DAWWWWWW

Boy oh boy, there's a lot to unpack here. I love it.

Renard is wearing a school suit. Just. Brilliant.

Hi, coyote.

Coyote knew this would happen, but not that it already did.

I don’t know what I expected Reynard to look like, but it wasn’t that. Anyway, Coyote might need to recalibrate his plan slightly.

Also: are the witches going to be the mean girls?

Renard is baby coded and we love him for that

A bit of a dork. Fitting.

Annie has not been wearing her necklace this chapter. The last time that happened, there were 2 of her. — Renard looks a bit on the scruffy / pudgy / non-protective side. — Coyote will likely move the plot along very soon. Can’t wait to see how Parley & the fairies look! How will the ‘mall goths’ re-rez? Great work, Tom!

What the heck. Renard is so cute!

Words cannot describe my disdain for this chapter.

Lmao

AWWWWWWW!!!!!¡!!! ^_^ #Reynard you're a wonderful fox, a really really wonderful fox# Did Coyote know this would happen? I mean Annie & Co going to Zimmy is a given but did he know Rey would show up like *this*?

I REALLY wasn't expecting "School Mascot Renard". Bravo.

Lol. I expected him to have a fox body again, but this... I did not.

Now this is waaaay cuter than the white wolf plush.

i know he's probably based on Renard's original body, but dear lord, that is cursed

Reynard's "true" form is AWKWARD!

I am so used to seeing Renard all white. This is like when a friend of yours suddenly dyes and completely alters their hair style.

OHMIGOD HE'S SO CUTE!!!!!!!!

Oh I just realized there's all this extra white space around the panels because, giant glowing ball of white light at the center of the distortion. Nice touch, Tom.

That's ReNERD

Reynard looks like a nerd. At least he doesn't have glasses with a band-aid wrapped around the bridge, but how many school clubs does he belong to and how high did he score on his SAT's?

I think I called it. 'ww' "Hi Reynard! Were you waiting for me? Thank you. You're cute today!"

No, it isn't.

Yes, Coyote, the retirement to a hallucinatory paradise has started falling apart and, horribly, Annie and Reynard DON'T EVEN KNOW IT!

So, we’re going by Padington bear logic here. I guess Coyote was just in a much more Navajo mood, by comparison.

HahahahahahhahHhA!!! So looks like Renard got his body mostly back! Just now he’s anthropomorphic lol!

Somebody doesn't seem to have gotten the memo about the script changes for Season 2.

This is totally a "Wanda's Hex"-type deal, huh? Everything coming in gets rewritten to fit the existing narrative.

Oh my god he's CUTE???

RENARDS A FOX AGAIN!!! :O

That's Renard!!!

I totally forgot that Zimzim is living the high school fantasy!

Adorbz

Fox kit Renard! =D

Oh right he was a fox.

Daww! Funny to have Coyote be a troublemaker, yet "den Vosch Reynaede" seems perfectly tame.

Pff. Nerd.

What the heck, he's so cute!! I can't imagine this adorable guy as the foulmouth who tried to get with Annie's mom haha

TOM. TOM STOP MAKING RENARD ADORABLE LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THAT'S NOT RENARD THATS FRICKIN PADDINGTON BEAR LOOOOOOOOOOL

Furries :D

He looks like an Arthur character, I'm going to cry from cuteness.

Okay, I was NOT ready for that.

OH GOD RENARD PROPORTIONS IS SO FUNNY WHAT?!? HIS TINY BEADY EYES

Huh.. he looks a bit different.

Will Kat be a villain in this zimmiverse, considering that Zimmi is terrified of her?

HE'S SO PRECIOUS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

What a strange dream

OMG. Ok, I'm officially team badguys, this is the new reality now

Fat Renard.

What the heck?!

mind broken, unable to process schoolboy Renard...

Pfffffffffff Is that a tibetan Fox??

Renard's got that early 80's english art going on, reminds me of Tintin

Renard looks are really unsettling. Like a toy. Which fits, I suppose. But still, really creepy looking guy he turned into.

*squeals* Ohhh man, Coyote in for a surprise. And maybe a bit of jealousy?

Ok but why is he dumpy? Not sure if that's the right descriptor though. Dude looks like Charlie brown, Arthur, and several other kids show characters. I wanted him to look cool... Or at least be taller than her.

Kawaii na~! (so cute!)

OMG, he's a DOLL

This must be payback, the other swing of the pendulum for puppy renard

Renard is chonky?? That was unexpected

Imagine if instead of resolving anything this just became slice of life for another thousand pages.

I've said it before here, and I'll say it AGAIN-again: I did not expect this.

naw man look what they did to my boy T_T

Heya

That Reynard is such a fox.

Renard's a student? Odd, I thought he would've been turned into a teacher. Perhaps considering Annie's relationship with Renard, this was the easiest way to maintain the illusion with their relationship as two pals glued together through thick'n'thin.

...nothing could have prepared me for this. He. He got Peanuts'd.

