- Graphic Novels
- Ages 5–8
- Comedy
Pizza and Taco: Super-Awesome Comic!
Book 3 of 11 in Pizza and TacoView the full series
A comic-about-making-comics entry that turns Pizza and Taco into creators as well as characters. It is especially useful for children who like drawing, making their own stories or understanding how comics work.
- Best for5–8
- FormatGraphic
- Length72 pp
- Read aloud~34 min
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Warm
- Irreverent
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
Pizza and Taco decide to make their own comic, because surely creating a super-awesome story cannot be that hard. They need heroes, villains, ideas, jokes and maybe a little bit of cooperation, but their creative process soon becomes just as silly as any of their other adventures. Super-Awesome Comic! is a particularly useful entry in the series because it celebrates the act of making comics while still working as a funny early graphic novel. Stephen Shaskan keeps the reading experience light and approachable, but the theme gives children a small window into panels, characters and story invention. For young readers who already doodle their own comics, this may feel especially inviting. It combines food-character humour with creative encouragement, making it a good bridge between reading graphic novels and wanting to make them.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 5–8
- Read aloud · 5–8
- Independent · 5–8
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Works well for
- Bedtime
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
4 / 5 · Bedtime-friendly
Sensitive-child
4 / 5 · Good fit
Graphic intensity
1 / 5 · None
Best for
- First graphic novel
- Comic making
- Reluctant readers
- Creative children
- Funny food characters
Avoid if
- Wants dense prose
- Prefers realistic children
- Wants big adventure
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Interested in art and creativity
- Struggling with reading
- Making friends
In the classroom
How it works in school.
A snappy, silly early comic series — a confidence-builder for new and reluctant readers.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific kick is making a comic about making a comic — Pizza and Taco deciding to create their own super-awesome story, the meta-joke writing itself, the process turning into the plot. The early graphic novel that encourages a child to make their own.
- Friendship and belonging
Why parents love it
The Pizza and Taco that quietly turns young readers into comic-makers — process as plot, panels-about-panels. By the last page most six-year-olds want paper. Quietly the best entry for sparking creative activity beyond reading.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Educational for adult too
In the series
Pizza and Taco.
11 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Stephen Shaskan.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
More like this…
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