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1-3Flying Beaver Brothers series.
In the sixth installment, island-dwelling beavers Ace and Bub compete in a race to win an awesome houseboat. In a scheme to take the lead, the bros accidentally plant an "everything vine," which indeed takes over everything on the Shark Tooth Islands. The speech-balloon text is deadpan, and the dynamic comic-panel illustrations--pen-and-ink with monochromatic digital coloring--feature plenty of onomatopoeic action.