"Hound" Review Index

I compiled each installment of my review for the dark fantasy graphic novel Hound by Paul J. Bolger here for readers to easily access. The posts here are indexed in order of publication date.

"Hound" - First Impressions

Ethan Sabatella
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September 13, 2023
"Hound" - First Impressions

This is far from the formalized review I have planned for the Hound graphic novel, but I wanted to give my readers a preview of my initial thoughts after finishing it two weeks ago.

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"Hound" Review

Ethan Sabatella
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September 27, 2023
"Hound" Review

(Credit: Paul J. Bolger, 2022)

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"Hound" The Scholarly Review I - The Conception and Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulainn

Ethan Sabatella
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November 8, 2023
"Hound" The Scholarly Review I - The Conception and Boyhood Deeds of Cú Chulainn

I mentioned in my general review of “Hound” that I might have to split my scholarly review into separate parts. I decided it would be best to do that based on the primary “episodes” that make up the life and saga of Cú Chulainn. This review will be examining Paul J. Bolger’s

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"Hound" The Scholarly Review II - The Wooing of Emer and Training of Cú Chulainn

Ethan Sabatella
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February 14, 2024
"Hound" The Scholarly Review II - The Wooing of Emer and Training of Cú Chulainn

I debated at the end of January whether to post this as my first February post or hold off until this Wednesday (Valentine’s Day). I chose the latter option as it a) gave me more time to research and review the relevant sections of Hound, and 2) since the tales we’re examining in this portion have romantic elements, it fit perfectly …

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"Hound" - The Scholarly Review III - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, Part 1

Ethan Sabatella
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March 27, 2024
"Hound" - The Scholarly Review III - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, Part 1

At last we reach perhaps the most famous story arc from Cú Chulainn’s saga in this adaptation of his life—Táin Bó Cúailnge (“The Cattle Raid of Cooley”). Although the version of events taking place in Hound are heavily truncated from the source material, I decided to split this installment of the scholarly

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"Hound" - The Scholarly Review III - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, Part 2

Ethan Sabatella
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June 26, 2024
"Hound" - The Scholarly Review III - The Cattle Raid of Cooley, Part 2

With how large-scale the original text this section of Hound is based off of, I decided to split it into multiple subsections in order to properly talk about what’s going on in the adaptation. While I will say here that there was a lot of content and entire characters with their own storylines cut out for the sake of focusing this story on Cú Cullan as …

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"Hound" - The Scholarly Review IV - The Death of Aife's Only Son

Ethan Sabatella
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December 4, 2024
"Hound" - The Scholarly Review IV - The Death of Aife's Only Son

This installment is the penultimate part of my overall scholarly review for Paul J. Bolger’s Hound. It is a fairly short “chapter” in the graphic novel, but adapts one of my favorite stories from Cú Chulainn’s life and is utilized as a key turning point in this story’s take on the character. The story it takes from is

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"Hound" - The Scholarly Review Part V - The Death of Cú Chulainn

Feb 12
"Hound" - The Scholarly Review Part V - The Death of Cú Chulainn

At long last, we come to the concluding installment of my first major scholarly review of a Celtic-themed piece of media. The reason it took me so long to get this out is owed mostly to the fact that I am not as familiar with Cú Chulainn’s death-tale as other stories pertaining to him. I also wanted to get my hands on the latest trans…

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