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antisocial_auntie's review
3.0
Stupid enough to keep me interested, I take it the storyteller is a slave but clothes on her would have helped - do these guys still think only straight dudes read comics? Still I like the story.
pagesofpins's review
2.0
The story only picks up toward the end, and I have no idea why a naked woman is telling this story to two sentient dogs. Still, I did like that Santa is an evil despot forcing propaganda about himself to be circulated via his slaves.
tomperignon's review
4.0
HA! This graphic novel is simply great! The cartooning is fantastic and who doesn't love a story that involves derpy dogs and REVENGE!
I think the story is fantastic, but it skips forward in time too fast! I want to learn more about the hero and his heritage and his JOURNEY! One page he is 12 years old and the next he is grown. One page he is in the north of the land, and the next he is in the south. Looking forward to reading part 2 tonight!
I think the story is fantastic, but it skips forward in time too fast! I want to learn more about the hero and his heritage and his JOURNEY! One page he is 12 years old and the next he is grown. One page he is in the north of the land, and the next he is in the south. Looking forward to reading part 2 tonight!
morgan_haybook's review
2.0
It had its laugh out loud moments. I feel underwhelmed at the naked chick telling the story. Kinda...meh.
bookdingo's review
4.0
*snort*
The muscle man killed Santa Claus and found a trusty steed, a humongous pug. What's not to love?
The muscle man killed Santa Claus and found a trusty steed, a humongous pug. What's not to love?
librarianguish's review
3.0
The dog was cute... but WHY did there have to be a naked woman?!!! WHY?!! It had no bearing on the story whatsoever. She could have been wearing a robe. But no. I'm a bit tired of scantily clad women in comics.
fairislemeadow's review
4.0
3 stars for the writing, 4 stars for the illustrations, 5 stars for pugs.
hogsandwich's review against another edition
1.0
this has been a roller coaster ride for me, and not in the fun sense.
I bought this because, like most people, the phrase "Battlepug" brings with it all kinds of wonderful images. I bought it online, so didn't realize until it arrived that a third of the cover has a random naked lady on the cover, which usually puts me off. I swallowed my pride, and read it.
And it sorta sucked.
The story itself is a Conan-the-Barbarian type thing which pulls all it's laughs from the horse-sized titular pug, who, besides being wonderfully drawn, has little else going for it. Even the two dogs that Moll - the inexplicably naked lady who narrates the story - is chatting to at least have the added novelty of speech. I have already forgotten our central manly heros name, which is a fair indicator of the impact he made.
Naked ladies is fine. There's lots of good ones around. But if you're going to put her on the cover, there'd better be a narrative-driven reason that she's hanging around posing for the benefit of two tiny dogs. The whole thing looks and acts like a drunken frat-boy drinking game.
It's a bit shit, and gives graphic novels a bad name. I would avoid.