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Critters #1 featuring the feature characters of the strips, "Usagi Yojimbo", "Birthright" and "Cutey Bunny".

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Critters was a furry anthology comic book published by Fantagraphics Books from 1985 to 1990 under the editorship of Kim Thompson. Some furry fans create and wear costumes of their characters, commonly known as fursuits Furry fandom is a fandom distinguished by its enjoyment of anthropomorphic, often humanoid, animal characters. ... An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

Prior to Furrlough and Genus, this series was the longest running furry anthology comic book series. The title lasted for 50 issues. Furthermore, it served as the flagship title of Fantagraphics' line of furry series in the 1980s. Furrlough is a furry comic book originally published by Antarctic Press and is continued by Radio Comix. ... Cover of Genus #50. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

However, the comic book was notorious for ignoring reader's requests for favourite series while stubbornly running ones that were consistently unpopular and sales eventually suffered for it. ^{[citation needed]} The last 12 issues had the format changed to revolving features of issue long stories which undercut the advantage of anthologies having a greater chance of issues containing stories that would have appeal to readers. This eventually led to the title's cancellation. ^{[citation needed]}

Series

The series included in the book were:

• "Birthright" by Steve Gallacci - Dystopian story set a few generations after 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.