Someone looks surprised! This should be fun!

Okay, Reynard is adorable! He'd make a great plush! lol

Actual surprise or performative? We shall see in time.

Did coyote know this would happen?

THE CUTEST BOI

OH MY GOODNESS RENARD FLUFFY?!

Renard is just a chill guy.

I love that Coyote gives such Niijima vibes (circa Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple).

Wow I thought Renard would be slim and elegant.

What in the actual HELL?! Reynard is a shlumpy paunchy middle aged man child? You have got to be kidding. How could he be a student? How old is he supposed to be? He was friends with Surma and Eglamore and ….. no. Just no. I can’t even LOOK at this depiction it is so wrong.

sorry i laughed

1 - Classic Coyote :P 2 - People will go nuts when Jack turns up 3 - Tom, I want my dog back

He's kinda gained a few pounds.

What a friggin geek

Uh... Rey? You're looking... weirdly cherubic.

Where's Renard's lovely tail?

How old is Renard supposed to be here? He looks much younger than Annie.

OOP

And that’s Coyote. (Yes, I’m the 231st person to point that out.)

I’m anxious to see how that jarring chapter thumbnail is going to figure into this extremely peaceful and wholesome scene.

he's so fluffy omg

OH MY GOD! Rey is so CUTE!!!

That was very unexpected

oh my, why does he look like Charlie Brown?

Coyote's noticing something's off.

God good he's so adorable. Oh I'm gonna cry when this gets pulled away from her. Poor Annie.

HE IS SO CUTE, this might beat Puppy Renard

What a chill guy.

AHHHHHHHHH RENARD AHHHHHHHHHH HE’S SO CUUUUUUUUUTE

Oh my dog, of course!

Lol Renard seems to be a fan of Rupert the Bear

he looks skinnier in the lithographs, but I guess the webcomic adds ten pounds

Friend shaped Fox McCloud Renard was not on my bingo card.

Ohhhhhh my goshhhhh he’s so cute!!!!

Pfffffff, what?? I gotta say that it's kind of an insult to make that his form. Honestly, I would have made him her brother or something, judging by how close they are, but I guess a BFF is not too bad..

Oh my goodness Eglamore looks so different!

He's just a little guy~

Judging from the surprised look, Firehead Girl had unwillingly defied Coyote's plan again. Source of chaos as Omega said.

ooooh this is all very unsettling lmfao

A) cute doggy B) I'm so excited to see how this new form impacts the mind

Oh, it's that guy again.

Wow, uncanny valley. Maybe he looks like a stuffed animal because he kind of is one? Or is an "idealized" version of him a literal soft boy?

School uniform standards are dropping everywhere.

Short pudgy Renard? That was not how I was expecting him to be portrayed? Looks like coyote was suprised by this arrival.

Renard looks a lot different than I expected! A chubby fox boy who says "hiya", very different from his white wolf form. But of course his original form was a fox. I am also amazed that so many people in last pages comments did not realize this comic is set in the UK. I thought it was abundantly clear through the whole comic. Even if you forgot about the little summary about school houses early on there's still phrases/terms and of course visuals (particularly zimmy's hellworld)

renard has become animal crossing. hes kinda ugly cute

We have seen many versions of Renard, but I think this one is my least favorite. That ensemble doesn't suit him at all.

I saw Renard, and I love him

This is so sweet Tom!

this is a hell of a page to come back to after not keeping up for a few years.

thank you for this chapter Tom

How about 'ol Basil? PLEEEASE let there be Basil too!

....Why is Renard a short, chubby, sidekick-y kid?

...how does Reynard feel about being that Reynard? ...teenage Reynard?

Oh no, he's cute

they massacred my boy ????

EXTREMELY enamored with Winnie-the-Pooh looking Reynard here. I trust this guy. Also... you think Mort's gonna make a cameo? Just to twist the knife a bit more?

Why is rey a shiba!?

A curious manifestation of Renard, such a relaxed figure compared to the, frankly, ripped Ysengrin. (I'm glad the hands 'work', I had some odd fixation on the hands Renard got not going to look right somehow.) But how is his character going to play out as a, on first impression, mild schoolboy? ...assuming, that is, the screen isn't about to crack this very moment and reality catch up in a mad fit before we can find out much about any of these alter egos.

D'aww

Im feeling many different feels.

At first, I was kinda bewildered but you know what. It's fitting.

HE'S SO FLUFFY

Omg, no... Why does Renard look like that?? It's cursed... Why can't he look cool like Ysengrin? T.T

renard in a pair of pants

Tom, I don't want to tell you what merch to make, but if there was a plush of Schoolyard Renard I would give you lots of money for it.

What a Chill Guy

awwwwwwww Renard!! so cute

They made him a dork? How evil.

Renard? I thought it was Reynard?

Coyote is back!!! Woooooo

Not gonna lie. The stuffy wolf made Renard a favor xD

That's interesting. Coyote seems surprised.