Tom King & Peter Gross Recreate Animal Farm for Today's America

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Tom King and Peter Gross, reap the benefits of Animal Farm by George Orwell transferring into public area, with a brand new collection, Animal Pound.

Tom King, Peter Gross, Tamra Bonvillain and Clayton Cowles are profiting from Animal Farm and different works by George Orwell transferring into the general public area lately, with a brand new collection from Boom Studios, Animal Pound. Though fairly than making it an allegory for the Soviet Union, it is about trendy American politics. And that was earlier than they noticed the Republican debates and the Tucker Carlson interview with Donald Trump.

When animals develop uninterested in being caged, killed, and bought off–it is solely a matter of time earlier than they’ve had sufficient… After an rebellion places the animals in charge of a pound, they rapidly discover themselves as comrades–united towards all the things that walks on two legs. But with this newfound energy comes a sudden problem: how greatest to put the groundwork for this new democracy. Visionaries King and Gross give us an up to date model of Animal Farm for twenty first century America, the place a two-party system provides method to worry and facism on this can’t-miss occasion collection.

“Animal Pound is the most ambitious story I’ve ever told, and I feel like a fool for trying to do it,” stated Tom King. “But the story came to me strong, and with Peter drawing, I know we’ll pull it off; we’ll make something as insane, stunning, and frightful as the times we live in.”

“Tom’s pitch for Animal Pound was the best pitch I’ve ever read (and I’ve read some great ones!). I was instantly on board and can’t wait to see it out in the world!” stated collection artist Peter Gross.

“Animal Pound isn’t just a comic book event – it’s a literary event, from four of our medium’s boldest storytellers,” stated Executive Editor Eric Harburn. “Tom, Peter, Tamra, and Clayton know the gravity of following in the footsteps of Orwell, arguably the 20th century’s most prescient author. And let me tell you: they are up to the challenge.”

Animal Pound #1 includes a most important cowl by Peter Gross, with variants by Yuko Shimizu, Gabriel H. Walta, Bill Sienkiewicz, Skottie Young, and extra, and can go on sale on the twentieth of December. An Animal Pound Ashcan to preview the collection will likely be obtainable from the fifteenth of November.

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