Als die Tiere den Wald verließen

In the early 1990s, German publisher Bastei Verlag adapted Colin Dann's beloved animal saga Als die Tiere den Wald verließen into a 36-issue comic series. The strip follows a community of woodland creatures forced from their home by human encroachment, embarking on a perilous journey to find a new sanctuary. Though the series is based on the original novels, the comic medium brought a new visual urgency to the animals' struggle for survival. This adaptation remains a notable example of European comic publishing's willingness to treat animal-focused adventure with earnest, dramatic weight.