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Hello Kitty Graphic Novels #2
Delicious!
Hello Kitty has a sweet tooth, and there's no telling where it will take her!
64 pages, Library Binding
First published January 7, 2014
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September 20, 2023
Kawaii overload! HK is a REALLY guilty pleasure of mine! I just think that it is a safe place for me to go; just to see the world from a place of innocence that really is so lacking in the world today. I think I may be one of the few people out there who has read HK at the same time I was reading Kafka - just a way to balance things out!
August 11, 2022
So I haven’t seen my little cousins for over a year and I got them a bunch of these Hello Kitty books for when I go home soon. But anyway, I was on FaceTime with them and I showed them one of the books and I ended up reading them a story as if it was a book while showing them the comic strips and they adored it- so basically they love the comics already :) good vibes
October 1, 2017
This one was so funny. There's a scene I particularly love from Hot Stuff, and I laughed all the way through Food Fright and Piece of Cake.
**Spoilers to follow.**
Hot Stuff
Hello Kitty, Jodie, and Thomas go into a pepper store, and Thomas immediately falls in love with the super hot pepper under a glass case and buys it, in a locked steel box. He takes it out with tongs and eats the whole thing! Then he starts uncontrollably sneezing fire! He relights birthday candles, he dries Mama's laundry on the clothes line, roasts weenies and marshmallows. HK tries to give him ice cream to cool down, and it all melts. Then, my favorite scene: Jodie brings a glass and pitcher of iced tea, and he sneezes and the glass and pitcher turns into a cup of hot tea and a teapot! And the look on Jodie's face is priceless. Like, "What am I supposed to do with this? Where's my pitcher?" Then the firetruck comes--run by dalmatians, love it--to hose him down. Finally they trek to the arctic (and there's an adorablepuffin!) where Thomas jumps in, half melting an iceberg. But then he's cold. So how to warm up? Let's buy another pepper!
Loved this one.
Ice Cream
One page. HK goes up to Tuxedo Sam's ice cream truck and asks for a Saturn-sized ice cream cone. Sam scrambles to put it together and HK leaves pleased as punch, hugging her giant cone.
Martian Munchies
This is the first one I haven't quite been able to interpret. HK is out apple picking when she is abducted by a flying saucer! A green, tentacled alien that looks a lot like HK seems dissatisfied as she pokes at the apple. HK says she was going to make apple pie. The alien says she loves apple pie (I think). They fly to the alien's home planet, there's a cute alien animal and almost everything is pink. It seems the alien wants HK to teach her how to make apple pie. She reads the cookbook as HK gathers strange alien ingredients from the kitchen. As the pie finishes, a rocket lands with an American astronaut. HK and the alien bring out the apple pie to him. It has an eye and a mouth, and bites his gloved hand. He runs.
I don't know if the alien knew the astronaut was coming and wanted to make him an apple pie? How? Then why did she frown at the apples? Why try to make an apple pie if she doesn't know about apples and uses the alien recipe? Why try to make an apple pie if she doesn't know how to make a pie even with her own cookbook? Did she purposely abduct Hello Kitty because Mama makes such good apple pies? Why not take Mama? So many questions, so little understood.
Banana Split
Monkey siblings Tim & Tammy are having a picnic of bananas. Suddenly there's only one left. HK suggests they flip a coin or cut it in half, but they decide to compete for it. They tie at arm wrestling, chess, archery, a talent show, and a race. Finally they agree to cut it in half afterall, only to arrive back and find Tracy eating it!
Sweet Dreams
HK, Dear Daniel, and Fifi are having a game night, but HK is falling asleep. She dreams of a candy world with a pink soda river and lollipop trees and all that good stuff. She sees her friends dressed in giant sweet costumes--Mimmy is a slice of cake, Tracy is a milkshake, etc. They have a dance party and suddenly HK runs off. There are DONUT COWS, brown cows with pink icing and holes in the middle, omg, love it. She sees a gumball machine at the top of a mountain and suddenly the gumballs all come rushing toward her. She wakes up and runs to the calendar to circle her dentist appointment so she doesn't forget!
