Dogs: Prelude Prelude

R to L (Japanese Style)Boasting furious action, switchback plotting, magnetic characters and dazzling art, Dogs tells the story of four individuals struggling to survive a dystopian urban future by gun and sword and courage and luck.Haine, the "Stray Dog": a cipher of a young man with a mysterious metal collar bolted to his neck and a disturbing talent for mayhem. Badou: a hired gun for petty jobs legal and non, whose reckless facade hides a serious intent. Naoto: a preternaturally skilled swordswoman searching for the assassin who cut down her family and mentor. Mihai: a middle-aged former hitman, trying live a quiet life but haunted by the deaths of his lover and protege. Driven by their ghostsboth dead and aliveand a desire for truth, all are inexorably drawn to the "Underground," the dark and dangerous sector below the city that holds all the secretsbut secrets that can only be had for a price.

Shirow Miwa debuted in Ultra Jump magazine in 1999 with the short series Black Mind. His next series, Dogs, published in the magazine from 2000 to 2001, instantly became a popular success. He returned in 2005 with Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, which is currently running in Ultra Jump. Miwa also creates illustrations for books, music videos and magazines.