savageknight 's review for:

Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan

4.0

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Very powerful... and extremely heartbreaking.[return][return]For someone like me, having grown up on animated movies featuring intelligent animals, it is not at all difficult to quickly find myself feeling quite fond of this very small pride of lions who, after having been accidentally freed from their zoo by a bombing raid, attempt to survive in a city at war.[return][return]Writer Brian K. Vaughan, winner of the 2005 Joe Shuster Awards International Creator Award, takes the real-life events of lions freed during the 2003 bombing of Iraq and weaves an incredible tale of survival and tragedy, creating a moving and solid story that eventually leads this pride to their encounter with American troops.[return][return]Artist Niko Henrichon does an excellent job of rendering this story and making it come alive with sympathetic and recognizable characters fighting their way through a world very alien to them and unfortunately familiar to us. The reader is brought right into their lives with this stunning artwork.[return][return]Very highly recommended!