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Created by Michael Fry and T Lewis, Over the Hedge takes a freshly skewed look at suburban living from the perspective of the animals who lived there first. The strip stars RJ, a mischievous raccoon, and Verne, his sensitive best-buddy turtle. Together they fight to save their wooded wonderland from the evils of encroaching suburbia but end up becoming distracted by wide-screen TVs, discarded fast food containers and the fun of wreaking havoc on the local homeowners' association.
Over the Hedge has delighted comics readers since 1995 with furry antics of all kinds. Nominated for this year's Best Newspaper Comic Strip award from the National Cartoonists Society, this lovable bunch are also seen in an animated adventure from DreamWorks based on the comic strip. The film, released in 2006, stars the voices of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling and William Shatner, among others.
There are four Over the Hedge book collections. Fry and Lewis have known each other since 1992, when they both contributed to the Mickey Mouse comic strip. In addition to writing Over the Hedge, Fry is a screenwriter and producer of the Internet cartoon series Live Nude Geeks. He lives near Austin, Texas, with his wife, their two daughters, and a bevy of animals. Lewis, Hedge's artist, has lived in Africa, Switzerland, and Alaska, among other exotic locales. He won the National Cartoonists Society Award for Book Illustration in 1999. He lives and sort of ranches in rural Washington State with his wife and son and a smattering of dogs, cows and horses.
Plus Licens represents United Feature Syndicate and Newspaper Enterprise Association for syndication rights to Over the Hedge in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
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