Stray Dogs #4

Stray Dogs #4

by Tony Fleecs (Writer), Trish Forstner (Illustrator), Brad Simpson (Colorist)

PENULTIMATE ISSUE! Time is running out. Hackles are raised, tensions are high, and nobody's had a thing to eat. When the Master's away, the dogs will drag everything awful into the light. And the awful truth is nobody's coming to set them free.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Adult

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 19, 2021

About the author

Tony Fleecs is the writer and artist of In My Lifetime, an autobiographical comic book. First published in 2006, ‘Lifetime was an immediate critical success, featured twice in Wizard Magazine, in the Comic Buyer’s Guide and on the Ain’t-It-Cool-News.

Fleecs has since been a contributor to anthologies including; Postcards: True Stories that Never Happened (nominated for the 2008 Eisner and Harvey awards for best anthology), Boom Studios’ Pulp Tales and C.B. Cebulski’s Wonderlost. He and writer, Josh Fialkov, provided the Li’l FireBreather backup stories for Phil Hester’s 2nd FireBreather series at Image Comics. Last year saw his first work for hire writing work when he scripted the comic book adaptation of the classic John Holmes film, Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here, widely regarded as the first comic book based on a porno to not be completely awful.

This year, Tony will co-write and illustrate the graphic novel Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth (again with Fialkov) for Oni Press.

His company Fleecs Design (who’s talent roster includes only himself) has a client list that features Disney, 20th Century Fox, Bongo Comics, Marvel/Rittenhouse, The Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinatti Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Monster Garage, Taco John’s, major hospitals, insurance providers and banks.

His comics have been published by Random House (Villard), Image Comics, Silent Devil Productions, Boom!, IDW and Terminal Press.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 4 out of 5]

(A-) 84% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-5 can be found here: Stray Dogs.

[CG. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guy's a real creep...

[Nicholas Perez · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT THE F**K!?!?!

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is wonderful, it's truly horrific. It is getting harder to read though, this issue brought me to tears.

[Kay ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

There has to be a continuation of this. There is no way this series has only 1 more issue left. I want more!

[Scott Rhee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I missed issue #3 (I didn’t add this title to my pull list at the comic book store in time), but issue #4 of “Stray Dogs” is nearing the exciting climax.

Earl, the oldest dog in the house, still refuses to believe that the Master could be a serial killer. Sophie, the new dog, has convinced just about everyone else. Still, he can’t deny that something happened to Victor last night.

Sophie and the rest go exploring in the backyard, which is where the scary old shed is located, the one the Master says is totally forbidden. Bravely, Sophie sneaks inside, and her little Pomeranian life will never be the same…

This series, by writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner, is one of the most original and lovable and strangely disturbing comic book series out there. This is a dog-lovers’ revenge fantasy for those who were scarred by “101 Dalmations” and wanted to see Cruella De Ville stuffed in a meat grinder.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

....jfc

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It helps a little that they're cartoon dogs, but this issue is still really dark.

Definitely hope the dogs eat the guy's face.

[Jess Castz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ra-yos. Recuerdan que quedé bien enojada con Earl por los hechos sucedidos en el tomo anterior. Bueno, parece ser que el karma perruno existe, y me parece que las cosas se pondrán muy, pero muy peliagudas para nuestro grupo de peluditos favorito.
Por un lado tenemos al grupo más grande de perros buscando pistas sobre el paradero del pequeño y lindo Victor. Desde ahorita les digo que eso va a abrir una herida en ustedes, por qué es claro que las cosas no terminaron nada bien para el dalmata.
Luego tenemos a Earl yendo en solitario a buscar pistas que prueben la inocencia de su amo. Pistas que... bueno, los dejarán bastante incomodos por como se dan las cosas. Y por último tenemos a una Imogene que, si les soy sincera, me tiene algo intrigada.
¿Por qué siempre parece ir por su lado? ¿Acaso esconde algo? Y, ¿Qué pasará con los perritos? Esperemos que las cosas terminen bien para ellos en los dos tomos que faltan por leer.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stray Dogs
American Psycho + 1001 Dalmatians
#4 – Play Dead – “He killed Victor last night, Earl!”

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really good read. I don't usually do horror, but I like how this story is told following the perspectives of dogs taken in by a serial killer. I don't recommend it if you want to avoid gore, animal death, and dismemberment.

[Stuart · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great and terrifying series. Can not wait to see how it will end. It has so many twists to it. It is well worth a read.

[فاطمه · Rating 4 out of 5]

dogs really have shitty heads but that makes the story really awesome and have good suspense I can't wait to read the final issue

[Irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

⚠️This is not for everyone ⚠️ As I predicted, the comics get emotionally harder to read as you continue on 😭😭😭💔💔💔

[Marina D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Necesito la siguiente parte, esta muy bueno.

[Iris Bratton · Rating 5 out of 5]

😱😱😱😱😱

[Mercedes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The darker and more horrific these get the more I hate Master. He's a monster for sure.

[Nekochimachan (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

What the bloody h*ll! The guy is a murderer and he even kills dogs from his victims. I don't think he deserves a chance in life and I hope Earl will take revenge on his owner.