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“Ron Finley blends his prodigious skills as an animator, illustrator, photographer, TV director, and comedy writer to create an inspired yarn that's a delight to behold. Shaggy Dogs Story stops readers in their tracks. It's got daring and conflict, intrigue and New York, fine art . . . and dogs! The book shares its send-up documentary style with that of the extremely successful "Why Cats Paint". Ron Finley's story is equal parts Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code and art-history primer, featuring dog-themed homages to some of the world's best-known artists. Finley's witty story line and color-drenched photo illustrations are both captivating and hilarious. His clever and original tale entertains readers, while tweaking reality just enough to make them wonder if there's a lot more 'dog-story' than 'his-tory' may have recorded."
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.“Shaggy Dogs Story” by Ron Finley is at once an adventure story, a social satire, and fine-art phothography book published by Andrews McMeel, that uses over a hundred and thirty intricately produced photographs to document the satirical tale of two smart dogs on a global quest for their true destiny. The dogs’ adventures begin in an evil European circus, travel through the New York art scene and on to such unlikely places as Tibet, Mexico and ultimately France (dogs in the Louvre!) and Italy with a series of revelations about Renaissance dogs and a cameo appearance by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci? Yep, Leonardo da Vinci is a surprise revelation as well as a blatant set-up for a Shaggy Dogs sequel, to be published by Andrews McMeel.
The adventures of these smart and talented dogs in the New York art world are hilarious, the dog photographs are amazing and the intricate photo compositions are sure to please dog-lovers of all ages as well as fine-photography aficionados. Besides the main smart dogs, Nikki and Sandro, who are Weimaraners, the book includes pugs, beagles, poodles and a very wise Afghan Hound. This wonderful dog adventure story is filled with dog humor as the Weimaraners’ travel all over the world in their quest for their true identity and destiny. Shaggy Dogs Story will set the dog art world head over heels. Follow the dogs as they travel from the New York art world to France (presenting a new slant on the Louvre) to pick up their trail and visit Italy where actions of Renaissance dogs in the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo decide the fate of the talented Weimaraners of today with revelations that will rock the dog art world. Dog lovers and art lovers will revel in the dog humor of this graphic novel by Ron Finley with its fantastic photographic compositions of dogs in Tibet, dogs in Mexico as well as their visits to France (dogs in the Louvre) and Italy. Shaggy Dogs Story by Ron Finley, published by Andrews McMeel, is now available in bookstores throughout America as well as Shaggy Dogs Store, right here, where it is available exclusively as a limited-edition, hard cover fine art book, signed by the authorat the .
Ron Finley began his “Shaggy Dogs Story” to be a satirical graphic novel about the New York Art world in the 1980’s. But by the time he was done, he had written a globe-trotting, humorous saga about a couple of smart dogs who quest for their true destiny. In the book, we meet humorous dogs from all over the world, French dogs, Italian dogs, Mexican dogs, Hollywood dogs, and even a few dogs from the Renaissance. Dog humor has been a specialty of Ron Finley, in his writings for television shows, movies, and TV commercials and his photographic dog imagery for all the above. Ron Finley has just finished the script for his sequel to Shaggy Dogs Story, in which we meet Leonardo da Vinci. Finley has grand plans for a series of humorous dog graphic novels, using his unique blend of photo-realism and computer-generated imagery.
Professional links:
The Dog Museum, Paris France
Funny Dogs
Ron Finley Studio
Shaggy Dog Story
Andrews McMeel Publishing
The Dogs Gallery
Malibu Photographer
Canoga Camera
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