A superhero anthropomorphic comedy about a group of wannabe heroes who find
their powers (and problems) at the bottom of a bottle of contaminated fruit juice.

SYNOPSIS:

The Herd is a graphic novel superhero comedy that equally focuses on the characters’ regular

 lives as well as their superhero alter egos.  Fox Canidae (a fox) runs a family business that’s 

been the foundation for Maple City’s development for generations.  Partnering with his best

 friend, Jack LePori (a jackrabbit), the Foxy Fruits company continues to be the backbone of 

Maple City’s economy.  Foxy Fruits provides a range of natural products based on fruit and 

vegetables such as healthy foods, beauty and hygiene products, edible furniture, and most of 

all, exceptionally delicious juice beverages.  

Fox lives with his wife, Dr. Vixie Canidae, Ph.D. (also a fox), and their adopted son Kit 

(an arctic fox and college student).  Life in the sprawling forest metropolis of Maple City

 is good and peaceful.  Outside of Maple City, however, is the desolate and dangerous 

Preylands.  A desert wasteland that no one dares to venture out to - in fear of a criminal 

gang known as The Pack.  Led by the evil criminal mastermind, Count Cromwell Von 

Vultra McDoom (a vulture), they’re notorious for trying to gain territory in Maple City 

through diabolical means.  Their most recent plot has their brilliant scientist 

Professor Doctor Monkey-Shine (a baboon) working for Foxy Fruits’ research and 

development department.   After a few years of establishing trust within the company, 

he gained access to the Foxy Fruits’ secret recipe.  This recipe is what gives Foxy Fruits

its signature flavor and has been kept a secret from anyone outside the Canidae bloodline.

Monkey-Shine developed a formula that requires the Foxy Fruits’ secret recipe as the active

ingredient which turns his formula into a Super Serum.  When consumed, it will give The Pack

powerful abilities that will enable them to invade and take control of Maple City.  Later that 

evening while a new limited edition juice product is being bottled, Monkey-Shine is forced by 

The Pack to test the Super Serum on himself first.  After it causes an unexpected reaction,  

Monkey-Shine accidentally drops the vile of the Super Serum into the vat of the new juice

 product; causing the entire line to be contaminated.  Gone mad with powers he doesn’t 

understand how to control,  Monkey-Shine disappears into the night leaving the factory 

destroyed.  The next morning, Fox and Jack learn of the damage to the factory and that 

Professor Doctor Monkey-Shine is missing, but are unaware of their contaminated juice product.  

Adding insult to injury, a launch event for the new juice is held later that day; quickly spreading 

the juice throughout the city.  The following morning symptoms take hold and cause every citizen 

that drank the juice to have weird supernatural abilities.  Maple City is never the same again. 

Fox and his family take it upon themselves to use their newfound abilities to become the heroes 

Maple City needs to get this supernaturally juicy pandemic under control.  Little do they know 

that their amateur superhero crusade will start an ongoing war with their new enemies, The Pack!

The Herd Volume books 1-4 are available now in ebook and paperback at www.accidentalcreations.ca