Characters from the comic strip
Ozy and Millie.
Millie, a fox, was first created in 1996 by one D.C. Simpson, who later went on to create Ozy. It was a while before he paired the two in a comic strip, 'Ozy and Millie'. I think it is fair to say that the author is and was influenced by "Bloom County" and "Calvin & Hobbes", which he was fascinated with during his elementary school years.
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