![]() ![]() Better to take the story at face value of lions resenting captivity and taking their opportunity when it arises. If it is allegory, it’s poorly handled with points very stretched indeed, and Vaughan’s track record indicates a writer of greater capability. There have been attempts to impose allegorical themes of liberation and the price of freedom on Pride of Baghdad, but the narrative evidence is extremely thin, despite the setting. His animal sequences are beautiful, and his pages of terror and desolation equally skilled. ![]() It’s only very occasionally that he resorts to cartoon style exaggeration, and for the remainder of the book remains true to the lions themselves. ![]() Humans are barely seen throughout the story, and the credibility of the book rests on his ability to convince with talking animals in an otherwise realistic setting. Nico Henrichon takes on a task that many comic artists might want to body swerve. ![]() He then set a great rod for his back by deciding to relate his narrative from the viewpoint of four lions. Vaughan seeing news reports of animals once housed in Baghdad Zoo roaming the city as battle raged between American and Iraqi troops early in the 21 st century. Pride of Baghdad was prompted by Brian K. ![]()
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