Another cultural reference, this one fairly recent. Author Nick Abadzis wrote a graphic novel about Laika's life and kept to the facts with a minimum of fictio

Another cultural reference, this one fairly recent. Author Nick Abadzis wrote a graphic novel about Laika's life and kept to the facts with a minimum of fictional embellishment [1]. He later got much feedback from readers who were upset at the sad fate of Laika at the end of his book. So much that he prepared alternate endings [2] to allay the tragic feelings invoked by the true ending he put in the original work. [1] https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel/ https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel/ [2] http://comicsalliance.com/laika-happy-endings-nick-abadzis/ http://comicsalliance.com/laika-happy-endings-nick-abadzis/