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Beasts of Burden #4
When a four-legged friend is found disoriented and traumatized, Pugs, Red, Ace, and Whitey call in the troops to investigate. Something has gone awry at the local cemetery, and it's up to a gang of cats and dogs to unravel the paranormal mysteries of Burden Hill. This issue marks the conclusion of Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson's Beasts of Burden, a four-issue arc chronicling the adventures of these heroic characters first introduced in the anthologies The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings and the other Dark Horse Book of . . . volumes, for which they won coveted Eisner Awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter.
Characters: Ace (Beasts of Burden), Jack (Beasts of Burden), Pugsley (Beasts of Burden), Rex (Beasts of Burden), The Orphan (Beasts of Burden), Whitey (Beasts of Burden)
Creative roster
Daniel Chabon (Assistant Editor)
Evan Dorkin (Script)
Freddye Miller (Assistant Editor)
Jason Arthur (Letterer)
Jill Thompson (Artist, Cover)
Mike Richardson (Publisher)
Scott Allie (Editor)
Sierra Hahn (Associate Editor)
Tina Alessi (Designer)
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