While Herb’s been around in the background of the strip a while now, he’s not really a core cast member and really is never involved in any of the crazier things that happen to the main gang. So, of course, Bernard doesn’t want to tell herb that he spent the summer as a DOG just prior to his dog becoming a demon. That sort of thing rarely ends well.
My original intention here was to have a big ol’ thought balloon in the third panel with pics of Bernard as a dog and demon Dandy to slam the point home, but I think his expression sells it well enough and it’s not like I go subtle around here TOO often. It was nice for a change.
