Jen Lee

Simon the dog and his two best mates --a racoon and a deer --live in Simon's empty house in a dystopian world where all the humans have disappeared. The three reminisce about Garbage Night when humans would put out a banquet of food for all the animals to pick over and realise with no humans, there is no garbage night and thus no food. The three then meet another dog called Barnaby and decide to follow him through the woods to the next town in search of humans and food. Simon then develops a bit of a man crush on the cooler than cool Barnaby and starts to ignore his other friends - siding with Barnaby in arguments and bragging that he fought of coyotes, etc etc. It all comes to a head when their wanderings take them into the domain of a bear.
With clothes drawn on to depict their character traits - Simon had a hoodie on and nerdy glasses - this graphic novel will appeal to teenage boys. The prequel to Garbage Night is included with this story at the end of the book and explains what really happened when the three friends first met and how they came to be all living in Simon's house.… (more)