Samurai Squirrel

In the mid-1980s, Spotlight Comics published a brief two-issue series, Samurai Squirrel, created entirely by writer/artist Kelley Jarvis. The title character, a squirrel trained in the way of the samurai, starred in a lighthearted action-adventure comic that blended anthropomorphic animal antics with martial arts tropes. Though short-lived, the series stands as a quirky artifact of the independent comics boom of the era, showcasing Jarvis's singular vision and playful genre mashup.