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From the award-winning syndicated comic stripMutts, the long-awaited Guard Dog story is now collected and presented in full color along with supplementary material, timed for the 30th anniversary
Guard Dog made his debut in theMuttscomic strip in 1995 and quickly became one of the strips most beloved characters. As a chained dog longing for freedom, hes played an important role in raising awareness about the cruelty of tethering and has inspired countlessMuttsreaders to become involved in animal welfare.
In October 2023, nearly three decades after his debut, Guard Dogs freedom story began to unfold in newspapers and online. After being abandoned by his owner, left alone and suffering, Guard Dog was discovered by his animal friends Mooch and Earl, and ultimately rescued by Doozy, a kindly neighborhood girl, and Ozzie, Earls guardian. After years of visiting Guard Dog to provide him with comfort and support, Doozy adopted himmarking the end of a long life of neglect and the beginning of one filled with love and safety.
The story line concludes with Guard Dog not only getting a new home but also a new nameSparkya nod to Patrick McDonnells greatest artistic inspiration, Charles M. Schulz, creator ofPeanuts.
As Guard Dog found his happy ending, McDonnell received requests from readers all over the world, many of whom had been invested in Guard Dogs plight for decades, hoping that the long-anticipated story would be made into a book. This collected volume answers the demands of those passionate readers.
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