Instead, author/illustrator Mike Norton, colorist Allen Passalaqua, and letterer Crank! did an outstanding job of establishing the book’s tone and setting the plot in motion, immersing us seamlessly into the rich and very funny Last Kinmundian mythos. The book could have staggered under the weight of it all, easily collapsing into a shapeless mass of exposition, prologue and world building. With a core cast of 5 humans and 3 separate dogs, that last task alone was no simple feat. The debut issue of “Battlepug” was packed with plenty of action, snarky dialogue, contemporary references, and character introductions. The last Kinmundian and his faithful Battlepug have returned to his homeland to face his past, but are they prepared for what they will find? Meanwhile, his friends are at the mercy of the most ruthless band of criminals in the forest-The Nobody’s Ponies!
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