The Canine Revolution Part 1: The Book of Yinlod
I have to imagine that most people reading this would be at least open to dogs taking things over at this point. How much worse could they do, really? This series sure feels like it’s heading in that direction, but since this issue is mostly setting the stage, we’ll have to wait a bit for the actual revolution. Tim explains in his introduction that this story was originally intended to be a background story for a graphic novel he’s working on, but a concept like that was always going to get out of hand and now he’s torn between keeping it as a short series or making it a graphic novel of its own. As you may have guessed from that cover, this story is told as a recap to a younger generation of dogs who have only known the world after the revolution. Things start off with our hero gaining awareness in a cage, trapped in a terrible and hopeless place. I originally thought it was a PetSmart or one of those places where they keep the cats and dogs caged in tiny rooms, but it’s even worse, as you can tell if you read the sample page below. Yinlod escapes, enjoys his freedom for a bit, and finally digs up a bone with mysterious writing on it. This causes him to have a vision, and I’m assuming we’ll get more information on that the next time around. Tim also included the first chapter from the graphic novel that this story was originally meant to be part of, which was maybe kinda sorta autobiographical up to a point? He mentions in his introduction to that story that he was suffering through a breakup while writing it and the character was suffering through a breakup, so maybe I’m just assuming over here. That one goes along like you might expect for a few pages, before his dog gets up on his hind legs and makes him breakfast. I’m not going to lie, I’m also very curious about the direction that that story is taking. Also I hear you cat people, especially since I’m more of a cat person myself, but let’s be honest: cats could never get organized enough to take over the world. Smack it around like a ball of yarn, sure, but not run it. Two future graphic novels (probably), small bits of each included, I’d strongly recommend giving this issue a shot. Even if it isn’t up on his website quite yet, but if you get ahold of Tim he has copies available (unless he ended up selling out at Cartoon Crossroads). I think this one was $8 maybe?
Posted by Kevin 
