Critters


 * Note: "Critters" is also the former title of the comic strip Bunny Mischief by S'Zero Alaris.



Critters was a furry anthology comic book published by Fantagraphics Books from 1985 to 1990 under the editorship of Kim Thompson.

Prior to Furrlough and Genus, this series was the longest running furry anthology comic book series. Furthermore, it served as the flagship title of Fantagraphics' line of furry series in the 1980s.

The last 12 issues were switched to revolving features of issue-long stories, rather than the anthology format. Declining sales led to this title's cancellation.

Series
The series included in the book were:
 * Birthright by Steve Gallacci - Dystopian story set a few generations ahead of his Erma Felna: EDF series in Albedo Anthropomorphics.
 * Fission Chicken by J.P. Morgan - The adventures of an ill-tempered chicken superhero.
 * Gnuff by Fred Milton - A translation of Swedish comics about a family of dragons which stylistically owes a great deal to the stories of Carl Barks.
 * Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai, which featured the adventures of the rabbit ronin before the strip got its own book.
 * Lionheart by Tom Stazer - In which the title character (a journalist cat) relates the bizarre stories he investigates.
 * "Duck 'Bill' Platypus" by Kyle Rothweiler — An antic, knockabout humor strip about the eponymous character and his strange friends, set allegedly in Tasmania.
 * "Lizards" by J. Holland (story) and Ron Wilber (art) — This series depicted the day-to-day life of Dweezil, a teenage anthropomorphic lizard, his family and friends, set on an alternate (future?) world.
 * "Creepy Crawlies" by Mathson Manger — This series goes through the life of five different creepy crawlies and all the troubles they go through.

Writing
Writings on the rise and fall of Critters:
 * Crittics (Hominids, Oh!) by Taral Wayne
 * Furthering the Form: The Critters Collapse, editorial by Ray Rooney in Furtherance #2 (pp 12-13)