Animal Pound #1
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| Writer | Tom King |
| Artist | Peter Gross |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
When animals grow tired of being caged, killed, and sold off-it's only a matter of time before they've had enough...
When an uprising puts a pound in control of the animals, they quickly find themselves as comrades, united against everything that walks on two legs.
But with this newfound power comes a sudden challenge: how best to lay the groundwork for this new democracy as they write their first constitution!
Discover an epic graphic storytelling event from celebrated New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King (The Human Target, Love Everlasting) and New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-
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Monkeys Fighting Robots - Zac Owens
Dec 18, 2023The best thing aboutAnimal Pound is that it's not just a carbon copy of Orwell's classic. It would almost be more accurate to call it a modern day response to Animal Farm. It's brilliant, heart-wrenching, adrenaline-pulsing, and revolutionary. Read Full Review
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9.9
Comic Watch - Anthony Bergamini
Dec 18, 2023Animal Pound #1 is a fantastic reimagining of George Orwells Animal Farm, highlighting the power struggles that would exist between members of a society after their shared oppressors are removed from the equation. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comic Crusaders - Johnny "The Machine" Hughes
Dec 20, 2023Over the last 14 years, I have had rescue cats; one that supposedly hated people, but really didn't, and one who seemingly chose me. I have seen the first hand nature of the hopeful looks, the desperate looks and the resigned looks from the animals that exist in such places. Using the pound as a setting gives the book an instantly recognisable authoritarian element. The influences that shape this book are very clear; your enjoyment of the book may depend on how you feel about homages as a whole. Read Full Review
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8.4
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Dec 20, 2023Gross delivers some beautiful art in the issue. The visuals are filled with great details and wonderful compositions. Read Full Review
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8.2
Graphic Policy - Brett
Dec 20, 2023Animal Pound #1 is the second series taking on Orwell's classic on comic shelves right now. Both are solid in different ways and each take on a different spin and direction. King and Gross' take looks to update things a bit warning us of the specter that currently overshadows so much of the world. Read Full Review
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8.0
Major Spoilers - Jonathan Cadotte
Dec 23, 2023Animal Pound #1 is a good reimagining of a classic, that feels unique to itself, without straying so far from the source material. It also features superb and subtle art that enhances every element of this story. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Dec 20, 2023The new miniseries from writer Tom King and artist Peter Gross maintains the fable-like quality of the original and establishes the foundations for a political allegory within a modernized framework. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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Most important comic of the year.
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I meant to re-read Animal Farm in anticipation to Epically Own Tom King in raucous political debate about minute shit no one cares about except for me. I really didn't know what to expect here. I always get worried when well-meaning comic writers want to put out an overtly political comic that *says something*. I'm very fucking particular. Luckily, this issue is great. It's well done, it's paced very well, and the cats are adorable little guys.
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I found this to be highly enjoyable. I am not familiar with the work it's based off, so I can't speak on that regard.
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