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Animal Pound
  • Published: 16 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9798892155724
  • Imprint: BOOM! Studios
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $49.99

Animal Pound

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An Orwellian masterpiece for the modern age, an Animal Farm for the 21st century, by legendary comics scribe Tom King and Eisner Award-nominated artist Peter Gross, collaborating for the first time ever.

When animals grow tired of being caged and abused, it’s only a matter of time before they have nothing to lose but their cages...

When an uprising puts a pound in control of the animals, they make quick comrades, united against everything that walks on two legs. But with this newfound power comes a sudden challenge: how best to lay the groundwork for this new democracy as they write their first constitution.

The conditions are ripe for a dictator, primed for instating a new system of brutality and death. When two groups of animals work together will their efforts be enough to prevent further animal authoritarianism?

Discover a timely graphic storytelling event from celebrated New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning writer Tom King (The Human Target, Love Everlasting) and New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-nominated artist Peter Gross (American Jesus, The Books of Magic), collaborating for the first time ever to bring this enduring Orwellian allegory to life for the 21st Century.

Collects Animal Pound #1-5.
  • Published: 16 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9798892155724
  • Imprint: BOOM! Studios
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $49.99

About the authors

Tom King

Tom King is a comic book writer and novelist, best known for his work at DC Comics including Batman, Mister Miracle, Grayson and Omega Men. He often relies on his experience as an ex-CIA agent and experiences during the recent conflicts in the Middle East in his writing, especially apparent in Grayson (alongside co-writer Tim Seeley), Omega Men and in The Sheriff of Babylon, published under the Vertigo imprint.
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Praise for Animal Pound

"This is heartbreaking and immersive reading."—Stephen King

"brilliant, heart-wrenching, adrenaline-pulsing, and revolutionary."—Monkeys Fighting Robots

"King and Gross' take looks to update things a bit warning us of the specter that currently overshadows so much of the world."—Graphic Policy

"a good reimagining of a classic, that feels unique to itself, without straying so far from the source material. It also features superb and subtle art that enhances every element of this story."—Major Spoilers

"This is heartbreaking and immersive reading."—Stephen King

"brilliant, heart-wrenching, adrenaline-pulsing, and revolutionary."—Monkeys Fighting Robots

"King and Gross' take looks to update things a bit warning us of the specter that currently overshadows so much of the world."—Graphic Policy

"a good reimagining of a classic, that feels unique to itself, without straying so far from the source material. It also features superb and subtle art that enhances every element of this story."—Major Spoilers