Guess How Many
One page. HK is wearing a lovely purple and teal outfit and running a guessing game for a jar of gumballs. Joey the mouse tries to climb in, and the whole thing tumbles over. He's eating one and we see his guessing paper crossed out from 150 to 149!
Berry Big Problem
This one was a little weird, but okay. HK is wearing an adorable strawberry-like outfit while she's out strawberry picking. Suddenly she's lifted up and wonders if her alien friend from "Martian Munchies" is back. But this time she's put in a huge basket and taken to a huge kitchen. A grumpy giant chases her around the kitchen. She tries various hiding places, even crawling inside an apple with a worm. She sees her reflection in a teapot and suddenly realizes he thinks she is a strawberry! She has an idea and dresses up in some leaves from a brussel sprout. The giant runs out! (Leaving aside the fact that he had brussel sprouts in his kitchen to start with.)
Food Fright
Dear Daniel is preparing a dinner date for HK. He puts pasta on to boil and goes to brush his teeth. Then he wonders if he put the pasta in, so he adds some more. Comb hair, add pasta. Take out the trash, add pasta. Feed the dog, check the pasta. He added so much pasta that it's grown huge and is taking over the kitchen! It engulfs him and he runs out the door looking like a mummy! He can barely see and runs all over town as other characters spot the loose monster and call to warn each other. HK tries to call and warn Daniel but can't get ahold of him. She worriedly goes out to look for him and upon arriving at his house discovers a trail of spaghetti noodles. Daniel stumbles into the Egyptian exhibit at the museum and a real cursed mummy is excited to have a playmate, but Daniel keeps going. HK follows the trail to the park where she thinks she sees the monster, but noticing the bowtie realizes it is Dear Daniel! This has taken all night. The sun comes up and, still wrapped in noodles, Daniel suggests they go for pancakes.
This one was great.
Piece of Cake
Fifi and Tracy come over to HK's to bake a cake. Tracy is super excited and adds some baking soda while the others aren't looking so the cake will be bigger. They go into the living room to read while they wait for the cake to be done. As it bursts out of the oven (fully decorated of course, strawberry) HK gets up to check and it bursts through the door! They run out of the house as it gets bigger and bigger Tracy guiltily admits to what she's done, but they have to drag her away from the still-rising cake. Jodie and Tippy get swept up in the tide! HK, Fifi, and Tracy are up the tree and Tracy just wants to jump in and start eating! HK calls the giant from "Berry Big Problem" who eats all the cake for them! Tracy is disappointed and hungry and asks if they can get cookies. Or Pie? Ice cream? HK and Fifi glare at her.
How to Bake a Cake
One page. Hello Kitty reads from How to Bake a Cake while a cute bumblebee friend helps her with the ingredients. The timer goes off and they high-five over their beautiful cake!
The front and back endpapers have the same picture--a vintage soda shop with Tuxedo Sam serving up sundaes, pies, and candies. The colors are vibrant and everything is adorable!!
**Spoilers to follow.**
Hot Stuff
Hello Kitty, Jodie, and Thomas go into a pepper store, and Thomas immediately falls in love with the super hot pepper under a glass case and buys it, in a locked steel box. He takes it out with tongs and eats the whole thing! Then he starts uncontrollably sneezing fire! He relights birthday candles, he dries Mama's laundry on the clothes line, roasts weenies and marshmallows. HK tries to give him ice cream to cool down, and it all melts. Then, my favorite scene: Jodie brings a glass and pitcher of iced tea, and he sneezes and the glass and pitcher turns into a cup of hot tea and a teapot! And the look on Jodie's face is priceless. Like, "What am I supposed to do with this? Where's my pitcher?" Then the firetruck comes--run by dalmatians, love it--to hose him down. Finally they trek to the arctic (and there's an adorablepuffin!) where Thomas jumps in, half melting an iceberg. But then he's cold. So how to warm up? Let's buy another pepper!
Loved this one.
Ice Cream
One page. HK goes up to Tuxedo Sam's ice cream truck and asks for a Saturn-sized ice cream cone. Sam scrambles to put it together and HK leaves pleased as punch, hugging her giant cone.
