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Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in July 2017. When Wade Seago heard his dog incessantly barking at something outside his home, the last thing he expected was to find a 820-pound hog on his front lawn. Seago lives in rural Samson, Alabama, and is used to being surrounded by wildlife. His schnauzer,…

This is a darkly humorous, satirical comic strip that re-tells the classic children’s story “Pinocchio” as an environmental parable set in the modern day (starting in 2019). It’s a mash-up of the original fairy tale with heavy eco-criticism and commentary on plastic pollution and climate change. Here’s the sequence panel-by-panel: 1. Geppetto and Pinocchio are…