Series
Description
It's scary being the new dog. In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can't remember what happened. She doesn't know how she ended up in this house. She doesn't recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just...can't...recall...Wait! Where's her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what's happening, and how she's going to survive this. They say there's no such thing as a bad dog-just bad owners. STRAY DOGS is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists TONY FLEECS and TRISH FORSTNER. It's Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2021-09
Physical description
144 p.; 10 inches
Publication
Image Comics (2021), 144 pages
Pages
144
ISBN
1534319832 / 9781534319837
Library's review
A terrifically different take on the serial killer story trope, beautifully made extra unsettling by being presented through the perspective of dogs drawn in the style of 80s and 90s Disney and Don Bluth children's animation.
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LibraryThing member tapestry100
How the hell is it possible for a horror story about dogs and a serial killer, that looks like it was drawn by a late-80s/early-90s Disney animator, give me such feels?! Holy shit. This is terrifying and incredible, and very much worth reading if you’re up for being made wildly uncomfortable.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
I thought the Silence of the Lambs meets 101 Dalmatians concept was sort of clever, but I just did not buy the conceit about dog memory that so much of the story hangs on. We're told that dogs remember people and commands but not what happened last week, and sure, fine, but somehow they have a
The art was nice if a little too influenced by Disney animation model sheets. The G-rated illustrations did give a nice, unsettling contrast to the heavy and deadly storyline though.
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concept of murder and know how and why one dials 911? They can remember their past owner who has died, but developed no negative associative memories with the person who killed them? It just didn't make sense to me or seem to be applied consistently throughout.The art was nice if a little too influenced by Disney animation model sheets. The G-rated illustrations did give a nice, unsettling contrast to the heavy and deadly storyline though.
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LibraryThing member oldandnewbooksmell
Trigger Warnings: Murder, animal killings, animal abuse
Sophie can’t remember what happened to her lady and she can’t remember why she’s suddenly in this house filled with other dogs. But when she smells her lady’s scarf again, it all comes back to her. Now, she must convince the other dogs
This novel has been on my radar for a while now and I finally got around to it. I don’t read a lot of horror novels, but I seem to be into horror graphic novels.
The art in this looks kiddish (the illustrators are My Little Pony artists) but this novel is anything but there’s murder, a skinned dog, and trophied dog heads in a closet . It’s dark and imagery - I like what they did with the dog’s memory, not 100% sure if that’s true or not, but it worked for this story.
I think this will be a book I will reread, especially around Halloween and such.
I’m going to include more of the harm done to the dogs here so you can decide more if it’s okay for you Though it’s not directly shown in the panel a dog does get kicked. The action of killing one of the dogs is set behind a shed and not seen, but “heard”. There is a page where a dog’s skinned fur is hanging. Another dog gets covered in glass from a broken window. A dog also gets hit by a car .
Sophie can’t remember what happened to her lady and she can’t remember why she’s suddenly in this house filled with other dogs. But when she smells her lady’s scarf again, it all comes back to her. Now, she must convince the other dogs
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and hope they all can survive this.This novel has been on my radar for a while now and I finally got around to it. I don’t read a lot of horror novels, but I seem to be into horror graphic novels.
The art in this looks kiddish (the illustrators are My Little Pony artists) but this novel is anything but
I think this will be a book I will reread, especially around Halloween and such.
I’m going to include more of the harm done to the dogs here so you can decide more if it’s okay for you
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