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Kennel Block Blues Kindle & comiXology

by Ryan Ferrier (Author), Daniel Bayliss (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

3.9 13 ratings

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Oliver is a good dog. A family dog. But without warning, he’s sentenced to Jackson State Kennel, where he’s instantly placed on Death Row with the rest of his fellow inmates, awaiting a lethal appointment if salvation doesn’t come. He’ll need help escaping the Kennel, but when the stress of prison life builds, he starts escaping reality instead, imagining a fantasy world of cartoon friends. It’s time to break out...into a musical number? Rising star writer Ryan Ferrier (Sons of Anarchy, Curb Stomp) and Russ Manning Award-nominated artist Daniel Bayliss (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons) explore loss, mental illness, and the horrors humans and animals alike endure when incarcerated in this inventive, heartfelt journey. Collects the complete limited series. “...hits the right notes with a compelling story and beautiful art.” - Comicosity

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About the Author

Ryan Ferrier is a Canadian writer and letterer. He's written D4VE for Monkeybrain Comics, Curb Stomp for BOOM! Studios, as well as Tiger Lawyer, The Brothers James, and Ultranova for Challenger Comics, an independent collective imprint he runs with artist Brian Level.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MDSBM4S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BOOM! Studios (January 18, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 398393 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 107 pages

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adm1nguy

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

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Wonderful book. Recommended for sure.

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2020

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Long story short it's a metaphor for abandoned and abused pets told from their perspective.In a colorful and unique way.

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Wayne A McCoy

Such an unusual graphic novel with lots of interesting things to say

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017

'Kennel Block Blues' by Ryan Ferrier with art by Daniel Bayliss is the kind of graphic novel I had to think about before reviewing. It's that strange and unusual.

Oliver is a dog sent up to Jackson State Kennel. He sometimes bends reality, so when things around him get stressful, he sees everything as a cartoon musical. He's certain he's not supposed to be in this grim world where the cats seem to run the place and the guards are nothing but shadowy arms.

He makes some friends, like Cosmo, a bulldog, who tries to show Oliver around, or his hardened cellmate Sugar, a chihuahua, who just wants to escape. An escape attempt is made and that's when the reality of what happens to these unwanted animals is revealed.

There is so much being said in this comic. It deals with abused and unwanted animals, mental illness, incarceration, race relations and probably a bunch of other things I missed. Yet it does it in such an unusual way. It's still ultimately a depressing comic, but it's just so darn strange that I couldn't help but really like it. The art by Daniel Bayliss was good. Grim when it needed to be and overly colorful and sappy when Oliver goes around the bend. I'm really glad I had the chance to read this graphic novel.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Boom! Studios and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

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Akron Reader

Surprisingly Serious Comic

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017

This short run comic tells the story of Oliver, a good dog sent to a kennel, and how he befriends fellow inmates and helps to plan an escape. And when I say inmates, that's what I mean - the kennel is depicted as a prison, with multiple types of animals incarcerated therein. But mostly it's cats and dogs and, not surprisingly, they don't get along.

When Ollie is stressed, his mind wanders back to earlier days when he was a pup, watching cartoon musicals with his human family. There are abrupt changes in the action and artwork as the colorful cartoon world overtakes him. And all the animals around him wonder just what's going on - because it's not all in his head.

The plot is both sad and hopeful. It's amazing how much of a commentary can be made on loss and mental illness through anthropomorphism, but it really works.

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Spidey

Fantastic concept, poorly executed.

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017

This was a fantastic idea for a comic book, treating the dog shelter like it's Shawshank. However, there's very little coherent narrative here. Our hero keeps seeing things as old-timey cartoons every time he gets stressed. It happens so frequently and for so many pages that it takes you out of the story. The guards are just smokey arms that show up randomly to take an animal away. They keep talking about escaping, but there's no narrative here. The animals are just running around until they eventually get out. It was a great premise that ,handled correctly, could have been fantastic.

Received an advance copy from Boom! and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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