Concerning & Potentially Concerning Content

There are consistent appearances of “potty humor” often shown visually in the comic strip the book appears over. A bird poops on someone’s head, someone poops on the police chief’s floor, a character gets poop on their hand and gives a high five to someone else, multiple references to peeing. There are a lot of less-than-ideal words here, especially from the rude bad guy, such as “stupid”, “jerk”, “who cares”, “who asked you”, “dumb”, “duh”, “raging inferno of death”. There are a few especially disappointing instances. On the cover it shows a male dog character sniffing the rear end of a female dog with a caption that says, “romance”. Graphic shows bad guys pants pulled down, in undergarments, and one is a girl. To show an example of people having their intelligence stolen, a woman/girl says “I went boom boom in my panties”. There are also mentions of a cigar, a ghost and a bad guy named, “Dr. Scum”. The final point to bring up is when the author randomly includes a note from a teacher that is supposed to be an issue slip from school for creating this comic during class. The intended point seems to be to laugh at teachers who would dare to stifle creativity and interrupt the really important things in life, like creating comics when you are supposed to be doing your school assignments. Finally, realize that this book does advertise for Captain Underpants, another series by this author, so make sure to review before letting your child read that one.