Kevin and Kell
Kevin and Kell is a furry comedy webcomic strip by syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook.
[2][3] Kevin and Kell takes place in a town called Domain, populated entirely by animals.
However, their plan to remove the predator-prey relationship failed and as a result, the world created is similar to that of twenty-first century Earth, but with a greater likelihood of a violent death.
This was developed further in 2003 by the introduction of the character Danielle, a human who enters the animal world via the Bermuda Triangle and transforms into a rabbit.
The relationship they developed online leads them to continue dating and eventually marry, despite knowing that they would be outcasts from the rest of society.
[# 2][4] Originally, Kevin worked as a system operator on a herbivore web forum,[# 13] although he later became the co-owner of his own internet service provider, Hare-Link.
Kell was eventually pushed out of her executive position in a bloodless coup by R.L., and started running her own start-up company "Dewclaw's Fine Meat Products"[# 16] that exclusively doesn't hunt rabbits.
Rudy, a talented artist, once challenged Kevin for the position of alpha male, unable to accept a rabbit as head of the household and as his stepfather.
Although ten years old, she is a capable apex hunter, though Kevin's mother, Dorothy, initially tried to convert her into an herbivore but gradually accepted her mixed diet.
[# 20][# 21] Other regular characters include: Fenton Fuscus, a bat who is married to Lindesfarne and with her have a hedgehog-bat hybrid daughter, Turvy; Fiona Fennec, a half-red, half-Fennec fox vixen who being Rudy's longtime girlfriend since their early teens, has recently married him; George Fennec, Fiona's father who is married to Danielle, a sister of Kevin, and have a human son, Francis (the first of its kind in this world) since Danielle herself was human once; and Ralph Dewclaw, Kell's brother who was originally hostile to Kevin, but now accepts the rabbit as family after several unsuccessful hunting attempts.
[5] However, Holbrook states that webcomics with earlier start dates have "(to the best of my knowledge) either ceased or has had significant multi-year hiatuses.
[6] Kevin and Kell appeared daily in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 2004 to 2014,[1] after winning a contest where several new comics (syndicated and/or online) were considered and voted on by readers.
During its time with the AJC, Holbrook stated that this constituted the "bulk of his readership", citing the paper's circulation.
"[15] Brandon Sanderson's review in The Official Time Waster's Guide cites the comic's world design, longevity and a discomforting setting where intelligent animals are killed as strengths.
When they are threatened (such as when Lindesfarne is stalked by some cougars near the beginning of the comic's run),[# 29] the enemy predators are presented as dark, evil things to be defeated.…This sense of careless, off-handed killing gives the comic a lot of its humor—however, to maintain that air of humor, Bill never allows the society to work its everyday worst on any of the main characters.
Holbrook holds an annual "Kevin and Kell patron social" at Anthrocon for people who sponsor the strip.
[25] Hare Link, the Internet Service Provider run by Kevin, was a real-life ISP for some time.
The app allows users to read the entire Kevin & Kell library of cartoons, and contains additional features and content including video, cast descriptions, and hidden surprise "Easter eggs."
