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Description
First page of Alex Graham's Dog Biscuits in both the self-published (2021) and Fantagraphics editions (2022) of the story.
Pencil and Sharpie pen on copy paper.
Pencil and Sharpie pen on copy paper.
Comment
This page along with most of the first part of the story has been redrawn from the original Instagram comic where the story was first serialized. Supposedly Alex has stated she has thrown out the original first pages that were drawn while working at a restaurant that was open during the COVID lockdown.
Technically the title page and introduction of two of the three main characters of the book Gussy and Rosie as well as the "I'm in love with my employee" storyline that will propel these characters through a global pandemic. The cover of the self-published book is a variation on the last panel.
Technically the title page and introduction of two of the three main characters of the book Gussy and Rosie as well as the "I'm in love with my employee" storyline that will propel these characters through a global pandemic. The cover of the self-published book is a variation on the last panel.
Publication
- Dog Biscuits
- Fantagraphics
- 2022-06-28
- Interior page
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About Alex Graham
Alex Graham was a Scottish cartoonist and the creator of the well-known basset hound 'Fred Basset'. Born Alexander Steel Graham in Patrick, Glasgow, he studied at Dumfries Academy and served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during World War II. After the war, he began selling cartoons to magazines like The New Yorker, Punch and Women's Journal. One of his 1953 cartoons for The New Yorker is presumably the origin of the catchphrase "Take me to your leader", that has been associated with extraterrestrials in films, comics and cartoons since.
He joined DC Thomson's Dundee Weekly News, and created a comic strip called 'Wee Hughie' in 1945. Graham continued this feature throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1946, Graham created another comic for the paper, 'Our Bill'. A year later, he was present in the Sunday Graphic with 'Willy Nilly', and for 17 years, he made 'Briggs the Buttler' in Tatler Weekly. He was also the author of 'Graham's Golf Club' in Punch.
On July 9, 1963, Graham began the comic strip with which he was most closely associated: 'Fred Basset', about a basset hound. Originally appearing in the Daily Mail, the strip eventually found its way to foreign publications through the Tribune Media Services. After Graham's death in 1991, the strip kept on appearing in reruns for eighteen months until Michael Martin took over in cooperation with Graham's daughter Arra
