History ComicBook / Hound2014

* EvilMatriarch: Morrigan encourages Setanta to pursue what he's best at since his childhood, referring to herself and him as mother and son. He eventually discovers that she's a cruel and manipulative goddess who wants him to surrender his humanity for the sake of war, which is her domain.

* YouKilledMyFather: King Connor bears a grudge against Morrigan for causing the death of his sister to steal his nephew away as a baby.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Detira is a loving mother to Setanta, kissing his forehead after she tells her brother that the boy is strong like his father the sun god. She dies trying to get him off Morrigan's claws when he is only a baby.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: Setanta originally has blond hair like his mother but exposure to Morrigan's dark power turns his hair black to reflect the goddess' influence.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: King Connor's sister is a loving mother to Setanta, kissing his forehead after she tells her brother that the boy is strong like his father the sun god. She dies trying to get him off Morrigan's claws when he is only a baby.

* MamaBear: Setanta's mother climbs a pillar to jump at Morrigan and get her baby off the goddess' claws. She falls to her death in doing so and asks her brother, King Connor, to save Setanta with her last breath.

* WarGod: Morrigan, the Irish goddess of war, sets her sight on Setanta and manipulates people into fighting each other to regain power for herself after peace has weakened her.

* ActionGirl: Skye owns a school training warriors on the Isle of Skye from abroad. She defends her school from Eva's Kelpies with her followers and students.

* ActionGirl:
** The Isle of Skye is home to warrior women. Skye owns an entire school training warriors from abroad while her estranged daughter, Eva, leads a band of warriors clad in seaweed called the Kelpies.
** As the warrior queen of Connact, Maeve leads her army into the battlefield. She effortlessly hurls a spear at Morrigan when her army marches through a river, exposing the goddess' disguise as she turns into a crow. Near the end of the story, she leads a surprise attack on Cú Cullan with a short sword.

The graphic novel was first published in 3 volumes in limited copies by Polish animation studio [=BreakThru=] Films. Each volume was subtitled ''Protector'' (2014), ''Defender'' (2016), and ''Liberator'' (2018). Paul rendered the graphic novel in black and white with an occasional use of red to save time and costs. British film producer Hugh Welchman edited the graphic novel and launched three successful UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} campaigns to fund the original editions.

In March 2022, American publisher Creator/DarkHorseComics reprinted it as [[{{Omnibus}} as a single volume]]--which is how Paul intended the graphic novel to be read--with promotional text by Creator/AidanTurner (actor: ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Series/{{Poldark}}''), [[Creator/AardmanAnimations Peter Lord]] (director: ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists Pirates: Band of Misfits]]''), and [[Creator/CartoonSaloon Tomm Moore]] (director: ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') and a gallery of art dedicated by various 14 artists.

''Hound'' is an Irish graphic novel written and drawn by Paul J. Bolger and co-written by Barry Devlin (of Music/{{Horslips}} fame), with lettering by Dee Cunniffe and logo by Fran Walsh. It retells the [[Myth/CelticMythology myth of Cú Chulainn]] in the Ulster Cycle from the perspective of Morrigan, the goddess of war.

In March 2022, American publisher Creator/DarkHorseComics reprinted it as [[{{Omnibus}} as a single volume]]--which is how Paul intended the graphic novel to be read--with promotional text by Creator/AidanTurner (actor: ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Series/{{Poldark}}''), [[Creator/AardmanAnimations Peter Lord]] (director: ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists Pirates: Band of Misfits]]''), and [[Creator/CartoonSaloon Tomm Moore]] (director: ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') and a gallery of art dedicated to the work by various 14 artists.

* LastOfHerKind: According to the opening and ending narration, Morrigan is the last of the Followers of The Great Mother Danú since the Sons of Mil won against her people for rulership of Erin.

* YouCantFightFate: Halfway through the story, Cú Cullan attempts to settle down with Emer on her father's farm after exile on the Isle of Skye, where Morrigan cannot exert her influence on him. In response to his act of defiance, she orchestrates the invasion of his homeland to force him back into fighting.

* PaintingTheMedium: Morrigan's lines of dialogue are rendered in mixed case with a unique font.

* NamedWeapon: Halfway through the story, Skye bestows a magical spear named the Gae Bolga on Cú Cullan. The Gae Bolga is referred to as 'she' and has epithets such as "The Stretching Spear" and "The God-Killer".

