- Comedy
- Graphic Novels
- Ages 9–12
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
The Unpetables is Dennis Messner's fast, funny graphic-and-diary series about Pigmund the pig and Lizardo the iguana, two petting-zoo escapees who reinvent themselves as freelance pets with one unbreakable rule: NO MORE PETTING. Told in a giddy mix of paper-plate diary entries and black-and-white comics, with a joke on nearly every page and a retro comic-strip sensibility all its own, it has the keep-turning energy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man and Timmy Failure. Beneath the gags is a genuinely warm story about friendship, freedom and deciding who you want to be, an irresistible hook for reluctant readers and comics fans alike.
Fast, silly diary-and-comics mayhem about two petting-zoo escapees turned freelance pets, catnip for reluctant readers who love Dog Man and Wimpy Kid.
Primary themes
Tone palette
- Funny
- Silly
- Irreverent
- Adventurous
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 3 books.
About the creator