Martian Munchies
This is the first one I haven't quite been able to interpret. HK is out apple picking when she is abducted by a flying saucer! A green, tentacled alien that looks a lot like HK seems dissatisfied as she pokes at the apple. HK says she was going to make apple pie. The alien says she loves apple pie (I think). They fly to the alien's home planet, there's a cute alien animal and almost everything is pink. It seems the alien wants HK to teach her how to make apple pie. She reads the cookbook as HK gathers strange alien ingredients from the kitchen. As the pie finishes, a rocket lands with an American astronaut. HK and the alien bring out the apple pie to him. It has an eye and a mouth, and bites his gloved hand. He runs.
I don't know if the alien knew the astronaut was coming and wanted to make him an apple pie? How? Then why did she frown at the apples? Why try to make an apple pie if she doesn't know about apples and uses the alien recipe? Why try to make an apple pie if she doesn't know how to make a pie even with her own cookbook? Did she purposely abduct Hello Kitty because Mama makes such good apple pies? Why not take Mama? So many questions, so little understood.
Banana Split
Monkey siblings Tim & Tammy are having a picnic of bananas. Suddenly there's only one left. HK suggests they flip a coin or cut it in half, but they decide to compete for it. They tie at arm wrestling, chess, archery, a talent show, and a race. Finally they agree to cut it in half afterall, only to arrive back and find Tracy eating it!
Sweet Dreams
HK, Dear Daniel, and Fifi are having a game night, but HK is falling asleep. She dreams of a candy world with a pink soda river and lollipop trees and all that good stuff. She sees her friends dressed in giant sweet costumes--Mimmy is a slice of cake, Tracy is a milkshake, etc. They have a dance party and suddenly HK runs off. There are DONUT COWS, brown cows with pink icing and holes in the middle, omg, love it. She sees a gumball machine at the top of a mountain and suddenly the gumballs all come rushing toward her. She wakes up and runs to the calendar to circle her dentist appointment so she doesn't forget!
Guess How Many
One page. HK is wearing a lovely purple and teal outfit and running a guessing game for a jar of gumballs. Joey the mouse tries to climb in, and the whole thing tumbles over. He's eating one and we see his guessing paper crossed out from 150 to 149!
Berry Big Problem
This one was a little weird, but okay. HK is wearing an adorable strawberry-like outfit while she's out strawberry picking. Suddenly she's lifted up and wonders if her alien friend from "Martian Munchies" is back. But this time she's put in a huge basket and taken to a huge kitchen. A grumpy giant chases her around the kitchen. She tries various hiding places, even crawling inside an apple with a worm. She sees her reflection in a teapot and suddenly realizes he thinks she is a strawberry! She has an idea and dresses up in some leaves from a brussel sprout. The giant runs out! (Leaving aside the fact that he had brussel sprouts in his kitchen to start with.)
Food Fright
Dear Daniel is preparing a dinner date for HK. He puts pasta on to boil and goes to brush his teeth. Then he wonders if he put the pasta in, so he adds some more. Comb hair, add pasta. Take out the trash, add pasta. Feed the dog, check the pasta. He added so much pasta that it's grown huge and is taking over the kitchen! It engulfs him and he runs out the door looking like a mummy! He can barely see and runs all over town as other characters spot the loose monster and call to warn each other. HK tries to call and warn Daniel but can't get ahold of him. She worriedly goes out to look for him and upon arriving at his house discovers a trail of spaghetti noodles. Daniel stumbles into the Egyptian exhibit at the museum and a real cursed mummy is excited to have a playmate, but Daniel keeps going. HK follows the trail to the park where she thinks she sees the monster, but noticing the bowtie realizes it is Dear Daniel! This has taken all night. The sun comes up and, still wrapped in noodles, Daniel suggests they go for pancakes.
This one was great.
