TITLE: Pride of BaghdadAUTHOR: Brian K. Vaughan
STARTED: February 19, 2008
FINISHED: February 19, 2008
PAGES: 236
GENRE: Graphic Novel
FIRST SENTENCE: The sky is falling!
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] During an American bombing raid in 2003, four lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo. That true story is the basis for this excellent fable by Vaughan (Ex Machina; Runaways) and Henrichon in which the animals can talk to one another and discuss the relative merits of captivity and life in the wild. After they're unexpectedly freed, Zill, the alpha male; his one-eyed ex-lover, Safa; his current lover, Noor; and Noor's cub, Ali, must fend for themselves in an unfamiliar land: the ruined city. They discover dangers both man-made and—despite Noor's insistence that animals can rise above their baser natures—among their own kind.
THOUGHTS: First, the art in this graphic novel is gorgeous. I can't get into a graphic novel if I don't like the art. Well, since I loved the art, I had a predisposition to love this book. Vaughan does a masterful job of taking a simple story and turning it into a well crafted allegory of a current event. Since the book is so short, I can't give it much of a review. I enjoyed the story immensely and felt that this graphic novel could be enjoyed by a wide ranging audience.
RATING: 7/10 [Very Good]
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