Cat Kid Comic Club is a spinoff of the incredibly well written children's comic Dog Man, by Dav Pilky, which focus on children expressing themselves though comics in their own style. There’s the main story of Cat Kid and Molly teaching Flippy’s adopted frog children how to make comics, and then some other short stories scattered about, made by the kids. Melvin and Naomi often take the spotlight through their arguments and pursuits of getting published, but all the kids get a chance to shine by showing off their own collaborative comics, which also have ongoing stories and evolve throughout the whole series.

Welcome to the Cat Kid Comic Club, where Li'l Petey (LP), Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. After being bullied by bigger fish, Flippy went home crying. When he got home, Flippy's mom encouraged him. But as he got older, he got trapped in a pot with a squid, and was almost eaten. But they both escaped... Flippy notices a 3D building and praises the team for improving their drawing skills. Curly shows the class how to make 3D buildings. Naomi bugs Melvin whilst drawing a 3D building and Melvin screams: YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY!!! Chapter 4: Big Trouble for Little Melvin [ ]

Readers of all ages will be inspired to dream up their own stories and unleash their own creativity as they dive into this pioneering graphic novel adventure from Dav Pilkey Flippy says that Melvin shouldn't make up facts and Melvin claims he tried to look it up but Summer and Starla were using the computer to make their Haiku comic transitioning it to their comic.

Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly introduce the twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence.

I read this with my ten year old daughter, but my twelve year old kept coming to listen to it as well. The H.A.C.K.E.R. Brothers were intrigued by Naomi's comic, and they ask her to join the group. But Melvin takes over her decisions and declares that he will protect Naomi at all times. The two siblings start saying that they'll crush those who go against them, and they start laughing menacingly... Much like Dog Man, these books teach kids about empathy and kindness and love and other positive personal values in a way that doesn't feel preachy or didactic!

If you make something that isn't what you originally envisioned, so what? Keep going. Make something better. Learn from your mistakes, and don't dwell on your shortcomings. Use them to your advantage. Shape your abilities. Become familiar with the curve of your style. And never stop. With this mindset, there's nowhere to go but up because failing is just another part of the process. Don't allow failure to be an ending but a generator that empowers you to try harder. In college, Dav met a teacher who encouraged him to illustrate and write. He won a national competition in 1986 and the prize was the publication of his first book, World War Won. He made many other books before being awarded the 1998 California Young Reader Medal for Dog Breath, which was published in 1994, and in 1997 he won the Caldecott Honor for The Paperboy. The teased sequel to Chubbs McSpiderbutt is called "Chubbs McSpiderbutt 2: The Birth of Big Bubba Babyhead", a reference to Ambassador Babyhead, an action figure George and Harold played with in the first intro of Dog Man: Fetch-22. In Li'l Petey and Molly's comic, Squid Kid is peculiar from the others and layed him off, while on the distant side, Katydid has a different thought than the others, which lets her cry. Together, these misfits met each other and their lives changed over their friendship.The shenanigans are nonstop and the baby frogs' minicomics are funny and full of heart. Creating stories within a story, author and illustrator Dav Pilkey uses a variety of techniques -- including acrylic paints, colored pencils, Japanese calligraphy, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and much more -- to portray each frog's perspective. The kaleidoscope of art styles, paired with Pilkey's trademark storytelling and humor, fosters creativity, collaboration, independence, and empathy. Readers of all ages will relish this joyful graphic novel adventure. Flippy, Molly, Li’l Petey, and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say. Naomi and Melvin don’t see eye to eye and Poppy perceives the world differently than her siblings. Will the baby frogs figure out how to work together and appreciate one another’s point of view — both inside and outside the classroom? Squid Kid and Katydid , Baby Frog Squad , Gorilla Cheese Sandwich , and Birds Flowers Tree : A Haiku Photo Comic are just some of the mini-comics that are included as stories-within-the-story, each done in a different style, utilizing humour and drama, prose and poetry, illustrated in different media including