Piece of Cake
Fifi and Tracy come over to HK's to bake a cake. Tracy is super excited and adds some baking soda while the others aren't looking so the cake will be bigger. They go into the living room to read while they wait for the cake to be done. As it bursts out of the oven (fully decorated of course, strawberry) HK gets up to check and it bursts through the door! They run out of the house as it gets bigger and bigger Tracy guiltily admits to what she's done, but they have to drag her away from the still-rising cake. Jodie and Tippy get swept up in the tide! HK, Fifi, and Tracy are up the tree and Tracy just wants to jump in and start eating! HK calls the giant from "Berry Big Problem" who eats all the cake for them! Tracy is disappointed and hungry and asks if they can get cookies. Or Pie? Ice cream? HK and Fifi glare at her.
How to Bake a Cake
One page. Hello Kitty reads from How to Bake a Cake while a cute bumblebee friend helps her with the ingredients. The timer goes off and they high-five over their beautiful cake!
The front and back endpapers have the same picture--a vintage soda shop with Tuxedo Sam serving up sundaes, pies, and candies. The colors are vibrant and everything is adorable!!
June 16, 2021
The food was so cute to look at, and the colors were done really nicely.
May 14, 2014
This book is a wordless comic of several short stories about Hello Kitty and her friends. Each story is stand alone and inspired by food. I read this with the kids and they really enjoyed it, especially because they could read it all by themselves afterwords.
March 31, 2021
I would like it more if there were words.👎I don't know if this counts as a spoiler though.
December 9, 2024
I picked up all of the books in this series my library had available, which is four in total, and they are not marked as a series in the cataloging, so I had to look up that information on Goodreads. It doesn't seem as if the series order really makes a difference, but I still wanted to see just in case. One interesting thing about this series is that there are little words to the whole series at all. It's mostly pictures with a few words that give context to titles, dates, locations, or brief reactions and expressions. Instead of each book focusing on one story, they are each a collection of short stories with different illustration styles as well. At first, I found this a bit disorienting, although entertaining, but as I continued through the story, I feel as though I learned how to "read" them.
Certainly, some stories and styles stood out to me more than others, but it was very interesting to see the many different characters of Hello Kitty illustrated in unique, fun, and exciting ways. I can definitely see the appeal here to younger readers, and while I didn't like that there weren't more words to the story at first, I came to appreciate the versatility this offered the stories. They aren't constricted by language, but rather rely on facial expressions, context, and other visual elements to guide the story. This grew on me as I continued to look through them, and broadened my perspective to seeing the value of this for struggling readers.
These are really cute, quick reads that I think appeal to a variety of readers and even non-readers. I recommend them for fans of Hello Kitty, reluctant or struggling readers, or kids who love kawaii and cute visual elements to their stories. They're very cozy, nostalgic, and reminiscent of youthfulness, adventure, and so much more. There are funny elements, silly aspects, and such a wide variety of topics and portrayals that appeal to so many different people. How fun! I can't wait to find more of these!
Certainly, some stories and styles stood out to me more than others, but it was very interesting to see the many different characters of Hello Kitty illustrated in unique, fun, and exciting ways. I can definitely see the appeal here to younger readers, and while I didn't like that there weren't more words to the story at first, I came to appreciate the versatility this offered the stories. They aren't constricted by language, but rather rely on facial expressions, context, and other visual elements to guide the story. This grew on me as I continued to look through them, and broadened my perspective to seeing the value of this for struggling readers.
These are really cute, quick reads that I think appeal to a variety of readers and even non-readers. I recommend them for fans of Hello Kitty, reluctant or struggling readers, or kids who love kawaii and cute visual elements to their stories. They're very cozy, nostalgic, and reminiscent of youthfulness, adventure, and so much more. There are funny elements, silly aspects, and such a wide variety of topics and portrayals that appeal to so many different people. How fun! I can't wait to find more of these!
May 8, 2025
Another cute continuation of this fun Hello Kitty series! It's the same exact format as the last one- cute vignettes of Hello Kitty and her friends as they go on fun adventures together, except this time around they're all food themed. The quick format paired with the fact that the panels are vibrant and wordless makes this a nice read for people of all ages. I do like Hello Kitty a lot, and she will always have a very nostalgic hold over me as she is one of the few Sanrio characters that I have strong memories about when I was little. I enjoy anything I can get my hands on about her or any other Sanrio character. Of course I do wish, just like with the last one, that it had been longer. These books are just so short and fast and I wish there was more to them.
