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shieldbearer's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This series deserved every Eisner it won
arkham's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
marjokat's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
peppypenguin's review
5.0
I first learned of this series when I saw a post on tumblr of one of their adventures. I was intrigued so I decided to follow up by buying this collection of stories.
I was in no way disappointed. The characters may be animals but they are in many ways so very human.
And the stories, though perhaps a little silly if you take a step back and consider it, are so well delivered and so eerie that I just couldn't put it down. Needless to say I ran through it in one sitting. I can't wait to read more!
And that's not even bringing up the amazing artwork itself. Really, really awesome, and diverse in the sense that the animals and humans were equally well done, so there wasn't a weakness to it I felt!
I strongly recommend this to anyone into eerie stories, though be prepared for some heart break.
I was in no way disappointed. The characters may be animals but they are in many ways so very human.
And the stories, though perhaps a little silly if you take a step back and consider it, are so well delivered and so eerie that I just couldn't put it down. Needless to say I ran through it in one sitting. I can't wait to read more!
And that's not even bringing up the amazing artwork itself. Really, really awesome, and diverse in the sense that the animals and humans were equally well done, so there wasn't a weakness to it I felt!
I strongly recommend this to anyone into eerie stories, though be prepared for some heart break.
mcribsy13's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
lemonlemonster's review
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Perfect Halloween read! Horror themes (violence, death, spooky things) but not too intense for someone who doesn’t always gravitate towards horror like myself (though there were definitely some stories that were much harder to get through than others). Loved the main characters were a group of dogs and cats wandering around their suburban neighborhood solving mysteries. The watercolor art was such a nice balance to the content.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Death
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Racism, Medical content, and Sexism
Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism
sunnydee's review
3.0
Hier hatte ich eine Detektiv-Geschichte erwartet, bei dem Hunde die Hauptrolle spielen. Das ganze war dann aber doch ein bisschen was anderes. Im weitesten Sinne geht es schon in die Richtung aber es ist alles viel düsterer, gruseliger und übernatürlicher.
Ich war von den vielen Gore-Elementen schon etwas überrascht und normalerweise ist das nichts für mich. Hier hat es mich nicht gestört, aber es ist trotzdem nicht das, was ich an Geschichten mag.
Die Graphic Novel ist in mehrere Kurzgeschichten aufgeteilt, die aber grob zusammenhängen und die mysteriöse Geschichte im Hintergrund vorantreiben. Teilweise habe ich nicht ganz verstanden, was mir die Autoren sagen wollen. Am Ende ergibt das Ganze auch noch nicht wirklich Sinn und um zu wissen was hinter dem Mysteriösen steckt, muss man wohl weitere Teile lesen.
Ob ich das wirklich möchte, weiß ich nicht, da mich dann doch andere Graphic Novels mehr in den Bann ziehen. Ich wäre aber nicht abgeneigt, wenn ich es mal günstig irgendwo sehen würde oder es mir bei jemanden ausleihen könnte.
Die Geschichte ist schwer zu beschreiben, da man bzw. ich ja nicht richtig durchgestiegen bin. Es geht weitestgehend um Magie und Hexerei. Totenbeschwörung, Geister, mysteriöse, blutrünstige Wesen sind einige der Aspekte des Ganzen. Und alles dreht sich um eine Gruppe von Hunden und teilweise auch Katzen, die neben ihren normalen Leben als Haustiere, versuchen mysteriöse Dinge in ihrer Nachbarschaft aufzudecken und gegen Magie zu kämpfen.
Der Zeichenstil gefiel mir, auch wenn dieser Aquarell- bzw. Tuschstil sehr ungewöhnlich für eine Graphic Novel ist. Vielleicht gefiel es mir aber gerade deshalb.
Emotional hat mich das ganze null angesprochen. Lediglich eine der Kurzgeschichten, hat mich da mitgenommen, weil es ein sehr trauriges Thema hatte.
Die Charaktere bekamen, bis auf einen, so gut wie keine Tiefe. Und als ich die eine Kurzgeschichte, die hauptsächlich aus der Sicht der Katzen war, las, merkte ich wieder, dass ich eben eher ein Katzen- als ein Hundemensch bin. Das Kapitel gefiel mir nämlich sehr.
Naja, alles in allem lässt es ich etwas ratlos zurück.
Story 3,0/5
Charaktere 2.6/5
Zeichenstil 4,0/5
Gesamt 3,4/5
mothstrand's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Grief, and Suicide
audenbriar's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This was good, but it was really hard to look at some panels and it gave me really bad and sad feelings seeing it so for me I have to rate it lower. Never again.