- Comedy
- Dog Man collection
- Ages 6–10
Cat Kid Comic Club
Part of the collectionDog Man→Best for children who like Dog Man but are especially drawn to drawing, making comics, collaboration and creative confidence.
- Books5 / 5
- Arcs1
- Span2021–2025
- StatusComplete
The series
At a glance.
Cat Kid Comic Club is Dav Pilkey's creativity-focused spin-off from the Dog Man universe. Instead of centring the action on crime-fighting, it follows Li'l Petey, Molly and the baby frogs as they learn to make comics, respond to criticism, collaborate and keep trying when their ideas do not land perfectly. The series is still very silly, with absurd mini-comics and Pilkey's handmade energy, but its emotional centre is unusually clear: children making things, sharing them, feeling vulnerable and discovering that different styles all count. It is a strong choice for artistic, comic-making or confidence-wobbly readers.
Best for children who like Dog Man but are especially drawn to drawing, making comics, collaboration and creative confidence.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Heartwarming
Best after some familiarity with Dog Man, especially Li'l Petey, but the Cat Kid books form their own accessible sequence and should be read in order.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–5 · 2021–2025Low sensitivity
Making comics together
Five comic-club books about creativity, collaboration, criticism and finding your own style.
Cat Kid Comic Club works as one standalone creative arc. Each book gives children a playful model of making art in public: trying ideas, hearing feedback, working with others, being influenced, and realising that comics can look wildly different while still being valid. The mini-comics inside the books are deliberately varied and sometimes ridiculous, which makes the series especially reassuring for children who worry their drawing is not neat or their ideas are too strange. It is low sensitivity, highly accessible and unusually useful for encouraging children to make their own books.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- 19
- Best fit · 6–10
- Read aloud · 5–9
- Independent · 6–10
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
In the same universe
Sister series.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author