Setting
Kevin and Kell takes place in a town known as Domain, populated entirely by animals. The comic describes the world they live in as created by an organization of birds, commonly referred to by fans of the strip as the "Great Bird Conspiracy" (GBC). Birds were the next species after humans to reach sapience. After humans left the planet, the birds traveled back in time to create a world without humans, and gave intelligence to fauna. However, their plan fails to remove predator-prey relationships. As a result, the world created is similar to that of twenty-first century Earth, but with a greater likelihood of a violent death.
The society in Kevin and Kell rather than identifying people by race or social class identifies by scent and having class distinctions such as "carnivores", "herbivores", "insectivores", and "nocturnal". There is also a "Wild" where civilized animals can leave civilization and act like normal animals, walking on all fours and not wearing clothing. Predation is central to strips and jokes are made about it being commonplace.
Humans exist in an alternate Domain, and are referred to as creatures with no natural defenses. Most believe that they are fictional creatures; but a few, including the Dewclaws, know that they exist. This is developed further in 2003 by the introduction of the character Danielle, a human who enters the animal world via the Bermuda Triangle and transforms into a rabbit. However, she later has a son, Francis, who is born human. The series features jokes on a variety of topics. Many draw satirical parallels between its world and ours, making fun of sport, society, class-snobbery, school, technology and offices. Some storylines are satirical. For example, in January 2008 the Predator's Union was described as going on strike, a parody of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.
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