VAMPIRE
CROCODILE FAMILY TREE
Grandma Mutton Grandpa Boots
Walter
Escargot
The Baby Sandal Slipper
CHAPTER 1
IN WHICH A VAMPIRE CROCODILE FINDS A BABY.
But I’ll tell you a secret:
In a mansion in the swamp, there are actually four of them living together!
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“There are no vampire crocodiles in the world.”
That’s what most people would say.
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Today, one of those vampire crocodiles is about to discover something new.BOO! Boo?
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Oh!
Uh
Sandal what ON EARTH is this?!
Can’t you tell?
It’s a baby!
Why is it in the vase?
Because if Grandma finds it she’ll eat it, of course.
We’re crocodiles, not babysitters!
But don’t you think it’s cute?
I think we should keep it!
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Walter does have to admit that the baby is kind of cute...
Nope! Just a single baby on a pile of leaves.
So you’re saying this baby was all alone?
No angry parents around?
Hey Slipper!
Don’t worry cute little baby, of course you can live with us.
Come down and look at this baby I found!!
I sure hope you guys know what you’re getting yourselves into. PIFF!
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CHAPTER 2
IN WHICH THE CROCODILES HAVE A NEW FOOD EXPERIENCE
I should probably tell you that this family of crocodiles were turned into vampires by accident.
It happened a long time ago when they ate an old vampire named Escargot.
Escargot wasn’t too worried when he got pulled apart like roast chicken in the swamp. He knew vampire limbs are always reattachable. Or...almost always.
Unlucky for him...
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Give that back.
...there were no limbs left to attach!
The crocodiles had excellent gut health and the vampire’s entire body was nothing but goo in a matter of minutes!
Escargot had no other choice but to attach his head to the corpse of his own dog.
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Flying!
After digesting an entire vampire, the crocodiles gained amazing vampire powers!
Singing!
And jumping rope!
A few days later they moved into Escargot’s mansion in the swamp and have lived there ever since.
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CHAPTER 3
IN WHICH THE VAMPIRE CROCODILES DISCOVER WHAT TO NOT FEED A BABY.
For lunch, the vampire crocodiles like drinking blood from squirrels and rabbits.
It’s like drinking from a juice box, but instead of a box it’s a squirrel.
Easy enough.
On the other hand, our vampire crocodiles have no idea what human babies eat for lunch.
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I’m like 99% percent sure humans only eat pine cones and berries.
So... I picked these!
Hold on, Sandal!
Those berries could be poisonous.
Hmm...
Turns out it’s......
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I’m sure it’s fine.
Don’t eat those berries or you’ll end up like this one.
......Not fine.
It takes Sandal 3 hours to recover.
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1st Hour.
This baby looks like a raisin
2nd Hour.
3rd Hour.
TAKE THE BERRIES AWAY FROM THE BABY!!!
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I suppose our next option is pine cones then?
ME HUMAN!
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UNHAND
Slipper is quite wary of this weird looking baby. He knows that Grandpa Boots is precisely the way he is now because he wanted to be friends with the humans.
But even so... Slipper can’t help but admit that the baby is quite a funny little creature.
LEAVE ME BE, YOU FIENDS!!
It’s all fun and games...
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...until the baby finds a door.
A very DANGEROUS door!
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CHAPTER 4
IN WHICH GRANDMA MUTTON SMELLS SOMETHING FAMILIAR.
All the vampire crocodiles know that ever since Grandpa got turned into boots, Grandma Mutton has an appetite for humans.
What smells so sweet?
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HEHEHE
Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain.
He grabs the baby diaper...
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Slipper doesn’t have a second to spare!
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...AND PULLS!!!
Sandal and Walter hear the commotion and rush to the scene!
I know what I smelled!!!
A HUMAN IN MY HOUSE!
Just leave her in the bathroom for 15 minutes and she’ll forget.
15 minutes later...
Are we playing board games tonight?
Rome wasn’t built in a day. And perfect parents aren’t either. To say the least, the vampire crocodiles are struggling.
What are we supposed to do for you?
Are you peeing?
I think our Little Raisin must be hungry.
CHAPTER 5
IN WHICH THE VAMPIRE CROCODILES GO “SHOPPING”.
I have something you might want to see.
I tell you, this magazine is the thing you need.
You can have it... ...but not for free.
It will cost you 20 BUTT SCRATCHES!
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OHOHO
Just like Escargot says-
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That’s the spot!
Well earned! What a great day to be undead!!
-this magazine is exactly what they need to learn proper human parenting!
Walter and Sandal think the magazine has some strange ideas about baby care. Diapers? That sounds dangerous. Why is there DIE in the name??
