The Moolah Tree

Fuzz & Pluck #3

by Ted Stearn

Pluck, an irritable and featherless rooster, and his best pal, the awkward-but-lovable teddy bear known as Fuzz, met long ago in a garbage truck. A tenuous―if decidedly co-dependent―friendship followed, sending them on a series of not-so-heroic adventures. But now, we find them on a ramshackle barge, slowly drifting out to sea. How did they get there? How will they escape?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 12, 2016

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am kind of between 3 and 4 stars for this mild and mildly amusing adventure tale about Pluck, an featherless rooster perpetually in a bad mood, and his sidekick, the more vulnerable teddy bear, Fuzz, This story, various people's interest in finding The Moolah Tree, would seem to bear some relationship to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre in helping us see the pursuit of money as the root of all evil, but in addition to that, it is drawn really well but is also really odd, with a possible appeal to all ages.

[Peter Landau · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE MOOLAH TREE is the third collection of the wacky adventures of Ted Stearn’s Fuzz and Pluck characters. It’s also the last. Stearn died earlier this year. The detailed cartoony renderings and creative layouts we expect are here as is the screwball family-friendly storyline of the tattered teddy bear and his defeathered chicken pal. I’ll miss the oddball tales of these two. Ted was a friend and I’ll miss him even more.

[Derek Royal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read, one that is arguably all-age. It's more mature than a kid's story, but there's nothing here that a child couldn't read and enjoy. It's been a while since we had any Fuzz and Pluck stories.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Fuzz & Pluck, and this adventure in which they endeavor to find a tree that grows money is no exception. I do wish that things would go better for Fuzz sometimes, though. Pluck can be a real jerk.