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* FurryComic: Most of the cast is made up of PettingZooPeople, but the comic ignores most of the conventions of the furry 'genre'.PettingZooPeople.
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** Learoyd accidentally pronounces ''"Hatsas"'' as ''"Hot sauce."''
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* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: The animal characters have human-like hands though the number of fingers varies by species. Most mammals and reptiles have five fingers, ungulates tend to have four, and avians have three.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: For an unknown and probably plot-significant reason there are non-anthropomorphic birds in the Autumnlands that have human hands in place of their feet. They also speak.
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* RitualMagic: Magic in this series is very complex. Spells must be studied and prepared carefully before they are used. Improper casting could cause the spell to fail or it could cause great harm with an unintended effect.
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* {{Utopia}}: According to Dusty there haven't been any major wars in The Autumnlands for a VERY long time. The cities are especially Utopian despite the pervasive race/class-ism held by their inhabitants.
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* YouCanSeeThatRight: Steven sees [[spoiler: a gigantic, robotic ... something]] on the surface which Dusty is oblivious of.
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* TheBigBoard: Gharta and her cadre plan over a magic-hologram one displaying the wreckage of Keneil.
* CoolSword: Even though Learoyd's choice of sword was gawked at because it is traditionally a female's sword it is very slick looking and Steven himself states that it is the best-made sword of the lot.
* DoomedHometown: Poor Keneil is too ideal to last. It plummets to the ground in issue #1.
* DoomedHometown: Poor Keneil is too ideal to last. It plummets to the ground in issue #1.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: By Busiek's admission the series plays a lot with the theme of ''humanity.'' -- Who is more human: The animals who are intellectual and peaceful, but who are largely racist and classist, or Learoyd, the actual human, who is a cold, relentless killer?
* PlayingWithFire: According to Dusty fire is the second spell young wizards are taught, after light.
* VagueAge: Due to the animal nature of the characters it can be difficult to determine exactly how old they are. For instance: Goodfoot could be anywhere from late twenties to forties. And is Gharta old or is she ''very'' old? The reader can only guess.
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* WickedWitch: Gharta's dark, stout and homely appearance give this impression. Though her true wickedness remains to be seen.
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* BittersweetEnding: End of Arc 1: [[spoiler: The people of Keneil are saved from the bison tribes when a sky ship comes to their rescue. Unfortunately in a power play Sandorst blows up the bridge Learoyd was fighting on causing him to fall into raging river. Feeling responsible Dusty dives in to save Learoyd as Enna and Gharta are forced to presume the worst for them.]]
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Not only because the violence in the series is [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence so graphic]], but because in the eye of the sophisticated animals Leoroyd's brutal methods are particularly vulgar.
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Not only because the violence in the series is [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence so graphic]], but because in the eye eyes of the sophisticated animals Leoroyd's brutal methods are particularly vulgar.
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* AStormIsComing: The finale of the first arc which encompases the onset of a huge storm.
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* BattleInTheRain: Steven and the cavalry v. The bison.
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* CombatPragmatist: Steven is a very crafty fighter and strategist. Notoriously he [[spoiler: used explosives to crush much of the bison army under rubble despite the fact that he was supposed to be attending a diplomatic discussion.]]
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* InsistentTerminology: He is '''Councillor''' Sandorst.
--> Sandorst: ''"Or 'Your Grace' if you prefer."''
--> Sandorst: ''"Or 'Your Grace' if you prefer."''
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* ParentalSubstitute: Dunstan, having recently lost his father, strongly latches on to Learoyd as a male role model. Learoyd in turn seems to appreciate Dusty's company in particular.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The prophecy of The Great Champion says that he disappeared suddenly one day. Dunstan wonders if the wizards' pulling The Champion into their ''present'' was what caused him to 'disappear' in the prophecy.
* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: Type 4 - Steven is a lone human among [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic animals]].
* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: Type 4 - Steven is a lone human among [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic animals]].
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* TakeItToTheBridge: The climactic battle at the end of the first arc.
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* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the first arc [[spoiler: Sandorst has the high ground. Steven and Dusty are in a raging river and Gharta has essentially been defamed.]]
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* BadassLonghair: Steven T. Learoyd, the Great Champion, who kills dozens of angry Bison single-handedly immediately after being dragged forward centuries through time.
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* Magitek: The ancient human civilization that Steven hails from seemed to use a combination of both magic and highly advanced technology, based on what little has been revealed about it.
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* WorkingTitle: In the original printing of the first issue, the series title is simply "Tooth and Claw" but it had to be extended due to copyright concerns.
