Puss Reboots: Blog: January 2024: Wear the Damn Mask

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Wear the Damn Mask: 01/02/24

Wear the Damn Mask by Izzy the Frenchie, Rick Hendrix, and Shane Jordan (2020) is an adult picture book from the COVID shutdown year. It features a fancily dressed dog illustrating the when and when not to wear a mask and is aimed directly at the "Karens" of the world who refuse to do so.

Izzy the Frenchie is a dog instagram influencer. I know of her through another instagram dog, Zoey the Aussie Kelpie. In the interest of transparency, I should add that I know Zoey personally because she belongs to the curator of the Sun Gallery in Hayward.

The book opens with an introduction by Whoopie Goldberg. Izzy turns out to be her grand-dog-inlaw. That's a weird connection I wasn't expecting. But I'm not a celebrity Instragram follower, even among the canine set.

The text of the book has a similar humor, snark, and frankness as If Someone Says “You Complete Me," RUN! by Whoopi Goldberg (2015).

Accompanying the text are gorgeous full color photos of Izzy in different costumes and settings. They tend to be warm colors and very saturated. The various photographers are credited in the afterword.

Five stars