Then, Wolf, who is tired of eating rodents, and Fox will have a feast. After several comical blunders, a local wolf helps Fox hatch a plan to steal three eggs and raise them to be plump juicy chickens. Despite his best efforts, Fox is anything but "big and bad." His attempts to capture a farmyard chicken are always thwarted, and he is reduced to eating turnips. This review was published in the School Library Journal April 2017 issue.In Benjamin Renner's The Big Bad Fox, the fox aspires to be a "big and bad" predator. VERDICT Bound to keep adults and kids alike laughing, this is a winning selection for comic book fans, reluctant readers, and those who enjoy subversive comedy. This one has heart, too, depicting the fox’s burgeoning feelings of affection toward his unlikely ward.
While much of the humor derives from somewhat predictable setups, such as the fox’s botched attempts at proving that he can be just as intimidating as the wolf, it’s sure to tickle young funny bones, and the author injects the narrative with a sly, edgy sensibility that sets this title apart from more typical fare. Renner sets the individual scenes against a white backdrop, free of borders, resulting in a clean design, and the use of color, texture, and shading is top-notch. Though this work is similar in look and tone to typical comic strips (bulging-eyed, caricaturelike characters with exaggerated expressions occasional slapstick violence motion lines), there’s a sophistication to the art that recalls the author/illustrator’s roots as a celebrated filmmaker and cartoonist. The fox successfully makes off with the eggs, but things get complicated when the chicks emerge and (surprise, surprise!) assume that the fox is their mother. Taking pity on the fox, the wolf proposes playing the long game: stealing eggs and eventually eating the hatched chickens.
The titular character lacks gumption, guile, or cunning, and the chickens send him running each time he ventures into the farmyard. Gr 3-6 –The proverbial fox may be a menace to the henhouse-but not the hero of this work.
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