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Mechanics' Hall, PRINT: A Bookstore, and MECA&D team up to present a conversation between Harry Bliss and local cartoonist Caite McNeil.

YOU CAN NEVER DIE is a graphic memoir from Harry Bliss, renowned New Yorker cartoonist, and eight-time New York Times bestselling illustrator (most recently for the bestsellers A Wealth of Pigeons and Number One is Walking, illustrated alongside Steve Martin).

In his first memoir, Bliss delves into his childhood, family life, and coveted career as a New Yorker cover artist. He tells his story through cartoons and prose essays about the loss of his beloved dog, Penny (who has been featured in his New Yorker cartoons for years), and the people and animals who have shaped the course of his life — including his immediate family, friends, and artists Maurice Sendak, Andrew Wyeth, Ed Koren, Steve Martin, James Gandolni and many more.

You Can Never Die is an ode to both a treasured canine companion and the author’s past, featuring never-before-seen sketches from Bliss’ career. It is vulnerable, funny, sad, and hopeful in the most beautiful way.



Tuesday, May 20 at 6:00 PM (Doors at 5:30 PM), approximately 60 minutes with a Q&A. No one turned away for lack of funds at the door.



ABOUT THE CARTOONISTS

Harry Bliss is an internationally syndicated cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker magazine. His syndicated comic ‘Bliss’ appears in newspapers internationally. He has written and illustrated over 25 books for children and is the founder of the Cornish CCS Fellowship for Graphic Novelists in Cornish, New Hampshire.



Caite McNeil is a teacher, writer, editor, and cartoonist whose work is place-based and often humorous. Her comics and essays have been published in The LA Times, The Iowa Review, Tahoma Review, MUTHA Magazine and elsewhere, and she is currently at work on a book of graphic essays about long distance running. She received her MFA from Stonecoast MFA and lives in Midcoast Maine with her husband and young child.

Harry Bliss "You Can Never Die" with Caite McNeil

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