The term COMICS DOG is a reference to the comic strip characters created by cartoonist George Herriman. The crossword solutions for this term are OTTO (4 letters), TIGE (4 letters), SNERT (5 letters), ODIE (4 letters), ARF (3 letters), ANNIE (5 letters), and SANDY (5 letters). OTTO is a character from the comic strip Krazy Kat, which was created by Herriman in 1913. TIGE is a character from the comic strip Buster Brown, which was created by Herriman in 1902. SNERT is a character from the comic strip The Dingbat Family, which was created by Herriman in 1915. ODIE is a character from the comic strip Garfield, which was created by Jim Davis in 1978. ARF is a character from the comic strip Mutt and Jeff, which was created by Bud Fisher in 1907. ANNIE is a character from the comic strip Little Orphan ANNIE, which was created by Harold Gray in 1924. Finally, SANDY is a character from the comic strip The SANDY Kids, which was created by Herriman in 1920.