Eddie, the human con man turned pug, and half-demon, Tala, team up with some interdimensional wrestlers to break her mom out of jail. Hijinks abound in this incredibly fun series. Eddie is the wise-cracking, sell out his own mother kind of person which gets them into constant trouble. Mike Norton's art is perfect for traversing dimensions while getting one's self into tons of trouble.

I guess I missed where this was a third book in a series so that threw me a little bit not reading the first two. I could still piece together some of the previous works based on the backstory given bits so it worked out ok. It was a bit comedic in it's main character, A pug body but in actuality it's a conman. Throw in some sci-fi and you have a fun read. Not my forte but I'm sure fans of the Previous ones would really enjoy getting back to the series.
I appreciate NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC.

This third volume of Grumble is action packed, as Eddie and Tala cross dimensions to break Tala's mother out of prison. Plus, you get some background story on the relationship of Eddie and Tala's mom... and why he can't be trusted.

It would obviously help to have read the first two volumes before delving into this one. But if you can do without a lot of the background details and just accept that Eddie is a con artist, talking pug, the overall story isn't difficult to follow.

I am torn about writing this review. I want to start by saying I love Mike Norton. I am a huge fan of Battle Pug and have not found a Mike Norton book that I have not loved. The idea of this book is great; a conman stuck in the body of a pug, so creative! That being said I really struggled getting into this book. I don't know why. I couldn't list anything that I thought was bad, I just could not get into it. This is volume 3 and I have not read the others so that was probably the biggest impact on my comprehension and enjoyment of Grumble. I do plan to pick up volume 1 and 2 to see if that makes volume 3 more engaging to me. I will update my review when I get a chance to read the rest of this series.

3 stars for now...

Somehow I managed to miss that this was the third volume in a series, instead of the first. However, that did not influence my reading experience in a bad way. I was still able to follow the story perfectly well and enjoy it in the meantime. I would recommend reading the other two volumes though, because I was missing a bit of the back story. Fortunately there were flashbacks that explained the main events leading to this very moment.

It's easy to describe the plot in a very very short way: prison break. And as is often the case with prison breaks, there are many obstacles and twists. The two things that made this prison break awesome are the art and the flashbacks. The art is very colorful and detailed and I love how unique the characters were!.

I'm a sucker for flashbacks. I just love getting bits of information throughout the story, that make a character's actions clearer and clearer. I feel like this graphic novel handled the flashbacks really well. You start to understand everyone's feelings toward others and get the opportunity to share those feelings of the characters. I usually name examples, but that would spoil this graphic novel so I'll just skip that part.

In short, Grumble: Memphis and Beyond the Infinite is a short but fun graphic novel, filled with twists and revelations. I was able to follow the story, despite not having read the first two volumes. The Graphic Novel made me curious though, so I'll definitely pick them up!

'Grumble: Memphis and Beyond the Infinite: Volume 3' by Rafer Roberts with art by Mike Norton is a graphic novel series about a guy stuck in the body of a pug now involved in a jailbreak.

I did not get a chance to review the first two volumes in this series, so there are probably things I am missing, but each of the 5 issues here starts in the past when Eddie was a human and had a part-demon named daughter named Tala. In the present, Tala is trying to rescue her mother from an interdimensional prison and Eddie, now in dog form, is trying to help along with a cast of misfits.

The story is odd and leans in to it. There is some gritty adventure and weird humor and I liked it. This seems like the end of one story arc, so I just might have to go back and find the first two volumes.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Grumble: Memphis and Beyond the Infinite
by Rafer Roberts
Diamond Book Distributors

This graphic comic is a teen, sci-fi that has just about everything in it. A smart mouth crook in a Pug's body, his daughter that's half demon, having to work together with crazy wrestling uncles, on a space adventure to break out his daughter's mom from a space prison! Nothing to it!

Great colors, art work, font was easy to read, flowed well. Interesting story line. Only problem I had was I didn't know the back story except for the blurb. It would be best to read the earlier books first. I figured it out but it would be nice to know the full story. Only way to do that is to pick up earlier books.
Love the cover! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this book!

Have to admit I felt the tension and desperation in all of this. Just about everybody is trying to con their way for someone they love. A chance to get back at fascists, a chance to save loved ones, and maybe reflect on your ways.

It's kind of a hard pill to swallow when conflict is abound, people are more willing to believe a lie when there's something to gain. For Eddie Edino, I think it's safe to say the journey is worth more for a redemption arc. He seems like one of those characters who needed to recognize what he lost through Tala and trying to make up for it. All with the realization that when you can't be forgiven, you can at least try to live up to an inspiring lie.

Eddie story certainly isn't over yet.

So there's this crook, right, and he gets stuck in a pugs body. This pug crook has a daughter, and guess what? She's half demon! That should tell you all you need to know if you are wondering if this is right for you. But wait, there's more! The pug crook and the half demon daughter go on a adventure to save his former lover (also her mother) and lots of various hi jinks ensue. This graphic novel isn't for everyone, but if you're not scared or turned off it may very well be for you. It was surprisingly heartfelt at times as well as action filled and trippy as heck. 3. 5 out of 5 stars!

In which a bloke who's been turned into a talking, beer-drinking, bipedal bulldog has to help his girl shoot her mother out of a space prison, " two realities over". Only the mission is nothing like what our mutt was expecting. I would normally say something like 'only come here if you're OK with such a premise', but once again, and based on the evidence of the series opener (the reviewing gods forced me to miss Book Two) this isn't quite as wacky, outre or goofy as it might have been. Constant switching back to when the canine was still a cad kind of dilutes the out-there potential. And at times it's not too great at the more mundane aspects, either – a prison break-out is too full of inter-species bickering and sass-talk to hold the attention enough, and the pell-mell action beyond that is rather of the one-note, meaningless kind. It's not awful, but it didn't prove to be as close to my tastes as the evidence of the first book led me believe. Still, good ol' Slippery Jim diGriz went shit, so there is always a chance that doing that kind of thing but with a dog is not going to yield the most coherent, entertaining or sensible book out.