Tell Me This Doesn't Make You Want to Read a Book About a Raccoon and I'll Call You a Liar.

Rocket Raccoon by Scottie Young

You can read the MTV interview with the artist Skottie Young here. While you're doing that I'm off to buy a metric shit tonne (that's a scientific measurement right there) of Guardians of the Galaxy books in the bargain bins - if they haven't had their prices jacked up already.