Mutt Mag: Takeoff

by Adam de Souza

Welcome to "Takeoff"; the innaugural issue of Mutt Magazine.

Mutt Mag. is a comic magazine that includes both short stories and serialized works.

Over 200 pages of comics!

This issue includes:
- The first chapter of Brambles, newly edited, with additional strips!
- An all new Brambles short story and vignette!
- A story set in the Blind Alley world.
- The vampire story "Zoonosis"
- Two short stories
- Reader letters!

216 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2025

About the author

My name is Adam de Souza and I am based in the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. I write and draw comics, illustrate children’s books, and have worked as a freelance designer in animation.

My first graphic novel The Gulf released through Tundra Books in March 2024. I’m currently working on a few unannounced projects as well as my on-going and award-winning comic strip Blind Alley. You can also read the first chapter of my comic strip Brambles online.

Reviews

[Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

the best thing in summer is to sit down and read a bunch of comics

[Laura Pancoast · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another banger by Adam de Souza. Mutt Mag is a collection of comics featuring new standalone stories and some reprisals by previous characters if you've read Blind Alley. Wander from BA is featured in the story Truffle Pig, and the continued world building has left me soooo curious and eager for more Blind Alley.
I looooove Ought from Brambles and really resonate with their outlook on life. Ought sees the beauty, as well as the impermanence of life, and although they have big questions about the world and often feel like an outcast, they feel content to just enjoy the beauty in their surroundings, to sleep under the stars, and fish with their friend Forte, the sweater wearing frog.
"I know the world can be a scary and violent place...but that doesn't mean one should hide from all it has to offer! When you live in fear you rarely ever notice the flowers. Then you live your life closed off from the world...And that's when you become a freakin' idiot!"(p. 50).
I have been such a big fan of everything I have read by Adam de Souza and it has been really inspiring in getting back in to drawing and thinking about what stories I want my own art to tell.

[amelie · Rating 5 out of 5]

easily my favourite of any of adam’s work

[Lệ Lin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Philosophical, heartbreaking, hilarious, and relatable —another great addition to my collection of comics created by Adam. I literally laughed out loud and then gasped in bewilderment from one story to another. Plus, I can’t wait to read more of Brambles! The joy and wonder that it brings!