Kinski

Kinski, the story of a man who falls in love with a puppy and goes to extreme lengths to keep him. One day traveling salesman Joe stumbles across a puppy and makes the mistake of thinking the loveable animal doesn't have an owner. Thus he begins a one man quest to rescue "his" dog and makes some dubious decisions along the way. Just why Joe goes to extremes which threaten his physical well being and his career aren't clear other than he's fallen for a small bundle of fur.So as the short story unfolds, Joe takes action which doesn't always bode well and suffers the consequences. Its a comedy of errors on the part of Joe but he is determined to give Kinski a better life and he can't be faulted for that.Despite being nearly 150 pages, its a rather quick read but its very enjoyable. And this has everything to do with the talented Gabriel Hardman. Written with charm and beautifully illustrated, its also a refreshing feel good story which is a must for any dog owner.

A lunatic comes across a dog who’s run off from his owners and immediately decides to adopt and rename him Kinski. Why? Because he’s a lunatic (a bit like Klaus Kinski, the actor, whom the dog is named after). Even though dogs – especially puppies – get overexcited and run off on their own all the time and can’t find their owners again, he interprets it as a sign that it wants to escape its owners who must be neglectful and/or abusive.He does find the puppy tied to a post in the backyard after the owners find him again, but a lot of owners do that to their dogs – it’s not immediately a sign of abuse. But that’s all Loony Man (the character’s name is Joe but Looney Man is a more accurate label) needs before he spirits the dog away from its family.Kinski is such an odd comic, I’m surprised Gabriel Hardman felt so strongly about it to turn it into a miniseries at all. The main character is out of his mind nuts – in the instant he sees the puppy he’s willing to lose his job and home just to be with it. Then his life goes even further to hell and he spends his last bit of cash to be with it again after he finds out its been sent to Mexico.Does that mean this book is an examination into the mental state of Looney Man? Not really because there’s no insight and the story is very straightforward. It really is just about an unbalanced chap’s obsession with a dog.To be fair, the male owner of the dog is a bit of a dick, tying Kinski to a pole and then dumping him in Mexico when he feels the dog is coming between him and the female owner. But Looney Man really shouldn’t be stealing other peoples’ dogs, especially when the woman and her son dearly loved Kinski.It’s such a strange story, and Hardman does write/draw it well, that you do get caught up in it to an extent, if only to see how something like this plays out. But the ending is a bit too generic and feel-good for my liking. I think we were supposed to root for Looney Man, but I couldn’t and every beating he took I felt was deserved. Also, the message seems to be, steal any dog you like – it might just turn your life around!Kinski’s definitely not a must-read comic but it’s an unusual and quite readable one though its unlikely to make a lasting impression. I still have no clue who the audience for this book would be though – maybe other crazy people?

I would say this books was either relatively good or relatively bad. It follows a man named Joe, who is clearly having a mental breakdown, he throws his entire life away to follow some dog he finds. After finding the runaway dog he later names Kinski, he embarks on a journey that takes him all the way down to Mexico to recover the dog.Clearly this man is all kinds of crazy, he does all this for a dog. It was evident that he was having the equivalent of a midlife crisis in his, what appears to be his maybe early, maybe mid-thirties.It's a toss up on wether you should read or not, the story isn't that long. The art is like old school, black and white, so that was cool. The book was okay, I just could not get behind the doing all that stuff for a dog.

This is such a cute little comic! I read it in one sitting. I love the artwork and the storyline is so cute! I love this so much! I would definitely recommend you read this comic!

I really like this story. Full of emotion and action. Not the type of action that I have come to expect from Gabriel, but still very good. I've just started to explore the work that he has been doing as a writer. Good stuff check it out.

This is a short and well-executed crime noir about animal neglect, abuse, and obsession. What's not to like?

Interesting tale of life choices.

Something different, which is what gained my interest in the first place