Tag: Duncan the Wonder Dog

The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for graphic novels was awarded to Adam Hines for “Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One,” his tale of an animal-world uprising. The book, set in a world where animals can talk, chronicles the plight of the furry and feathered souls who chafe under the cruel hand of human dominion. The judges praised “Duncan” as a “powerful, prodigious work about the question of who the world belongs to, with an incredibly strong, original visual and narrative aesthetic.” The judges also wrote: “It’s Adam Hines’ first book, and he’s come charging out of the gate, to use one of those animal metaphors that seem very different after you’ve read it. It’s aflame with the heat of its own inventiveness, hilarity, terror and ingenious world-building. But it also demands and rewards slow, careful reading — on every ...

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES Last year, “Asterios Polyp” won as the graphic novel category was introduced at the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The five finalists in the category this year have been announced and the winner will be named April 29. Leading up to the awards ceremony, we will be looking at each of the finalists. Today: “Duncan the Wonder Dog.” “Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One,” set in a world where animals can talk, reason and even revolt, is a massive, lavishly drawn first installment in what Hines plans will be a nine-volume epic. Hero Complex’s Noelene Clark caught up with the author, Adam Hines. NC: How did this project get started, and what inspired you to write about the relationship between animals and humans? AH: “Duncan the Wonder Dog” was originally a comic book series I created when I was ...