A01=Harry Bliss
Author_Harry Bliss
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Product details
- ISBN 9781250883681
- Weight: 1142g
- Dimensions: 220 x 201mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Castle Point Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss loved his sweet dog Penny, a joyful part of his life for seventeen years. Every day that he cared for his beloved pet, Harry joked with her, talked to her, and drew the adorable creature - Penny’s presence is unmistakably, hilariously incorporated into Harry’s iconic cartoons. In one, he gazes up at the night sky, remarking on the vastness of outer space, while she digs into the ground, unbothered, fuzzy tail wagging in the air.
Harry grew up in a family of artists, a rowdy and turbulent bunch, and attended art school in Philadelphia. A therapist once suggested that perhaps when he looked at Penny, he saw himself as an innocent child. As Harry grieves Penny’s loss, he reflects on his parents in their later years, his love for his wife and home, and the colourful artists, friends, and mentors who have shaped him.
With humour and gut-wrenching honesty, You Can Never Die is an intimate portrayal of a man making sense of the beautiful and painful world around him. This singular memoir integrates sharply crafted, witty stories with hundreds of gorgeous cartoons and never-seen-before sketches from Bliss’s career.
Harry Bliss is the creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip Bliss and a cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker magazine. He is the co-author of two New York Times bestselling books with Steve Martin and has written and illustrated more than twenty-five children's books. He is also the founder of the Cornish CCS Fellowship for Graphic Novelists.
