- Comedy
- Graphic Novels
- Ages 6–9
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Peng and Spanners is Steve Webb's daft early graphic novel franchise about two unlikely heroes: Peng, a penguin, and Spanners, a cat-like engineer/inventor, who get pulled into loud, silly, action-comedy missions. The books are built for younger comic readers who want jokes, gadgets, villains, slapstick and big visual momentum rather than dense plot. It has a bright, cartoonish energy that suits reluctant readers well: easy panels, fast pay-offs, ridiculous names and a friendship duo whose problem-solving is usually as chaotic as the trouble they are trying to fix.
A funny early graphic novel series about a penguin, an inventor cat, silly villains, gadgets and chaotic comic missions.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Exciting
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
2/ 5A working classic for readers in the know.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 4 books.
About the creator