Dogman: For Whom the Ball Rolls is a graphic novel, the seventh book of the Dogman book series. At the end of the last book, Dogman eats the evil clay taco and barfs him up to stop the fire in the theater. The Fleas are once again defeated. Petey is being a good cat but still has to go to jail because of the previous things he had done. Dogman feels better about being different because all his friends tell him that everyone is unique and special. Now, George and Harold are reading the classic For Whom the Bell Tolls. At the start of the book, Li’l Petey and 80-HD are training Dogman to not get so distracted by rubber balls and other things dogs like, so he wouldn’t lose focus while catching a criminal. Chief and Dogman are interviewed to showcase how Dogman is getting better, so when Chief brings a ball Dogman doesn’t touch it, however, he is now scared of the ball because of the method Li’l Petey used to train him. An old villain from the first book is watching the news and realizes Dogman’s new weakness. He then invents monster bugle balls who rob all the stores and banks in the city, and Dogman can’t fight because he is scared of them. Meanwhile, Li’l Petey invites Grandpa (Petey’s dad) to stay so he can reunite with Petey, but it isn’t going so well. In addition, the Fleas come back to launch an evil plan of their own against the city. With so much evil terrorizing the city, can the good guys still win?
I loved this book because there were multiple emotional scenes in it and there even was a moral to this story- although the world can be a cruel place, there is still happiness in it. I found the new “superhero”, Big Jim, extremely amusing, since he doesn’t actually do anything useful but still manages to catch the bad guys. Finally, this book was once again named after a classic, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and I liked how there were a few references to this classic and a nice poem, too. There was a page at the end of the book to credit the references. Because of all this, I give this book a five out of five.