Unnatural, Vol. 1: Awakening

That this is set in a world of anthropomorphic animals gives it a superficially cartoonish look, but the high-quality art and the adult nature of the story are anything but. The totalitarian world of the setting, where marriage is mandatory and love between different kinds of animal forbidden, has obvious parallels with the religious right and indeed, same-sex relationships are also banned, striking home the metaphor. The comic initially explores that setup but, as it progresses, things begin to get dangerous for our heroine and there's violence amongst the social commentary and flashes of erotic dreams. How much it will be able to keep that up remains to be seen, but it's a solid start. Readers should note that the comic contains partial nudity and sexual references.

I'm kinda reading something furry? I guess? That's fine. It's not my thing, but I was one of those little girls with a crush on Disney's Robin Hood and Justin from the Secret of NIMH (most likely because I wanted to BE them). We have in Unnatural anthropomorphized animals in a sort of fascist society. Fascist at least as far as reproduction goes. Interspecies relations are illegal, and homosexuality is frowned upon. Because procreation! Our hero, Leslie, has just turned 25 and is slated to go to the fascist reproduction association to find herself a viable match. But she keeps having erotic dreams of a white wolf. She herself is a voluptuous pig. So this is sort of slice-of-life alternative animal universe of greatness.

And I loved it. The art is gorgeous. The story is fun. It reminds me of all the things I read or watched as a child, but the grown up version. So I totally was happy for more.