Dog Man and Cat Kid / written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545935180
- ISBN: 0545935180
- ISBN: 9781338230376
- ISBN: 1338230379
- ISBN: 9781536428995
- ISBN: 153642899X
- ISBN: 9781544402192
- ISBN: 1544402198
- ISBN: 9781338741063
- ISBN: 1338741063
- Physical Description: 253 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | Chiefly illustrations. Publisher, publishing date, and paging may vary. |
Target Audience Note: | 3.0 Follett Library Resources 3-6 Follett Library Resources 3-6 |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.6 0.5 192899. Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.8 0.5 192899. |
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Genre: | Humorous comics. Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Festus Public Library | Jr Pilkey Graphic (Text) | 32017000084025 | Junior Books | Checked out | 05/10/2024 |
Kirkus Review
Dog Man and Cat Kid : Creator of Captain Underpants
Kirkus Reviews
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Recasting Dog Man and his feline ward, Li'l Petey, as costumed superheroes, Pilkey looks East of Eden in this follow-up to Tale of Two Kitties (2017).The Steinbeck novel's Cain/Abel motif gets some play here, as Petey, "world's evilest cat" and cloned Li'l Petey's original, tries assiduously to tempt his angelic counterpart over to the dark side only to be met, ultimately at least, by Li'l Petey's "Thou mayest." (There are also occasional direct quotes from the novel.) But inner struggles between good and evil assume distinctly subordinate roles to riotous outer ones, as Petey repurposes robots built for a movie about the exploits of Dog Man"the thinking man's Rin Tin Tin"while leading a general rush to the studio's costume department for appropriate good guy/bad guy outfits in preparation for the climactic battle. During said battle and along the way Pilkey tucks in multiple Flip-O-Rama inserts as well as general gags. He lists no fewer than nine ways to ask "who cut the cheese?" and includes both punny chapter titles ("The Bark Knight Rises") and nods to Hamilton and Mary Poppins. The cartoon art, neatly and brightly colored by Garibaldi, is both as easy to read as the snappy dialogue and properly endowed with outsized sound effects, figures displaying a range of skin colors, and glimpses of underwear (even on robots).More trampling in the vineyards of the Literary Classics section, with results that will tickle fancies high and low. (drawing instructions) (Graphic science fiction. 7-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
The Horn Book Review
Dog Man and Cat Kid : Creator of Captain Underpants
The Horn Book
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Color by Jose Garibaldi. In this fourth Dog Man graphic novel, fifth graders George and Harold spoof Steinbeck's East of Eden to humorously explore themes of paternal rejection, inherited depravity, and free will; the canine superhero, an action-movie set, and a mechanized hot-dog army all factor in. With Pilkey's customary light touch and child-emulating cartooning style, this hilarious parody is pure genius. "Flip-o-ramas" and drawing instructions included. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.