Old Yeller Old Yeller Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. It received a Newbery Honor in 1957. The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book's story. In 1957, Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn. In the late 1860s in Texas, young Travis Coates has been left to take care of his family ranch with his mother and younger brother, Arliss, while his father goes off on a cattle
A Boy and His Dog a screenplay with no current plans for production. Ellison considered as late as 2003 that he would combine the three stories (possibly with additional material) to create a novel with the proposed title of "Blood's a Rover" (not to be confused with the Chad Oliver story or the James Ellroy novel "Blood's a Rover"). Prior to the publication of "Blood's a Rover", the graphic novel's Ellison/Corben edition has been reprinted as Vic and Blood: The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog. In January 2018, Subterranean Press announced the publication of "Blood's a Rover", which combined materials from the