Korgi: Short Tails

Korgi

by Christian Slade

Short Tails is a 48-page comic book collecting all seven Korgi stories from Free Comic Book Day, together with a brand-new adventure called "Cloud Cat." A robot loses its head, finger-puppets battle, a dragon learns to breathe fire, and Sprout the Korgi (of course) stuffs himself with delicious treats! Slade's lovingly detailed pen-and-ink drawings bring his fantasy world to life in small slices, all bound up within a new fully-painted cover.

Genres: Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels, Animals, Childrens, Graphic Novels Comics

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2017

About the author

As a boy growing up in New Jersey, Christian Slade carried his sketchbook everywhere he went. It was said that he sometimes lived in another world, and it was this other world within the pages of his sketchbook that inspired him to draw from his imagination and the world around him. After thirty years, not much has changed. A former Disney animator and currently a full-time freelance illustrator, Christian has embarked upon his very first all-ages graphic novel series, Korgi. Christian currently lives in Orlando with his wife, Ann, and their two Welsh corgis, Penny and Leo.
--from the cover flap of Korgi: Book 1

Christian Slade has a B.F.A. from the University of Central Florida, an M.A. from Syracuse University, a health collection of comic books, way too many sci-fi toys, and a giant rubber tarantula. He keeps all this stuff in a little studio where he draws at the desk he used as a Disney Animator.

Korgi is Christian's very first all-ages graphic novel series. He currently lives in Florida with his wife Ann, their toddler twins Kate and Nate, and their Welsh corgis Penny and Leo.
--from the cover flap of Korgi: Book 2

Reviews

[Shai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm giving this a perfect 5 star rating because the drawings are indeed detailed. Moreover, I like how the readers' mind will be stimulated because it's up to the reader's understanding on how to comprehend the drawings.

[RatGrrrl · Rating 5 out of 5]

The phrase short and sweet was created for this collection of comics and Sprout the Korgi (magical, adorable, fire-breathing corgi, obviously). This is truly a greatest hits of everything great about the Korgi comics condensed into a whole bunch of wonderful little moments!

Last year I became an absolute evangelist for using a library card and Libby app to instantly gain access to thousands of comics for free! One of those comics I randomly came across was volume one of the five that make up Christian Slade's truly wondrous, cozy, bizarre, and unbelievably gorgeous comics, which I absolutely devoured and recently got the physical versions as a birthday present because I loved the so much.

Beware me knocking on your door asking if you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour, Sprout!

This is perfection. This is what peak performance looks like.

The only complaints I have is wanting more and complaining that the physical copies of this particular collection either don't exist in the UK or cost a bajillion pounds to import.

The world is dark and awful. I adore dark and sad books. Sometimes I need a break from these things and is always a warm hug.

- RatGrrrl, 37 years old (today)

[Ilana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely love Sprout the korgi. So adorable. Some of the stories in this comic are kinda boring, though. I liked all of the ones with the little monster creatures, and the one with the dragon who can't breathe fire. I want more of the Korgi books!

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Review: I have absolutely loved the Korgi series and was thrilled to get more with these 'Short Tails'. These are great for readers of all ages as they are wordless except for a brief introduction. This is a collection of short adventures featuring Sprout and many of the other creatures in the world. I loved Cloud Cat and Finger Puppets the most. I love the art style, all black and white pencil/pen drawings but the characters all have a lot of emotion. This is a fun book to have if you love the series.

[Ris · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art style isn't really my vibe, but the adventures themselves were cute. No dialogue, which is fine for most of them but sometimes it might have helped give a little context for the "longer" short adventures because the art style is so busy and detailed that your eye can sometimes have trouble following Korgi.

[Dennis Lynch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of 8 short tails came out in a comic book form, a couple of years before the final volume 5 in the series. I loved reading them after the rest of the series, but was saddened, too, to know that it marked the end of my first read through. I plan to share these with my grandchildren. Maybe they'll let me borrow them back some day.

[Bec · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

I was hoping for a cute little short stories about a cute little doggo. However, the stories really didn't offer anything at all. The illustrations are cute but apart from that this was underwhelming.

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short Korgi tails indeed! I definitely liked most of them, but the final one completely confused me, and a couple of the others are just kind of meh. I prefer the full-length stories for sure, but this was a fun little five-minute read.

[Tim Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume really benefited from the size of the individual stories. Each story was cute, and not dragged out to fit a page count like I feel some of the other volumes did. The art was absolutely spectacular as always. The silent form of this series really played well to the stories this time.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

korgi adventures? yes please!

[kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a super quick, super short read. My favourite was the bath one since that is literally both of my dogs.

[Paige Slater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute and love the short storys

[Lori · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great illustrations but the stories were a little odd

[Nushrika · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m in love with the art style. Every panel is so detailed, I can almost here what’s happening in each setting.

[Christine Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

They were charming stories. The drawings hold so much expression and movement. Very cute

[Tib · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute! Definitely reminded me of my lil Corg!