morgan_haybook's review against another edition
2.0
It had its laugh out loud moments. I feel underwhelmed at the naked chick telling the story. Kinda...meh.
bookdingo's review against another edition
4.0
*snort*
The muscle man killed Santa Claus and found a trusty steed, a humongous pug. What's not to love?
The muscle man killed Santa Claus and found a trusty steed, a humongous pug. What's not to love?
librarianguish's review against another edition
3.0
The dog was cute... but WHY did there have to be a naked woman?!!! WHY?!! It had no bearing on the story whatsoever. She could have been wearing a robe. But no. I'm a bit tired of scantily clad women in comics.
fairislemeadow's review against another edition
4.0
3 stars for the writing, 4 stars for the illustrations, 5 stars for pugs.
hogsandwich's review
1.0
this has been a roller coaster ride for me, and not in the fun sense.
I bought this because, like most people, the phrase "Battlepug" brings with it all kinds of wonderful images. I bought it online, so didn't realize until it arrived that a third of the cover has a random naked lady on the cover, which usually puts me off. I swallowed my pride, and read it.
And it sorta sucked.
The story itself is a Conan-the-Barbarian type thing which pulls all it's laughs from the horse-sized titular pug, who, besides being wonderfully drawn, has little else going for it. Even the two dogs that Moll - the inexplicably naked lady who narrates the story - is chatting to at least have the added novelty of speech. I have already forgotten our central manly heros name, which is a fair indicator of the impact he made.
Naked ladies is fine. There's lots of good ones around. But if you're going to put her on the cover, there'd better be a narrative-driven reason that she's hanging around posing for the benefit of two tiny dogs. The whole thing looks and acts like a drunken frat-boy drinking game.
It's a bit shit, and gives graphic novels a bad name. I would avoid.
emilyn's review
2.0
Interesting and creative but all I can do is be annoyed at the naked, buxom woman narrating.
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