** Morrigan begins and ends the story with the assertion that she is the LastOfHerKind and that she was there during the events of the story unlike any other storyteller.

* CallToAgriculture: Upon returning home, Cú Cullan settles down with Emer on her father's farm to distance himself from the life of a warrior and the meddling of Morrigan. He is shown to have continued with farming during peacetime ten years after the battle against Ferdia.

* OffingTheOffspring: The duel between Cú Cullan and the boy from Alba ends with the boy dying by Cú Cullan's hands as he reveals himself as the only son of Cú Cullan by Eva.

** At the beginning of the story, Morrigan carries Setanta away as a baby to her lair at Brunaboyne. The final battle takes place around the same site.

* ArrangedMarriage: King Connor tasks Cú Cullan to escort Emer to marry him. Neither the king nor Emer has seen each other and the bride-to-be is unhappy that she is promised to a man older than her own father, and not by her will.

** Cú Cullan leaves Eva pregnant to return to Erin after they carry on an affair for months. The only time he sees his son, [[spoiler:she sends the boy away to Erin to fight him and neither of them realizes who the other is until the boy dies by the Gae Bolga]]

** Cú Cullan leaves Eva pregnant to return to Erin after they carry on an affair for months. The only time he sees his son, [[spoiler:she sends the boy away to Erin to fight him and neither of them realize who each other is until the boy dies by the Gae Bolga.]]

** Maeve is the warrior queen of Connact. She effortlessly hurls a spear at Morrigan as her army marches through a river, exposing the goddess' disguise as she turns into a crow. She leads a surprise attack on Cú Cullan herself with a short sword near the end of the story.

The graphic novel was first published in three volumes in limited copies by Polish animation studio [=BreakThru=] Films. Each volume was subtitled ''Protector'' (2014), ''Defender'' (2016), and ''Liberator'' (2018). Paul rendered the graphic novel in black and white with an occasional use of red to save time and costs. British film producer Hugh Welchman edited the graphic novel and launched three successful UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} campaigns to fund the original editions.

** Cú Cullan leaves Eva pregnant to return to Ireland after they carry on an affair for months. The only time he sees his son, [[spoiler:she sends the boy away to Ireland to fight his father and neither of them realize who each other is until the boy dies by the Gae Bolga.]]

* LastOfHerKind: According to the opening and ending narration, Morrigan is the last of the Followers of The Great Mother Danú since the Sons of Mil won against her people for rulership of Ireland.

''Hound'' is an Irish graphic novel written and drawn by Paul J. Bolger and co-written by Barry Devlin (of Music/{{Horslips}} fame), with lettering by Dee Cunniffe and logo by Fran Walsh. It retells the [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth of Cú Chulainn]] in the Ulster Cycle from the perspective of Morrigan, the goddess of war.

In March 2022, American publisher Creator/DarkHorseComics reprinted it as [[{{Omnibus}} as a single volume]]--which is how Paul intended the graphic novel to be read--with promotional text by Creator/AidanTurner (actor: ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Series/{{Poldark}}''), Peter Lord (director: ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists Pirates: Band of Misfits]]''), and Tomm Moore (director: ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') and a gallery of art dedicated to the work by 14 artists.

In March 2022, American publisher Creator/DarkHorseComics reprinted it as [[{{Omnibus}} as a single volume]]--which is how Paul intended the graphic novel to be read--with promotional text by Creator/AidanTurner (actor: ''Film/TheHobbit'', ''Series/Poldark''), Peter Lord (director: ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists Pirates: Band of Misfits]]''), and Tomm Moore (director: ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') and a gallery of art dedicated to the work by 14 artists.

''Hound'' is an Irish graphic novel written and drawn by Paul J. Bolger, co-written by Barry Devlin (of Music/{{Horslips}} fame), and lettering by Dee Cunniffe. It retells the [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth of Cú Chulainn]] in the Ulster Cycle from the perspective of Morrigan, the goddess of war.

''Hound'' is an Irish graphic novel written and drawn by Paul J. Bolger, co-written by Barry Devlin (of Music/{{Horslips}}) fame, and lettering by Dee Cunniffe. It retells the [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish myth of Cú Chulainn]] in the Ulster Cycle from the perspective of Morrigan, the goddess of war.