Dogby Walks Alone

An original English-language manga by Wes Abbott and published by Tokyopop, Dogby Walks Alone tells the story of Dogby, The Voiceless mascot of Happyplace, a Disney-esque theme park. One crowded day, all hell breaks loose when many of the park's mascots organize an armed assault stealing a week's worth of ticket money, as well as the murder of Princess, Dogby's former lover. With the help of Snack Girl, he has to solve both crimes, with many a Shout-Out along the way.

The second volume has Dogby heading to Alaska, having left Happyplace at the end of the first volume, having to rescue a small town from a Russian criminal regime, calling in the help of Squad B, a group of People in Rubber Suits who do mercenary work on the side. Also, he fights a Kodiak bear.

A third volume was planned, but then Tokyopop shut down.

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This manga provides examples of::

• The Baroness: Contessa
• The Chew Toy: Katty Kit
• Corrupt Corporate Executive (Roy Happy)
• Defeat Means Friendship: In Volume 2, the Kodiak Bear shows up in the final battle and mauls a Russian soldier when Dogby gives the okay.
• Disappeared Dad
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Most of Volume 1's cast such as Snack Girl, Princess, Duchess, Head of Park Security, New Shift Supervisor, etc.
• Everything Is Worse With Bears
• Expy: Squad B is essentially The A-Team in rubber suits.
• Film Noir
• Gold Digger: Princess
• Homage: Let's see, Star Wars, Metal Gear, Super Mario Bros.., Chinatown, G.I. Joe, The Blues Brothers, Street Fighter and Twin Peaks in the first volume alone.
• Jerkass Katty Kit
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Michael is essentially Michael Jackson in an iron mask.
• Scarf of Asskicking: Dogby wears one in part of the second volume.
• Shout-Out: Quite a few, especially to the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series - the author is a fan and a regular at the snk-capcom.com forums (which is how this troper found about the comic in the first place).
• Souvenir Land
• The Faceless: Dogby. When he is unmasked, his face is always kept in shadow or obscured some other way.
• The Voiceless: Dogby
• Walking the Earth