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Awaken, Small Human — Two Comics by Dakota McFadzean

Awaken, Small Human — Two Comics by Dakota McFadzean

Panel 1: (Boy wakes up in forest, face scratched.) Rabbit: Awaken, small human. Child: Huh? Panel 2: Rabbit: I am the ruler of the forest. My people saved you from the grave. Panel 3: (Boy sits up, looks at rabbit.) Panel 4: (Rabbit is now boy's pet, sad.)

Check back every Monday for the rest of June for more new Dakota McFadzean comics!

About the Author

Dakota McFadzean is a Canadian cartoonist whose work has appeared in Mad Magazine and The Best American Comics, and on Funny or Die. His first book, Other Stories and the Horse you Rode in On, was published by Conundrum Press in 2013. From 2010 to 2016, he drew a daily comic strip called The Dailies, three years of which were collected in his second book, Don’t Get Eaten by Anything (Conundrum, 2015). He also co-edits a comics and art anthology called Irene with American cartoonists Andy Warner and d.w. McFadzean currently lives in Toronto, where he works as a storyboard artist for DreamWorks on Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh.

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