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Dunstan lives in the floating magical Seventh City in the Autumnlands, a world populated with talking animals and magic. Gharta, a wizard and warthog, has brought a gathering of wizards to the Seventh City to perform a ritual that will allow them to summon the "Great Champion," a mythical messiah from the past that is ShroudedInMyth. They perform the ritual...but something goes wrong and all the magic is sucked from the city to open the portal.
All the magic is used up. The magic that currently holds the city in the air. So the city falls, causing widespread destruction.
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Dunstan the terrier lives in the floating magical Seventh City of Keneil in the Autumnlands, a magical world populated with talking animals and magic. animals. Gharta, a wizard and warthog, has brought a gathering of wizards to the Seventh City Keneil to perform a ritual that will allow them to summon the "Great Champion," a mythical messiah from the past that is ShroudedInMyth.ShroudedInMyth, in hopes that he may be able to stop the decline of magic in the world. They perform the ritual...but something goes wrong and all the magic is sucked from the city to open the portal.
All the magic is used up. The magic that currently holds spells keeping the city floating in the air. So sky fail, and the city falls, comes crashing to the ground below, causing widespread massive destruction.
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* {{Humanity'sWake}}: The Autumnlands are our own Earth, long after humans go extinct. When the human Steven Learoyd is brought to the present, the animals that summoned him don't even know what species he is.
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* BadassLonghair: Steven T. Learoyd, the Great Champion, who kills dozens of angry Bison single-handedly immediately after being dragged forward centuries through time.
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* FantasticRacism: Dunstan's father bluntly explains that animals who don't live in the floating "Seventeen Cities" are figuratively and literally ''below them.''
* FloatingContinent: ''The Seventeen Cities'' that float above the planet.
* FurryComic: A rich, interesting setting occupied by [[PettingZooPeople petting zoo people]].
* FurryConfusion: Apparently there are non-anthropomorphised birds in this world. Also Dunstan has a normal praying mantis in a jar on his nightstand.
* FloatingContinent: ''The Seventeen Cities'' that float above the planet.
* FurryComic: A rich, interesting setting occupied by [[PettingZooPeople petting zoo people]].
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* FantasticRacism: Dunstan's father bluntly explains that animals who don't live in the floating "Seventeen Cities" are figuratively and literally ''below them.''
'' The bison tribes of the plains below are called the "Lesser Ones".
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* FurryConfusion: Apparently there are non-anthropomorphised birds in thisworld. Also world, and Dunstan has a normal praying an ordinary preying mantis in a jar on his nightstand. desk. Most of the un-intelligent animals of the Autumnlands, however, are strange quadrupedal fantasy creatures that do not exist in real life. Giant insects are also used as mounts, and don't seem to be sapient, either.
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* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Gharta (warthog) and Affa (giraffe) are in a relationship both interspecies ''and'' homosexual.]]
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* NoSell: Sandorst fires a big, stunning spell at the great champion which is completely ineffective.
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* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler: Gharta and Affa when they are consoling one another in jail.]]
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* StatOVision: Learoyd has holographic glasses which can zoom, display information, and project schematics onto real-world objects.
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The magic that currently holds the city in the air. So the city falls.
And someone has come out of the portal. Is it the Great Champion...or something else?
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* WickedWitch: Gharta's dark, stout, and homely appearance give this impression. Though her true wickedness remains to be seen.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The Keneil survivors get drunk and decide to light fires at night which Gharta ''specifically'' warned them not to do. It incites a bat attack.
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* CallToAdventure: As soon as Dusty is able he departs Keneil's ruins to explore the surface and follow Learoyd.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While Sandorst himself is partly to blame he is correct that the fall of Keneil is in large part Gharta's fault. They all knew the risks.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Due to Sandorst's unfamiliarity with human names he calls "Learoyd, Steven T. of the coalition forces" '''Learoyd-Steventy of Coalitia'''
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->''"Are you ready, my august fellow practitioners? For our spells to fail?"''
Writer Kurt Busiek (''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'', ''ComicBook/AstroCity''), artist Benjamin Dewey (''I Was The Cat'', ''Tragedy Series'') and colorist Jordie Bellaire (''ComicBook/TheManhattanProjects'', ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'') collaborated on this project.
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!!Ho! This comic provides examples of:
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Averted as the animal characters are colored similar to their real life counterparts. Though because the species intermingle the result is a very colorful society.
* AnimalStereotypes: PlayedWith. Dunstan was taught that tenacity and loyalty are dominant traits of the dog tribe. Presumably the other species live up to their own sets of principles.
* BackgroundMagicField: Its gradual failing initiates the plot.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Even though the characters have fairly human-looking feet, they avoid footwear.
