[2] Tundra is primarily drawn in two styles, single-panel gag comics using puns in combination with wildlife and the outdoors, and a three-panel strip that employs regular characters: Sherman the Squirrel, Dudley the Bear, Chad the Cartoonist, Andy Lemming, Whiff Skunk, and Hobart the Wise.
Primarily, his job is to pay for everything, especially any damage that any of the animals living in his place cause; this applies almost exclusively to Sherman.
After landing on Dudley's head in a suicide attempt, Sherman recruited him as a drummer into the newfound grunge polka band The Barking Wallspiders.
Fellow monks determined that this unmonkish behavior reflected badly on them and shipped him off to his nephew Andy in Alaska.
In 2009, Chad Carpenter teamed up with Claymore Entertainment, Inc., a company located in his hometown of Wasilla, to develop Tundra The Board Game.
The developers describe the game as follows:Chainsaw wielding bears, gun toting dogs and monster fish await you as you race across Alaska to be the first to spell 'Tundra'.
Based on the award winning comic strip 'Tundra' by Chad Carpenter, you and your opponents will fall into fits of laughter with over 100 jokes that allow you to reek [sic] havoc on others or reap the benefits for yourself.