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The Fastest Nose in the West!

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  The Brand-New Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 1960-61   Hi Guys! It's me, Andrew the Bee , with one last holiday offering !   A couple of weeks ago, I told you about The Brand-New Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , an annual comic book put out during the holidays by DC .  These comics had an eleven-year run from 1950 to 1961 , which is impressive given that the red-nose thing is pretty much a one-liner !  Even so, you can tell that the folks at DC got kinda hard-up for ideas toward the end.  Check it out and you'll see what I mean .   Christmas comes to Cactus Gulch.   Today we're gonna be talkin' about the last Rudolph comic.  Like the splash page suggests, it's a bizarre mashup of Christmas and cowpokes !  That's kind of like a banana split , except instead of a banana, you substitute a hot dog !  Now ice cream and hot dogs are great on their own , but they sure don't make much sense together !...

Scurry

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Mac Smith has written and drawn an unforgettable post apocalypse epic. The essence of terror.  Better than even Disney can do. A new world.  Remember, "new" does not mean "good". Point of view really makes a difference, don't it? A moose and a mouse.  The world is huge to me, how so much bigger to a mouse? I really don't wish to say anything else about this.  Wix the mouse is on a journey to save his girlfriend and his colony.  He is opposed by, well, the entire world.     This ain't The Rescuers, no sir. https://www.scurrycomic.com/  Read this and know what storytelling is all about. https://misterscribbles.blogspot.com/

Squarriors

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Squarriors, 2014.  Story by Ash Macko, art by Ashley Witter. Following a catastrophe, the awakened squirrels must learn to fight. Men, the Creators, are no more. The Flash happened and the animals could talk and form societies.  Rival societies. And competing groups mean war. ...and war means bloodshed and death. Cruelty abounds. The Tin Kin compound is a wrecked train, poor in resources but a very strong position. But the Maw and the Amoni is determined on eradicating the Tin Kin. Assassins... ...ferocious allies... ...wreckage and decay...    ...and the Code of Blood has ensured a repeat of all that went before. Where there were 3, soon there will be 2. As the Creators knew for millennia, cats are difficult allies at best. The battle begins. Squarriors, Devil's Due Comics Squirrels are just weird.