Super Happy Magic Forest and the Portals of Panic

What’s it about?

The story.

Strange portals have appeared all over the Super Happy Magic Forest. They lead somewhere. Nobody knows where. Blossom, Gumball, Trevor, Herbert, and Hoofius investigate, and are promptly deposited into a series of worlds that are each weirder, more dangerous, and more comedy-dense than the last. Matty Long uses the portal premise to expand the collection's visual vocabulary: each new world is a fresh excuse for a completely different illustration style, set of visual jokes, and cast of ridiculous supporting characters. The book rewards readers who are already invested in the group dynamics from the Humongous Fungus while giving Long room to push the world-building further than the picture books allowed. The second chapter book in the series and the one that establishes the formula: a new threat, a series of improbable environments, and five characters whose differing approaches to problems create almost all of the comedy. Best read after the Humongous Fungus.