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195 pp.
| Simon |
September, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-97686-8$15.99
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4-6Fog Mound series.
In this post-apocalyptic animal fantasy, Thelonious Chipmunk and friends journey to determine what happened to the people of Earth; the implied backstory involves global warming and genetic engineering. The character of Bill, a pint-size human saved from apparent extinction by cryogenics, adds tension the first entry lacked, but the alternation between marginally illustrated text and statically composed comic panels remains inexplicable.