Slog's Dad

Slog's Dad

by Dave Mc Kean (Illustrator), David Almond (Author)

Synopsis

Part story, part graphic novel - this is a tender slice of life and death from the creators of "The Savage". Do you believe there's life after death? Slog does. He reckons that the scruffy bloke sitting outside the pork shop is his dad come back to visit him for one last time - just like he'd said he would, just before he died. Slog's mate Davie isn't convinced. But how does this man know everything Slog's dad would know? Because Slog says it really is his dad, that's how.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Publisher: Walker
Published: 02 Feb 2012

ISBN 10: 1406331392
ISBN 13: 9781406331394

Media Reviews
A very touching graphic novel * The Bookseller *
This is every bit as powerful, as moving, as magical as The Savage...Almond and McKean have created something just as wonderful as The Savage, and Slog's Dad is an incredible work. * Forbidden Planet *
An incredible work...Almond and McKean have created something just as wonderful as The Savage. * Forbidden Planet blog *
The sad, evocative story is mostly told through Almond's prose, but McKean's pictures don't just illustrate the events in the story. Rather, they amplify and add to them, bringing an extra dimension of meaning to a story already packed with emotion. * The Irish Times *
This extraordinarily beautiful and sensitive book by the award-winning team of Almond and McKean almost defies description - it's a stand-alone story with stunning graphics that expand the book's heart-rendering message...Simply stunning. * Daily Mail *
Author Bio
David Almond is the acclaimed author of Skellig, winner of the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal; Kit's Wilderness, winner of the Smarties Award Silver Medal, Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award; and The Fire-Eaters, winner of the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Gold Award and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David has also collaborated with Polly Dunbar on the highly acclaimed, My Dad's a Birdman and The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon. Dave McKean is a world-renowned artist, designer, and film director who has illustrated several books for children, including The Savage by David Almond, and Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, and The Wolves in the Wall, all by Neil Gaiman. He also provided art and design for Neil Gaiman's comic series The Sandman as well as illustrating Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Cookbook.