South Beach Max

Based on real life with a real dog

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The recliner

The recliner The recliner — panel 1 The recliner — panel 2 The recliner — panel 3 The recliner — panel 4

The story behind it

People have been asking me if I really sleep in a recliner chair. The answer is yes. It started after David warned me seriously that I might actually crush Max. At the time, Max was just four and a half pounds — I got him at three months old. And so that really gave me the recliner chair idea. Now, one thing that's not mentioned in the strip is that after doing this for one night, I woke up in the morning feeling I was twenty years younger. The usual achiness in my lower back was gone. I looked this up online and saw that this is actually a thing — for quite a few people, switching from sleeping in a bed to a recliner chair, which can keep you in a so-called zero gravity position, greatly alleviates stress on joints and ligaments. And so for me, it's been like a fountain of youth, actually. So that's another story that's not in here.

Marc