First Big Break. Also in the background, Fidel Castro, the The Amazon Queen plus The Compassionate Socialist.
  • The Producer Credit has the movie poster with Chloe and the dog is on the wall of Ernesto's office.
  • The Moose has a moose.
  • A mouse has made his home in the first panel of The Usual Rate plus that movie poster again.
  • The Screen Credit features that stupid movie poster yet again.
  • There is a picture of a cat on the wall of the restaurant in The Old Table.
  • The Mannix Preview has a cat, a dog and the movie poster.
  • The Change has no animals!
  • The Last Drink has a rabbit, a cat, a lobster, a rat and a happy bee.
  • There is a very tall giraffe amongst the New York skyline of The Actors Strike plus a poster of meerkats in the office.
  • A dolphin, one leaping fish and a dog on water skis adorn The Star Director
  • There's some kind of lemur peering from behind the curtain in panel 2 of The Trial . Note the Cuban national coat of arms on the witness stand.
  • The movie poster dog makes an appearance in the first panel of The Action.
  • Two different cats appear outside he bar plus a cassowary is walking by the bar's round window in panel two of The Gold Rush.
  • An aardvark is licking ants in the gymnasium of The Counteroffer.
  • The Rough Cut has a toucan is perched outside the Tiki bar.
  • Panel two of The Mutilated Script features an anteater with it's newborn baby riding on it's back just like the ones at the San Francisco zoo.
  • There's a cat doodle on the back of the notes on the clipboard of The Charitable Contribution.
  • Someone invited an elephant to the garden party of The Favor . Fidel Castro also got an invite.
  • A camel seems to have wandered onto the golf course in The Statuette
  • The editing software seen in the first and last panels of The Marketing Study has images of squirrels.
  • Atop the Capitol Building is a chicken and down below by the west wing of The Government Approval is an emu.
  • In The Teenage Psycho the poster of Chloe and the dog is brazenly displayed outside the "Chief of Production" office carefully regarded by the dog star himself. The office and the shelves feature a crocodile award, a magic eightball, a collection of S.J. Perelman short stories and a rabbit in a hat trophy. The Chief of Production also has a custom-made Ernesto telephone.
  • The Corrupt Hack has a squirrel chasing a kitten down the mountain and a bear in the guru's cave.
  • The kitten and squirrel continue their face-off in The Head-Butt and in the last panel a kangaroo prop and a stuffed bear can be seen in the dim background lighting.
  • The Defiant Independent not surprisingly continues with the hidden animal theme (what can it mean?). The three posters in the background feature (1) A squirrel (2) The movie poster dog and a rabbit, and (3) The movie poster dog and a cute kitten. Awwww.
  • In The Spy Thriller, the fashion show is atended by (amongst others) Fidel and Che, a squirrel monkey and a jack rabbit.