I’m a huge Evan Dorkin fan. I’ve collected almost everything he’s done (including his Bill and Ted series). So I’m fairly ashamed to admit that I haven’t read his Beast of Burdens stories (with art by Jill Thompson). To catch up, I grabbed the collected edition: Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites. This collection has the first four short stories and the four issue mini-series. It has painted art by Jill Thompson that works wonderfully with Dorkin’s fun and scary stories. So, who are the Beasts of Burden?