Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites

2018-05-22 Comics & Graphic Novels

Author : Evan Dorkin
Release : 2018-05-22
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : 363/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites by : Evan Dorkin

Download or read book Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites written by Evan Dorkin. This book was released on 2018-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Burden Hill — a picturesque little town adorned with white picket fences and green, green grass, home to a unique team of paranormal investigators. Beneath this shiny exterior, Burden Hill harbors dark and sinister secrets, and it's up to a heroic gang of dogs — and one cat — to protect the town from the evil forces at work. These are the Beasts of Burden Hill — Pugs, Ace, Jack, Whitey, Red and the Orphan — whose early experiences with the paranormal (including a haunted doghouse, a witches' coven, and a pack of canine zombies) have led them to become members of the Wise Dog Society, official animal agents sworn to protect their town from evil. This turns out to be no easy task, as they soon encounter demonic cannibal frogs, tortured spirits, a secret rat society, and a bizarre and deadly resurrection in the Burden Hill cemetery — events which lead to fear and heartbreak as our four-legged heroes discover that the evil within Burden Hill is growing and on the move. Can our heroes overcome these supernatural menaces? Can evil be bested by a paranormal team that doesn't have hands? And even more importantly, will Pugs ever shut the hell up? Adventure, mystery, horror, and humor thrive on every page of Beasts of Burden — a comic-book series that will capture readers' hearts and haunt their dreams. Award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) first introduced these very special investigators in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings and the other Dark Horse Book of . . . anthologies, for which they won coveted Eisner Awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter. Those first tales are collected here, along with the comic series Beasts of Burden issues #1–#4.

Beasts of Burden

2017-03-07 Social Science

Author : Sunaura Taylor
Release : 2017-03-07
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 291/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beasts of Burden written by Sunaura Taylor. This book was released on 2017-03-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 American Book Award Winner A beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation—and the debut of an important new social critic How much of what we understand of ourselves as “human” depends on our physical and mental abilities—how we move (or cannot move) in and interact with the world? And how much of our definition of “human” depends on its difference from “animal”? Drawing on her own experiences as a disabled person, a disability activist, and an animal advocate, author Sunaura Taylor persuades us to think deeply, and sometimes uncomfortably, about what divides the human from the animal, the disabled from the nondisabled—and what it might mean to break down those divisions, to claim the animal and the vulnerable in ourselves, in a process she calls “cripping animal ethics.” Beasts of Burden suggests that issues of disability and animal justice—which have heretofore primarily been presented in opposition—are in fact deeply entangled. Fusing philosophy, memoir, science, and the radical truths these disciplines can bring—whether about factory farming, disability oppression, or our assumptions of human superiority over animals—Taylor draws attention to new worlds of experience and empathy that can open up important avenues of solidarity across species and ability. Beasts of Burden is a wonderfully engaging and elegantly written work, both philosophical and personal, by a brilliant new voice.

Hellboy/Beasts of Burden: Sacrifice

2011-12-14 Comics & Graphic Novels

Author : Evan Dorkin
Release : 2011-12-14
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Download or read book Hellboy/Beasts of Burden: Sacrifice written by Evan Dorkin. This book was released on 2011-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paranormal activity in the outwardly charming town of Burden Hill has gone from bad to worse, as seen in Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's graphic novel _Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites_. Now the occult-investigating team of dogs (and one cat) needs some serious help. Contact with the Wise Dog Society has broken off, leaving the team on its own, as a series of unexplained animal slayings has begun. But magic can work in surprising ways, and help is brought to the team with the unexpected arrival of the world's greatest paranormal detective. Evan Dorkin (_Milk and Cheese_, _Bizarro World_) and Jill Thompson (_Scary Godmother_, _Magic Trixie_) join forces with Mike Mignola (_Hellboy_, _B.P.R.D._, _Witchfinder_, _Baltimore_) in an amazing one-shot bringing their supernatural worlds together! Mike Mignola's Hellboy joins the animals of Burden Hill!

Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch

2019-10-01 Comics & Graphic Novels

Author : Evan Dorkin
Release : 2019-10-01
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 102/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch written by Evan Dorkin. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eight-time Eisner Award-winning comic book series blending fantasy and humor features the adventures of paranormal pets investigating the monsters of Burden Hill. The dogs and cats protecting Burden Hill from supernatural harm find themselves facing new threats and mysteries, including a vengeful demon, an invisible killer and an enigmatic flock of lost sheep. As a growing evil threatens to overwhelm their town, the animals find themselves some unlikely allies, most notably a seasoned paranormal investigator named...Hellboy. This volume collects the comic-book series Beasts of Burden: Sacrifice, Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch, Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, and Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Others #1 and #2.

My Dog: The Paradox

2013-05-07 Humor

Author : The Oatmeal
Release : 2013-05-07
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 710/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Dog: The Paradox written by The Oatmeal. This book was released on 2013-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eponymous comic became an instant hit when it went live on The Oatmeal.com and was liked on Facebook by 700,000 fans. Now fans will have a keepsake book of this comic to give and to keep. In My Dog: The Paradox, Inman discusses the canine penchant for rolling in horse droppings, chasing large animals four times their size, and acting recklessly enthusiastic through the entirety of their impulsive, lovable lives. Hilarious and heartfelt, My Dog: The Paradox eloquently illustrates the complicated relationship between man and dog. We will never know why dogs fear hair dryers, or being baited into staring contests with cats, but as Inman explains, perhaps we love dogs so much “because their lives aren’t lengthy, logical, or deliberate, but an explosive paradox composed of fur, teeth, and enthusiasm.”

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