T-O-O-T-H-P-A-S-T-E...
Humans get their teeth from tubes?
what do you see there Little Raisin? BAH!
GARLIC BREAD?!?
I’m sorry baby, not in this house!
LET’S GO SHOPPING!!
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In the dark of night, Sandal, Walter and Slipper fly to town.
They have to bring the baby with them, because neither Escargot nor Grandma Mutton are qualified babysitters.
How do we get in?
There is no doorknob here.
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Are you sure we’ll all fit through the air vent?
Totally!
WOW! This is a dream come true!!!!
It only takes the vampire crocodiles 30 minutes to get everything they need -AND MORE!
Was the sunhat necessary?
You can be a caretaker AND fashionable, you know.
CLAWS UP THIEVES!
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CHAPTER 6
IN WHICH THE VAMPIRE CROCODILES DO A LOT OF RUNNING AWAY. The monsters have got a baby with them!? HEY! Give us the baby!!
OOPS!
The vampire crocodiles decide that NOW is the time to leave!
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43 HOME SWEET HOME! Uh Oh.
I KNEW it was the smell of a human that’s been tickling my nostrils...
Give me that baby so I can eat it!!!! ...and I’m SO HUNGRY!
How about we sit down and talk about this over some tea?
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NO Grandma, you can’t have it!!
When Grandma’s THIS hungry, it’s definitely not safe to have a baby in the house.
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Not that running into an entire mob of humans is safe either-
-but that’s exactly what happens!!
Where are the REAL parents?
Please stop!
Release the poor child you monster!!
YOU ATE THEM. DIDN’T YOU?!
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OH NO, PLEASE! Don’t hurt the baby!
Hurt the baby?
Sandal’s heart sinks.
What if they’re right? What if having vampire crocodiles for parents will just hurt the baby?
I’m so sorry Little Raisin. Maybe I’m not the right parent for you after all.
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-alone.
Sandal makes her way home-
CHAPTER 7
IN WHICH THE VAMPIRE CROCODILES
EXPERIENCE
THE STRONGEST BITE. When Sandal comes home, her family is having a calming cup of blood orange tea in the living room.
Where’s the baby?
Gimme
Gimme!
I gave it away.
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Wha-What do you mean you gave it away? Our Little Raisin?
Sandal tells the whole story and now everyone is hugging and crying-
-except for Grandma.
You’re being ridiculous! It’s an evil and disgusting human!
Grandma’s family just cries even harder.
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By now you must know pretty well that Grandma Mutton is old and cranky. But to tell the truth, she isn’t evil.
Once upon a time, her shriveled heart had also known what it meant to love.
Hey Mutton?
Do you remember what it was like when your husband got turned into boots? That’s what they’re feeling right now! But you can change that: Let them keep the baby.
It wasn’t very nice was it?
Mutton considers those words carefully.
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Alright!
Go right now and pick up that baby again! I give up.
So you can eat it?
NO WAY, that’s exactly why we had to return it!
I won’t eat it! I promise!
All this whining and whinging is driving me crazy! I need some peace in the house again. Now hurry up!
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The search doesn’t take long.
The baby’s gone mad!
It’s the mob! And they’re trying to put clothes on the baby! HELP ME!
Look at those sharp bloodthirsty teeth, this child cannot be human! What a horrible creature!
The villager tries her hardest to shake the baby off!
But Little Raisin hangs on firm-
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We’ve
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had enough! Take that monster away!
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The family of vampire crocodiles is more than happy to oblige.
CHAPTER 8
IN WHICH LIFE GOES ON.
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Have you seen the baby?
With Grandma?
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kidding!
END.
Grandma? Just
THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book is dedicated to all the crocodiles and alligators in the world.
A big and deserved thank you to my supervisors: Joe Kelly, Joana Mosi, Cecil Castellucci, Steven Seagle, Mikkel Mainz, Mads Skovbakke, Peter Dyring-Olsen and Erik Barkman.
Shout out to my studio mates Albin Granberg, Dora Grents and Magnus Merklin, for your help and good company during the production of this book. You guys are awesome! Special credit goes to Magnus for manufacturing the font of this book based on my handwriting.
Shout out to GS19, my roommates and my close friends out there in the world!
BIG love to my family in Iceland.
Mamma, Pabbi, Kalli, óra, Beggi og Bensi, Ég elska ykkur <3.
-Astrid, 2023
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“There are no vampire crocodiles in the world.”
That’s what most people would say. But I’ll tell you a secret: In a mansion in the swamp, there are actually four of them living together!
Today, one of those vampire crocodiles is about to discover something new...
