This is a collection of quirky comics create initially as a family joke between two brothers ages 5 and 29. The stories are created by the 5 year old and drawn by the older brother. The series evolved from cartoons done just for the family to a web comic to book form. The main character is a "cop" who finds a fire axe that he decides will be his weapon to fight "bad guys." In the first episodes Axe Cop auditions sidekicks which end up being an odd collection of creatures including a giant avocado-man with a unicorn horn. The bad guys are equally quirky and frequently dispatched by the use of the axe, or poison, or explosions. The individual episodes are obviously from the mind of a 5 year old which makes them sometimes childlike and other times surreal. There are also amusing "Ask Axe Cop" (say that 5 times real fast) segments where online readers can post questions which are then answered by the the authors in cartoon form. If you don't mind the explosions and/or decapitations, this is a fun book.
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