Pride of Baghdad - Niko Henrichon

Pride of Baghdad is a gripping analogy of the Iraq war, featuring a fictional story based on real life events. During the second Iraq war, a bombing raid on Baghdad, inadvertantly resulted in the escape of many of the city's zoo's animals. This tale is about a family of lions that escaped, and is the story of their survival, their pursuit of freedom, and the challenges that face them. Brian K. Vaughan pens a tale that can be viewed on many levels, each one of them heart wrenching, but filled with optimism. Almost in an Orwellian way, the animals in this story can talk, and are used to portray the emotions and feelings of the people involved in ...  Read the complete review

In April 2003 four lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo, during the US bombing of Baghdad, and experienced a new freedom. This book essentially creates a story for these four lions and their new found freedom. This book is written by the award winning Brian Vaughan (Y: The Last Man) and his quality is really shown in this book, along with the quality of the artwork by Niko Henrichon. It starts off with the four lions caged up at the zoo and some of them have plans to escape the zoo, with the aid of other animals, as they long to be free. In this book animals are able to understand each other, but not humans, in a way similar to alot of ...  Read the complete review

Pride of Baghdad is a Vertigo graphic novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon. Based on the true story of four lions who escaped from Baghdad zoo during a 2003 bombing raid, Vaughan explores the reaction of the Iraqi people to the end of Saddam's regime through the lions bid for survival. The anthropomorphised beasts voice human, perhaps universal concerns throughout the course of the novel. While the character's animal natures are never betrayed (although they are compromised), they present a unique perspective of the upheaval caused by the war with America, while their adventure is an engrossing tale on its own. As far as allegories go, it's ...  Read the complete review