(4) 4-6 Fog Mound series. Illustrated by Jon Buller. In this conclusion to the fantasy trilogy, Thelonious Chipmunk and his friends prevent the Dragon Lady and her ratmink minions from invading the protected Fog Mound. Chapters alternate between comic-panel format and text with spot illustrations. There's an unsubtle message about ecology and how "unforeseen consequences" nearly wiped out life on Earth.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) 4-6 Fog 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.

Reviewer: David Elzey