| Pride of Baghdad | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Publication date | September 13, 2006 |
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| Writer(s) | Brian K. Vaughan |
| Artist(s) | Niko Henrichon |
| Letterer(s) | Todd Klein |
| Editor(s) | Will Dennis Casey Seijas |
Pride of Baghdad is a graphic novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon released by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint on September 13, 2006. The story is a fictionalized account of the true story of four African lions that escaped from the Baghdad Zoo after an American bombing in 2003.
It won the IGN award for best original graphic novel in 2006.[1]
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The story revolves around the brief freedom experienced by a small pride of captive lions, who escape from Baghdad Zoo during the 2003 invasion of Baghdad by the U.S.-led coalition.
The story may be read as an allegory. The destruction of the zoo and the short lived freedom of the lions can be seen to represent the decline of Iraqi society after being freed from Saddam Hussein's Baath Party by the American invasion. This is illustrated by a comment made by one of the lions shortly after being freed: "There's an old saying, Zill. Freedom can't be given, only earned".
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