* CarnivoreConfusion: The rabbit-people don't seem particularly concerned about bird-of-prey-people.
* ExpressiveEars: Naturally they go down when the character is angry or scared. They droop when the owner is sad and shoot up when excited.
* FantasticFlora: Keneil is home to metallic plants which grow gem-like stones in place of flowers.
* FantasticRacism: Dunstan's father bluntly explains that animals who don't live in the floating "Seventeen Cities" are figuratively and literally ''below them.''
* FloatingContinent: ''The Seventeen Cities'' which float above the planet.
* FurryComic: A rich, interesting setting occupied by [[PettingZooPeople petting zoo people]].
* FurryConfusion: Apparently there are non-anthropomorphised birds in this world. Also Dunstan has a normal praying mantis in a jar on his nightstand.
* GeometricMagic: Circular runes appear to be a common aspect of magic in this universe.
* {{Irony}}: When [[spoiler: Dunstan's father dies]] he is buried in the ground which Dunstan remarks is the last place he would have wanted to be.
* TheLoad: After bitching about not getting enough attention from his fellow wizards Sandorst fails to perform at a critical time in Gharta's plan.
* MagiBabble: Much of the magic talk. Though it's relatively simple to imagine the effects of spells like "The Unremitting Pearl."
* MagicalGesture: Finger gestures play a part in some spells.
* NiceGuy: Dunstan. In issue #1 alone we see Dunstan helping strangers with their luggage and showing compassion to the surface dwelling animals that are viewed as servants by most, including Dunstan's own father.
* PowerCrystal: Dunstan's father uses his to summon a lightening bolt with greivous results.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: It isn't stated outright, but many of the females wear decorative threads on their heads which give an impression of feminine, human-like hair.
* WickedWitch: Gharta's dark, stout, and homely appearance give this impression. Though her true wickedness remains to be seen.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Though there may be one non-animal character...
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->''"Are you ready, my august fellow practitioners? For our spells to fail?"''
Writer Kurt Busiek (''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'', ''ComicBook/AstroCity''), artist Benjamin Dewey (''I Was The Cat'', ''Tragedy Series'') and colorist Jordie Bellaire (''ComicBook/TheManhattanProjects'', ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'') collaborated on this project.
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!!Ho! This comic provides examples of:
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Averted as the animal characters are colored similar to their real life counterparts. Though because the species intermingle the result is a very colorful society.
* AnimalStereotypes: PlayedWith. Dunstan was taught that tenacity and loyalty are dominant traits of the dog tribe. Presumably the other species live up to their own sets of principles.
* BackgroundMagicField: Its gradual failing initiates the plot.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Even though the characters have fairly human-looking feet, they avoid footwear.
* CarnivoreConfusion: The rabbit-people don't seem particularly concerned about bird-of-prey-people.
* ExpressiveEars: Naturally they go down when the character is angry or scared. They droop when the owner is sad and shoot up when excited.
* FantasticFlora: Keneil is home to metallic plants which grow gem-like stones in place of flowers.
* FantasticRacism: Dunstan's father bluntly explains that animals who don't live in the floating "Seventeen Cities" are figuratively and literally ''below them.''
* FloatingContinent: ''The Seventeen Cities'' which float above the planet.
* FurryComic: A rich, interesting setting occupied by [[PettingZooPeople petting zoo people]].
* FurryConfusion: Apparently there are non-anthropomorphised birds in this world. Also Dunstan has a normal praying mantis in a jar on his nightstand.
* GeometricMagic: Circular runes appear to be a common aspect of magic in this universe.
* {{Irony}}: When [[spoiler: Dunstan's father dies]] he is buried in the ground which Dunstan remarks is the last place he would have wanted to be.
* TheLoad: After bitching about not getting enough attention from his fellow wizards Sandorst fails to perform at a critical time in Gharta's plan.
* MagiBabble: Much of the magic talk. Though it's relatively simple to imagine the effects of spells like "The Unremitting Pearl."
* MagicalGesture: Finger gestures play a part in some spells.
* NiceGuy: Dunstan. In issue #1 alone we see Dunstan helping strangers with their luggage and showing compassion to the surface dwelling animals that are viewed as servants by most, including Dunstan's own father.
* PowerCrystal: Dunstan's father uses his to summon a lightening bolt with greivous results.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: It isn't stated outright, but many of the females wear decorative threads on their heads which give an impression of feminine, human-like hair.
* WickedWitch: Gharta's dark, stout, and homely appearance give this impression. Though her true wickedness remains to be seen.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Though there may be one non-animal character...
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