Walking the Dog

An epic debut graphic novel from an acclaimed illustrator--dark, funny, beautiful, disturbing, each page a surprise Approaching 50, and warned by his doctor that he's drinking too much and needs to take more exercise, David Hughes is given a dog for his birthday--Dexter, a wire-haired fox terrier. Hughes' daily walks with Dexter form the spine of this extraordinary work. We eavesdrop on their encounters with fellow dog-walkers ("Hello Hector," "Hello Chester" . . . ) and on Hughes' thoughts as he plods along carrying the dogwalker's ubiquitous plastic bag. He begins to remember moments from his past, dark memories of murder and violence. He explores his own fantasies and obsessions. From the gentle comedy of the early pages, the work is transformed into something deeper and more disturbing. A landmark book in the field of graphic literature--the drawing is sublime, the imagination extraordinary, the ambition unequalled.

Author: David Hughes
Publisher: Random House UK
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.86lbs
Size: 10.33h x 10.32w x 1.17d
ISBN13: 9780224082297
ISBN10: 0224082299
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
David Hughes is an artist whose work combines illustration, graphic design, photography, and animation. His drawings have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, the Guardian, GQ, the New Yorker, the Observer, Playboy, and many other magazines and newspapers. In 2006 he published his version of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.