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Looshkin

A universe by Jamie Smart

A wildly silly comic series about the maddest cat in the world causing chaos, nonsense and cartoon disaster on every page.

  • Series

    1
  • Books

    3
  • Best for

    7–11
  • Status

    Ongoing

At a glance

Primary creator
Jamie Smart
First book
Looshkin: The Maddest Cat in the World · 2018
Tone
Funny, Silly, Absurdist, Irreverent
Overall sensitivity
Low

The shape of it

The shape of this universe.

Looshkin is Jamie Smart's anarchic comic franchise about a blue cat who causes total chaos everywhere he goes. It is louder, ruder and more absurd than many early comics, built around the simple pleasure of watching a character with almost no impulse control derail every situation. The books are very funny for children who like nonsense, shouting, surreal escalation and cartoon mayhem, but they are not calming or emotionally tidy. Looshkin is best treated as pure comic energy: excellent for reluctant readers, less useful for quiet bedtime.

A wildly silly comic series about the maddest cat in the world causing chaos, nonsense and cartoon disaster on every page.

Primary themes

Tone palette

  • Funny
  • Silly
  • Absurdist
  • Irreverent

The series

One way in.

Cultural footprint

A shelf of evidence.

What Looshkin has done

  • Bestseller list

Cultural ubiquity

3/ 5

Well-known to people who know the room.

Sensitivity

Low, and collection-wide.

LowCollection-wide

Across the collection

All 3 books.

About the creator

Jamie Smart.

Jamie Smart

Author

Jamie Smart: British cartoonist behind Bunny vs Monkey, Looshkin and Max and Chaffy — chaotic, manic, gleefully silly comics that are a reliable gateway into reading for funny-bone 6–10s.

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