Through its use of anthropomorphic animals drawn in black and white without the use of word bubbles or text, it conveys themes of desire, violence, identity crises and psychological distress.

They lead him to a movie theater, where they point to a poster for a film showing a strong fox standing on top of a pile of dead bunnies.

After giving the meat to his mom for their dinner, the protagonist watches as his younger sibling plays a video game involving chasing down and eating bunnies.

Chapter Two begins with the protagonist's family dropping him off at a camp to indoctrinate him in the ways of being a "proper" fox.

The protagonist learns how to shoot a gun for hunting bunnies, and earns the praise of his fellow campers.

Drawn entirely in simply black and white graphics, Fox Bunny Funny caused reviewers to draw references to "Rwandan genocide, Nazi Germany, the consumer economy, animal rights, and gay and lesbian identity issues".

The integrated fox-bunny society is still enamored with violence but in the form of fantasy, drawing a political allegory.

[2] The endpaper of the book consists of tiled fox and bunny faces, drawing a reference to M. C.

[4] Fox Bunny Funny was praised for its ability to convey an entire narrative without using any text.

[2] Francisca Goldsmith of Booklist called Fox Bunny Funny "a must for libraries supporting LGBT collections".