Danika Kersten, Jasper

Long ago in a Dutch marine town, a pub owner turned away a dog one of his daughters brought home. His house was already full enough, he said. On top of the busy pub, he and his wife had to manage four pubescent children and another dog. The dog didn’t want to leave. The man may not have had room in his house, but eventually the dog managed to charm a way into his heart. Years went by and the dog – who treated his home like a harbour he might return to after long expeditions – noticed that the once full house was becoming quite empty, until he himself was the only one the pub owner and his wife had left.

A woodcut graphic novel.