Volume 4
Released in 2018
This volume is more manageable in size than Volume 3, coming in at a "mere" 230 pages with thirty-four artists. Still including cartoonists from around the world, this volume has some new and exciting topics, such as ecosystems like Slim's River (by Rachel Ford) and The International Friendship Garden on the US/Mexican border (by Ally Shwed).
Size: 11 × 8.5 inches
Page Count: 230 b/w pages, including index and bibliography
Price: $25
ISBN: 978-0-9970111-5-9
Praise for Volume 4
I love Awesome ‘Possum, and even though I have been writing about this sort of stuff for much of my life, I learn new things on almost every page.
RICHARD CONNIFF,
author of The Species Seekers
Illustration by Elisa Jarnefelt
Contributors
Cover inks: Tillie Walden
Cover colors and design: Angela Boyle
Introduction: Jon Chad
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Moss Bastille - Aye-aye
Stephen R. Bissette - Komodo dragons (with Ross Studlar on art)
Angela Boyle - Figs, Llamas
Anita K. Boyle - One-eyed sphinx moths
Nancy Canyon - Bone collection
Melissa Capriglione - Bobwhite quails
Bridget Comeau - Shoebill
Bernardo Dias - Ghost owl (aka, barn owl)
Kit Fraser - Eugenie Clark and sharks
Rachel Ford - Slim’s River (A'ay Chu)
Hedj - Herbivores eating meat
Caitlin Hofmeister - Echidnas (with Lauren Norby)
David Humphreys - Pros and cons of zoos
Elisa Jarnefelt - Human filter of nature
David Kirkham - Amphibians and reptiles in Black Country
Kevin Kite - Light-eating animals (with Michelle McCauley)
Hatty Koerner - Ecology of the1930s Dust Bowl
Shing Yin Khor - Corpse flower (Rafflesia)
Kami Koyamatsu - Gypsy moths
Laura Martin - Farley Mowat and wolves
Michelle McCauley - Light-eating animals (with Kevin Kite)
Melissa McGee - Water salinity and fish (with Lisa Wolinksy)
Shashwat Mishra - Haast’s eagle
Lauren Norby - Echidnas (with Caitlin Hofmeister)
Tom O'Brien - Animal hybridization
Kelly M. Ricker - Koala
Salakjit- Ghost slug
Ally Shwed - Friendship Park
Elise Smorczewski - Chickens
Spratty Lin - Grace Olive Wiley and snakes
Ross Wood Studlar - Komodo dragons (written by Stephen R. Bissette)
Alyssa Suzumura - Tiny flies
Kelly Swann - Caracal
Lisa Wolinsky - Water salinity and fish (with Melissa McGee)