The Eisner Award-winning story gets its own series! When supernatural occurrences sweep the community of Burden Hill, it's up to a heroic gang of cats and dogs to keep residents safe from harm. A bizarre disturbance leads these four-legged neighbors on a wild-goose chase into the depths of the nearby forest, where loyalties are tested and lives come to an abrupt end. Award-winning comics creators Evan Dorkin (_Milk and Cheese_) and Jill Thompson (_Scary Godmother_) first introduced these heroic characters in the anthologies _The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings_, _The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft_, _The Dark Horse Book of the Dead_, and _The Dark Horse Book of Monsters_, for which they won coveted Eisner Awards for Best Short Story and Best Painter. Adventure, mystery, horror and humor thrive on every page of _Beasts of Burden_a comic-book series that will capture readers' hearts and haunt their dreams.