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adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
A mere 100 pages and about as many words (and this is all three volumes!), Morrison's provocative idea is mostly just this - an idea. Once the conceit is sprung (and not a spoiler, it's clear from the cover jacket and first four pages)--that the gov't has turned domestic pets into cyber-weapons--everything which follows is predictable. (Go ahead: No spoilers here, but you can tell the story, can't you?)
There is a lot of potential to a story here. What might have been a graphic novel update to Adam's The Plague Dogs or Burnford's The Incredible Journey or even a Conquest of the Planet of the Apes retread, is instead an undeveloped set of storyboards for a B-level sf movie.
What might have saved this for some is decent art design by Frank Quitely who admittedly is working with very little material. "Gud dog." Even here, be prepared for a lot of gore and some head-scratching zoom cuts. But 20 minutes and it's done.
There is a lot of potential to a story here. What might have been a graphic novel update to Adam's The Plague Dogs or Burnford's The Incredible Journey or even a Conquest of the Planet of the Apes retread, is instead an undeveloped set of storyboards for a B-level sf movie.
What might have saved this for some is decent art design by Frank Quitely who admittedly is working with very little material. "Gud dog." Even here, be prepared for a lot of gore and some head-scratching zoom cuts. But 20 minutes and it's done.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and War
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