Matthew Inman came to us with a vision: adapt his iconic comic “My Dog: The Paradox” into an animated short without compromise. After years of working in Hollywood with endless notes and interference, he wanted to fund and produce this project entirely on his own—no dilution, no outside interference, just pure creative collaboration.

We worked closely with Matthew as he stepped into the director’s chair for the first time, bringing his story about unconditional love, constant chaos, and the beautiful mess of dog ownership to life. Six minutes of animated joy about a very stupid, very lovable dog—distilled from the work of Matthew and our team at Imaginary Planet.

The result is a heartfelt passion project that captures everything that makes the original comic special, now moving, breathing, and barking on screen. This is what happens when a creator gets to make exactly what they want, with a team that cares as much as they do.