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Star Cat

A universe by James Turner

A daft sci-fi comic series about a cat in space, time-turnips, unicorns and absurd intergalactic adventure.

  • Series

    1
  • Books

    3
  • Best for

    7–10
  • Status

    Ongoing

At a glance

Primary creator
James Turner
First book
Star Cat · 2021
Tone
Funny, Silly, Absurdist, Adventurous
Overall sensitivity
Low

The shape of it

The shape of this universe.

Star Cat is James Turner and Yasmin Sheikh's absurd science-fiction comic franchise about Captain Spacecat and the crew of a spaceship shaped by cats, turnips, unicorns and total nonsense. The series is loud, silly and very accessible, with a strong comic-strip sensibility and a love of deliberately ridiculous space adventure. It is ideal for children who like graphic novels where the plot is less important than the next joke, the next strange alien idea or the next impossible escalation.

A daft sci-fi comic series about a cat in space, time-turnips, unicorns and absurd intergalactic adventure.

Primary themes

Tone palette

  • Funny
  • Silly
  • Absurdist
  • Adventurous

The series

One way in.

Cultural footprint

A shelf of evidence.

Cultural ubiquity

2/ 5

A working classic for readers in the know.

Sensitivity

Low, and collection-wide.

LowCollection-wide

Across the collection

All 3 books.

About the creator

James Turner.

James Turner

Both

James Turner: British comics writer-artist behind Star Cat and Toby and the Pixies — dry, absurd, science-fictional UK middle-grade comics for funny-bone readers ages 6–10.

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