Breaking the Chain
The Guard Dog Story
$34.38
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2024
Summary
Guard Dog made his debut in the Mutts comic strip in 1995 and quickly became one of the strip’s most beloved characters. As a chained dog longing for freedom, he’s played an important role in raising awareness about the cruelty of tethering and has inspired countless Mutts readers to become involved in animal welfare.
In October 2023, nearly three decades after his debut, Guard Dog’s freedom story began to unfold in newspapers and online. After being abandoned by his own…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781419779084 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1419779087 |
| Author: | Patrick McDonnell, Rob Thomas, Marisol Thomas |
| Publisher: | Abrams |
| Imprint: | Abrams ComicArts |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 197mm x 171mm |
Critics Review
“In his heart-rending Guard Dog story, Patrick McDonnell proves once again that he is the kindest, most passionate cartoonist on record. In Breaking the Chain, McDonnell kindly and gently breaks the reader’s heart over and over again, and does so with such gentleness and grace that the reader, by the end, is in a state of elevated bliss. Not since Little Nemo in Slumberland has the comics page been gifted with such a gentle, reverential spirit. I don’t envy my friend Patrick having to deal with the fury of his fellow cartoonists, who haven’t realized that plain, simple humanity works on the comics page.” – Jules Feiffer
“To me, Mutts is much more than a comic strip. It’s an expression of the best parts of life—a mirror that reflects our love for the people and animals we share it with.” – Rob Thomas (award-winning singer/songwriter) and co-founder with Marisol Thomas of Sidewalk Angels Foundation, from their introduction
Patrick McDonnell
Patrick McDonnell is the bestselling author, illustrator, playwright, painter, and creator of the comic strip Mutts, which appears in more than 700 newspapers around the world. He has received numerous awards internationally, including a Caldecott Honor and the Reuben, the highest honor given by the National Cartoonists Society. He is the author of The Art of Nothing and The Super Hero’s Journey. He lives in New Jersey.
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