Best friends Dave and David think that the pre-Christmas party they're going to on the beach will be a life-altering experience, the kind of thing that will usher them out of childhood and into adulthood. But expectations are made to be dashed, especially when you're a suburban teenager, and a bag of toy anteaters that Dave brings to the party triggers events that prove that the two friends are not quite ready to grow up.

Ian Carney (Sugar Buzz!, Where's It At, Sugar Kat?) and Jonathan Edwards (Aunt Connie and the Plague of Beards, Tank Girl) create a spot-on depiction of adolescence and life in suburban England in A Bag of Anteaters, a new one-shot from SLG Publishing. "People have asked me if A Bag of Anteaters is autobiographical," said Carney. "No, it's not -- it's a work of fiction, though everything in it has happened to me, including buying a bag of toy anteaters in lieu of Christmas cards."

Edwards's art matches the authentic feel of Carney's story, bringing its setting and mood to life. "It looks beautiful," said Andi Watson, creator of the comic series Skeleton Key, Slow News Day and Love Fights, "capturing the look and feel of suburban England in the details of clothing and backgrounds. On top of that, Ian's story has the absolute ring of truth to it."

A Bag of Anteaters is a 32-page black-and-white one-shot, priced at $3.95. It will be in comic book stores on February 16.