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Can orangutans even breed with chimps?

New artists M.C. Wyman and Terry Pallot take over the art chores this issue (I really hope to stay) and Wyman can actually draw, so one can tell the difference between chimps, orangutans and gorillas. Well, there’s a little trouble with the gorillas and chimps, but it’s usually clear.

And, since Kent Burles was incapable of enough detail to show species, I was shocked to discover Roddy McDowell’s descendent in this series is an orangutan.

Did Marshall even watch the movies?

Anyway, nice new artists aside–Wyman isn’t great, but he has that black and white, nineties indie artist enthusiasm–Apes still isn’t on its way back up the hill.

Marshall’s plot is still silly. It’s a happy wedding issue, only there’s a big mean gorilla out to scare everyone. If it weren’t for the constant torture, I’d think his target audience was children.