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Whilst having a periodical clear out, the informaHon on the Bow Wowbooks and their authors, which had been sent by the late Esther Krom,who had the Shastakin Aussies, appeared. Such a great story about howan Aussie can spark an idea that it was too good not to be shared.BOW WOWRichard Hunter with Shastakin Magda of Farviewand her daughter and li[er sister to Ruby andFosterHow it all beganFoster, on locaHon in New York, filming theSpiderman movie.Around Thanksgiving in November 2000, a li[er of Aussies was born inPennsylvania. Nothing unusual about that. The breeders Anne-Marieand Richard Hunter. The Sire was Am Ch Aka Inu’s Fabulous and theDam Shastakin Magda of Farview. These millennium pups were typicalAussies and yet two of them went on to give the breed a boost.One was Foster who appeared in the Spiderman Movie The other wasRuby who went to live in a former funeral parlour in Brooklyn,NY, withMark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash. Her claim to fame was tobe the inspiraHon for the book about a dog called Bow Bow. The is acartoon terrier, loosely looking like an Aussie, and the things he gets upto in his daily life.Ruby had a successful day at a dog show.Ruby is no longer around, but there is another Aussie called Moxie intheir lives.
Crea2ng Bow WowBoth Mark and Megan had successful, independentcareers, but had always thought they would like to do ashared project. When they sat down to discuss what theymight be, Mark said, ‘What do you want to draw?’ andMegan said, ‘Our dog.’Once they decided on the Aussie as the starHng point.The next was to agree the best form of collaboraHon. Inthe early 1980s, Mark had experimented with wordlessstrips for places like The East Village Eye. Megan’s ownillustraHon work o8en ran in a similar vein. So, this was areal common ground where their working methodsalready met and it was a perfect starHng point.They had the star, they had the idea of a wordless story -next was to combine this together into a book. Theywanted to create something that would offer a moreengaging way for adults and children to share books. Theimages would encourage individual storytelling. Thismeans, no two people might tell the same story. Withtheir experience of children’s literature, they wereconvinced this approach would provide an invaluableinteracHon to be encouraged and fostered.The first bookThe first was Bow Wow Bag a Bug. The review says ‘Bow-Wow may look like your average terrier. The streets hewalks may seem familiar. But just around the corner,things get a li[le unusual.’ The book has received popularacclaim and awards. Wri[en for 3-7 year old.The images create a story that begins as day breaks, Bow-Wow wakes to find a teasing speck of a bug hoveringaround his bed. With doggy determinaHon, he follows itout of the house and through the streets of suburbia,where he comes face to face with his own mirror image(accompanied, of course, by another bug), meets giantversions of himself and the bug, comes across a pack ofdogs pursuing bugs (and one of bugs pursuing dogs!), andtries to outstare a truly ENORMOUS bug. Bow-Wow’ssurreal adventures come to an end at sunset, as the bugleads him back to his own front door, his bowl, and thenhis bed.Who are Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash?As a child, Mark Newgarden’s favorite pasHme was drawing hisown cartoons, whilst watching old ones on TV. Mark was theeldest of six children and grew up in Staten Island. He mademovies, collected comics, and walked the dog. As soon as he wasold enough, Mark decided to take his interest in cartoons a stepfurther; took the ferryboat to New York City and a[ended theSchool of Visual Arts.Once qualified, he ventured into the wide world of design,graphics and illustraHon. He admits that in his career he had doneall sorts of crazy things. His love of cartoons automaHcally madehim seek to work on comics, magazines, movies, animatedcartoons, ads, toys, gadgets and off-Broadway comedies. He cocreatedGarbage Pail Kids. I wrote a book about the history offake vomit and sneezing powder and fake noses. He designedmerchandise for Pee-Wee Herman. He even worked on Microso5Word.He has also been a writer of columns, a syndicated weekly comicstrip, essays, criHcism, histories and scripts. Even wri[en fortunecookies, bubble gum wrappers and Snapple bo[le caps. Add tothat aCartoon Network show. His other careers listed on his CVillustrator, editor, art director, creaHve director, director ofanimaHon, creaHve consultant, designer, muralist, curator,teacher and execuHve producer. But in his heart of hearts he isbasically, a cartoonist.Megan Montague Cash is also an arHst and author. He interest inthis began when she was a child. She admi[ed her favouritepasHme was drawing. She would sit and draw animals and writestories for hours. Megan lived in New York City unHl the age of six,when her family moved to an upstate commune where shemissed school for almost two years. A8er appearing in the movieWOODSTOCK, her family then moved to Woodstock, NY where,among other things, she walked the dog. When she was oldenough, Megan moved to Brooklyn and a[ended Pra[ InsHtute.Megan has illustrated, designed, wri[en and edited for numerouschildren’s magazines, media conglomerates, toy companies, andretail stores. Her clients include many museums including theChildren’s Museum of Manha[an, the Brooklyn Children’sMuseum, and the Museum of Modern Art. She is author andillustrator of What Makes the Seasons? and I Saw the Sea and theSea Saw Me.
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