The Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy is a comic book trilogy, created by Filipe Melo and illustrated by Juan Cavia and Santiago Villa.
A young pizza delivery boy, a middle aged werewolf, a six-thousand-year-old demon and the severed head of a gargoyle are about to face the forces of evil that threaten mankind.
The books were published in Portugal by Tinta-da-China and in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics. Aside from the 3 volumes, the team was invited to write a story for an anthology celebrating the 25th anniversary of Dark Horse Presents, also featuring works by Frank Miller and Mike Mignola. The story was later published in the book The Untold Tales of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy. The books have forewords by legendary directors John Landis, George A. Romero and Tobe Hooper.
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The Incredible Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy
Eurico Catatau is a young pizza delivery boy. After witnessing his motorbike being stolen by a gargoyle, he hires João Vicente "Dog" Mendonça, private investigator of the occult, and his assistant Pazuul Nhgwaiatuu. Together they soon realise that the problem is bigger than they expected. Accompanied by the head of the gargoyle responsible for the theft, they will face the underworld of the Lisbon sewers, in a crazy adventure that will cross the boundaries of your imagination.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy - Apocalipse
Dog, Pizzaboy, Pazuul and Gargoyle are back and this time they will have to face the Apocalipse, as described in the Book of Revelation. Plagues of insects, giant creatures, two hundred thousand demons invade Earth, dragging our heroes on an adventure of biblical proportions! The fate of the world will be decided in Lisbon ...again!
The Fantastic Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy
Eurico is now married and father of two. Dog Mendonça and Pazuul are kicked out of their mansion by the Portuguese government, and they join Eurico and his family. Dog has a gig as Santa Claus at the local shopping center, but an enemy from the past returns to haunt him. The team must get together one last time to save the world.
The trailer for the third book became a viral hit on Youtube, reaching over two million hits in two days.
The Untold Tales of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy
In this compilation of stories, originally published in Dark Horse Presents #4, 5, 6 & 7 (alongside Mike Mignola and Frank Miller), Dog Mendonça narrates his curious background and childhood, from a circus in Tondela and into the depths of a Nazi concentration camp in the Black Forest. These stories follow the adventures of a young Dog Mendonça in a prequel to the three original volumes.
The anthology where they were first presented won the Eisner Award for Best Compilation.
The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy
A video game adaptation was undertaken by OKAM Studio using their in-house open source Godot Engine. As of October 2014, according to the company, the game was 80% complete with the remainder of the game's development being crowdfunded. The game was finally released on March 4, 2016 for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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