Hot Houndette
Basset Hound Duke Barkin is a transporter for the Man. In Hot Houndette, Duke picks up a suspiciously lively package that turns out to be the beautiful and slippery Mai Daisi, on the run from Big Bad Bob’s Gator Show and Puppy Park.Duke has one inviolable rule: never open the package. But when a duffel bag full of hot houndette wiggles into the pristine interior of his BMW, Duke will have to question his methods, and maybe even take a little detour. Combine that with a trio of TV has-beens and a hungry gator, and Duke is going to have to use all of his moves to save the day.
This is the first part of Duke Barkin # 1, Hot Houndette, written by me (MK Swanson) and illustrated by Joseph Rawlins.
This comic book was inspired by the tireless transporters of Suncoast Basset Rescue, a charitable organization that provides aid and comfort to embattled bassets from all over the state of Florida.
I am looking for an illustrator to complete the book, or to re-vision it and illustrate it from the beginning, as my previous illustrator is not available.
Some of the inspirations for the script include:
- "The Transporter"
- "The Dukes of Hazzard"
- Several well-known beer and taco commercials starring dogs
- Mel's Diner in Sanford
- My own bassets, Clarabelle, Brute, Bluebelle, and Chance, other beloved dogs like Horatio and Nanook, and the benighted pups I have pulled from shelters and transported.