Review: A Simple Story, Average Illustrations Though
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2012
I found Dog Wants to Be Famous to be an okay story, it's very simple, basically just a dog coming up with suggestions of how it can become famous, with a cat pointing out the obvious flaws in each suggestion.  The cover image is an indication of the quality of the texta style illustration, in fact that's one of the better images. I don't know if they intentionally are supposed to come across as a bit amateurish in some arty type way to complement the story but I don't think they added anything to the tale which is really nothing special on its own.  Great illustration may have lifted this story to another level.  I did like the illustration of the cat's face after the stand-up comedy routine by the dog about cats always being angry and smell funny. Other than that one though the illustrations reminded me of a small child's work, and a child who can't draw at that.  The story itself needed a better ending as well to bring it home.  If this is free check it out, if not though I wouldn't bother.