Synopsis:

Appeared on best of 2018 lists from NPR, Bustle, and Nylon! Coyote Doggirl is like Lisa Frank meets Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid This book is as whimsical, funny and dark as any episode of that show. NPRs Best Books of 2018 Even further proof of Hanawalts peculiar genius, her ability to access difficult truths in the most absurd ways possible. Nylons Best Illustrated Books of 2018 A raucous and fierce Western by the BoJack Horseman producer/production designer and award-winning cartoonist Coyote is a dreamer and a drama queen, brazen and brave, faithful yet fiercely independent. She beats her own drum and sews her own crop tops. A gifted equestrian, shes half dog, half coyote, and all power. With the help of her trusty steed, Red, theres not much thats too big for her to bite off, chew up, and spit out right into your face, if you deserve it. But when Coyote and Red find themselves on the run from a trio of vengeful bad dogs, get clobbered by arrows, and are tragically separated, our protagonist is left fighting for her life and longing for her displaced best friend. Taken in by a wolf clan, Coyote may be wounded, but its not long before shes back on the open road to track down Red and tackle the dogs who wronged her. An homage to and a lampoon of Westerns like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Lisa Hanawalts Coyote Doggirl is a self-aware, playful subversion of tropes. As our fallible hero attempts to understand the culture of the wolves, we see a journey in understanding and misunderstanding, adopting and co-opting. Uncomfortable at times but nonetheless rewarding and empowering, the story of these flawed, anthropomorphized characters is nothing if not relentlessly hilarious and heartbreakingly human. Told in Hanawalts technicolor absurdist style, Coyote Doggirl is not just a send-up of the Western genre but a deeply personal story told by an enormously talented cartoonist.

Artists & Writers:
(W/A/CA) Lisa Hanawalt