It’s fun having the giant Compugdium on the coffee table as a conversation starter. I’m sure there are some folks that don’t care about having signed copies of anything, but for those of us that treasure those items, it’s a pretty good reason to own copies. You can get the creators to sign them! You can’t do that with a digital copy. Ordering things from your local comic book store helps the store, especially if you’re already interested in the title. Ten reasons (in no particular order) for why you shouldn’t just read the Compugdium and the Battlepug comics, but why you should purchase copies as well: The next thing you’re probably asking yourself, ‘Why should I read Battlepug?’ You’re in luck! I can give you ten really good reasons to read the Compugdium and then subscribe to the new Battlepug comic! I’m still not a fan of digital only material, but I definitely give it more than a passing glance now. I don’t want someone else to make – or continue making the same mistake I did. This is all very riveting, I’m sure, and you’re probably wondering why I’m telling you this. The Compugdium was announced shortly after and I quickly signed myself up for it. It wasn’t until a few hours later, after digging on Google, that I realized it was that long forgotten series I wanted to read! Soon after his visit to Dyersburg, I purchased the first volume of Battlepug. I walked by his table and paused, staring at the familiar pug art and the hardcover books on his table. In 2018, Mike Norton was a guest at the Dyersburg Comic and Pop Culture Convention (renamed to the Dyersburg Comic Expo). I don’t usually read digital only comics and books, so I put the naked lady and the pug in the back of mind and moved on. If I had known about the hardcover books, I would have purchased them years ago, but I thought it was only a webcomic. I was not aware that it was in a hardcover format at that time and I later discovered that it was originally a webcomic. After a failed search through back issue boxes in the area, I gave up, forgetting all about the pug and the naked lady. I read a few panels and decided to hunt down physical copies of the comic book called Battlepug.

The comic showed a precariously censored naked woman, talking to two dogs – one of which was a pug. I stumbled across a comic back in 2015 while browsing the internet for pug related images. Spoiler Warning! Do not read any further if you don’t want spoilers about the content of the Compugdium or the new Battlepug comic series.

Battlepug (2019) #1 by Mike Norton