ELECTRA. Little brown dog, described as an alter-ego for the lead in Cathy Guisewite's autobiographical 'Cathy' [1976-present]. Plots centre around a mousy, single girl living in modern times + coping with inconsiderate suitours, an overbearing mom, etc

Both Cathy + Electra like to drown their neuroses in ice cream, but the pooch can't help but come off tougher. 'Caroline in the City' was based on this strip