Dogs on Dates

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By Luke Healy. Published by Faber & Faber. Hardcover, 272 pages, B&W, 2026. If Brad’s the balloon, Bernie’s the string. Love is real. And Luke Healy will prove it, one joke at a ti me It’s dogs. And they are on dates. Bernie—a confident, chill, and world-wise gay, trans, short Seth Rogen type—is fresh from telling his college advisor that he’s dropping out of art school. Absentmindedly, he walks into a plate glass window, bashing his face. Before he can even formulate gratitude for the window not breaking … Brad—a sweet-natured, kindhearted romantic, who is not cool, but nice, which is actually better—arrives at the school for a gig to teach students about the merits of caring for the environment. Dressed as an earth mascot, “Earthy,” he walks into the glass from the other side. But this time, it smashes. In totality. With Bernie and Brad off to the hospital together, is this the gay dog meet-cute we’ve all been searching for? Of course, dating is never so simple. Hilariousness and awkwardness ensue as our two love dogs face misadventures, mishaps, and missteps…but also flowers, pasta, sandwiches, and maybe even love. In Luke Healy’s wonderfully precise yet loose line and careful wit, Dogs on Dates will quickly become your favorite comics rom-com. "Healy has created what may well be the perfect romance comic! Hilarious, hopeful, poignant, goofy, gorgeously illustrated, and gay AF, this damn book even brought me to tears at the end…and not just because I’m allergic to dogs. But because one can’t help but fall in love with these characters as they fall in love with each other. Seeing queer romance so intimately and profoundly depicted is a gift. Love wins! Love wins!"–Justin Hall, No Straight Lines "This is a love letter to dating. Healy uses his deceptively simple style to capture the rhythm of a relationship rather than focusing on its milestones. Told through dates, this hilarious book follows the small gestures, lazy weekends, and beach hangs that build intimacy. And at the end of it, I find myself agreeing with Healy, that ultimately, love is... repetition—it is to show up again and again and again... and again."–Aminder Dhaliwal, Woman World “Healy balances self-effacing humor with evenhanded introspection over pages of neat, efficient cartooning.” —Publishers Weekly “A painfully funny… narrative involving grief, identity and the frightening climate crisis… Every page sends up the terrible dissonance between our utter self-obsession and our anxiety (or not) at what’s happening out in the world before our very eyes.” —The Guardian “Healy’s clean cartooning chops will be recognisable…allowing him to draw out minute emotional details with the smallest strokes, and create a book about the many small deaths that come from submitting yourself to be loved, whether to a person or a comedy crowd.” —The Irish Times Show more