I love daily cartoons, and I really love Harry Bliss's daily cartoon, Bliss, and I am very fond of his dog Penny who is depicted in many of them. So, when I saw he had written a graphic memoir about the death of his dog, I had to pick up a copy. Or course, being a memoir, You Can Never Die is about more then Penny. Bliss had a rough childhood, and dabbled with drugs, and his parents are more than a handful, but he draws beautifully. His memoir may be a little self-indulgent and slightly smug, but it's also sweet, honest and revealing. If you'd like to get inside the mind of a famous cartoonist and illustrator (New Yorker cartoonist, Steve Marin collaborator, picture book author, teacher and more), give it a whirl.
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