Beasts of Burden

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It's hard to follow up a year that included a team-up with Hellboy, but if any team is capable of fetching even more adventure, it's the furry protectors of Burden Hill. That's right, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden is poised for all-new adventures this year from Dark Horse Comics...

Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden is one of those books that could easily slip under your radar, despite the pedigree of the creators involved. I missed out on it until the fantastic hardcover of their first miniseries dropped, and now I'm hooked...

Okay, you got me. I love Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's "Beasts of Burden." You know this by now. It's been firmly established. I've done my best to justify my ongoing affection for today's newly-released "Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites" hardcover and now I want to pass some of it on to you...

At the risk of sounding dramatic, I think I like "Beasts of Burden" enough that even if writer Evan Dorkin and artist Jill Thompson decided to shove me down a flight of hedgehog-adorned stairs (angry ones, even), I'd maintain my poise despite the punctures and politely ask them to sign a copy of their upcoming "Animal Rites" hardcover...

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The ComicsAlliance Superlatives of 2009 continue with the Best Animal Team of 2009: Dark Horse's "Beasts of Burden." Sorry, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers, but there's only room in my heart for one subhuman supergroup this year, and it is "Beasts of Burden...

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From "Watership Down" to "The Adventures of Milo & Otis," personified animal tales are capable of both melting hearts and inspiring terror just as well, if not better than, stories starring humans. This is especially true of the Eisner Award-winning team of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's "Beasts of Burden," which begins monthly serialization starting Sept. 15...