Dog Man
2015
- juvenile fiction
- police
- children's fiction
- police, fiction
- dogs, fiction
- cats, fiction
- humorous stories
- adventure and adventurers, fiction
- nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2016-09-18
- nyt:graphic-books-and-manga=2021-09-12
The story
**Get ready for Action, Suspense, Romance... and Laffs!** George and Harold have created a new breed of justice. When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound digs into deception, claws after crooks, rolls over robbers, and scampers after squirrels. Will he be able to resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty? ---------- ###German-language description: Es gibt einen neuen Superhelden in der Stadt. Dog Man ist halb Hund, halb Polizist und voller Tatendrang! Mach dich bereit für Spannung und jede Menge Spaß! - Farbige Illustrationen auf jeder Seite. - Neuer Comic-Trend, der auch Lesemuffel motiviert. - Dav Pilkey ist einer der meistegelesenen Autoren weltweit bei Lesern im Grundschulalter. - Auch Kinder von 8 bis 11 Jahren werden so zu Viellesern! - Lesen macht Spaß mit dem Graphic Novel Mega-Bestseller!
What it’s like
Bright, flat-colour cartoon panels with thick black outlines and a loose, hand-drawn wobble, the kind of page where every frame is a bold, simple tableau: a dog's head on a uniformed body, a cat in a sunny street, a splash of primary colour behind each gag. The voice is bouncy and deliberately juvenile, with big sound-effect lettering, sudden punchlines and a rhythm of quick panels that moves at the speed of a child turning pages. It feels like a cheerful, low-stakes romp: silly rather than sinister, with the peril of a police chase or a crook to be caught always softened by slapstick and a wagging tail. Violence is mild and cartoonish, with no gore, and the emotional register stays warm and playful, the story of a loyal hero torn between duty and the pull of squirrels. Best for early and middle-grade readers, reluctant readers who want a quick win, and adults reading aloud at bedtime or on a lazy afternoon.
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