Overall I don't think any of these comics stand out as much compared to the ones from the last book, but they were still fun in their own ways. I enjoyed the first one, Hot Stuff, a lot, and I liked the joke where Thomas breaths his firey breath on the iced tea making it a hot tea. That was pretty cute. I also thought the Martians Munchies comic was pretty cute, although I find it funny how Hello Kitty was wearing a space suit at the end despite being able to walk outside earlier without one. I liked the martian kitty she befriends, and I thought it was so funny how emotionless their faces are the whole time but they still seem so expressive regardless. And of course, I loved how Tuxedo Sam had a little cameo. Very cute!
Overall I don't think any of these comics stand out as much compared to the ones from the last book, but they were still fun in their own ways. I enjoyed the first one, Hot Stuff, a lot, and I liked the joke where Thomas breaths his firey breath on the iced tea making it a hot tea. That was pretty cute. I also thought the Martians Munchies comic was pretty cute, although I find it funny how Hello Kitty was wearing a space suit at the end despite being able to walk outside earlier without one. I liked the martian kitty she befriends, and I thought it was so funny how emotionless their faces are the whole time but they still seem so expressive regardless. And of course, I loved how Tuxedo Sam had a little cameo. Very cute!
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November 3, 2021
What a fun wordless graphic novel. And it’s adorable too!
January 22, 2025
I enjoyed this little comic. It wasn't quite as good as the first one and fewer of the popular Sanrio characters were present. But it was still a fun little book to flick through.
September 13, 2025
It's amazing how you can tell such funny stories without that many words
November 4, 2016
In summary
Viz delivers seven food-themed tales and three shorts featuring beloved Sanrio characters. As in Hello Kitty: Fashion Music Wonderland, these are stand-alone stories, but each one is cute, fluffy fun. Combined with the artists’ colorful drawings, they’re perfect for youngsters.
The Review
Hello Kitty: Delicious! is the second of Viz Media’s Hello Kitty comic book series. Three contributors from the first comic, Fashion Music Wonderland, are joined by a few new artists. Along with Chabot’s classic-style drawings and McGinty’s less conventional renderings of Hello Kitty, we get Buscema’s 1950s inspired art and Monlongo’s illustrations, which, like Chabot’s, stick closer to the Sanrio standard.
As in Fashion Music Wonderland, the stories within Delicious! are created by different artist/writer teams and have no written dialogue, which make them ideal for small children (though they might need help with sound effects and signs like “Mummies of Ancient Egypt”). Unlike Fashion Music Wonderland, there’s no specific Hello Kitty design used for the stories. In fact, she’s not the central character in every story; in Banana Split, the monkeys Tim and Tammy share the spotlight. The only common thread is that food figures into every plot. Delicious! also features a wider cast, which makes the book more fun. And for anyone unfamiliar with Hello Kitty’s lesser-known companions, Delicious! includes the illustrated guide “Family and Friends.”
The book contains seven stories. There’s no cutout paper doll like Fashion Music Wonderland, but interspersed through the book are three 1-page shorts written and illustrated by Buscema. Chabot’s contributions – Hot Stuff, Banana Split, Very Big Problem, and Piece of Cake – are cleanly drawn and easy to follow. Cute humor figures into all of his stories although some youngsters might possibly find the giant chasing Hello Kitty scary. McGinty’s artwork for Food Fright is definitely on the scarier side with mummies and illustrations turning black and white when the power goes out. Food Fright’s storyline is also a bit confusing as is the one for Sweet Dreams, Hello Kitty’s dive into a psychedelic candy Wonderland. As for Monlongo’s Martian Munchies, it blends cute with gross with a space alien’s version of pie.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
Viz delivers seven food-themed tales and three shorts featuring beloved Sanrio characters. As in Hello Kitty: Fashion Music Wonderland, these are stand-alone stories, but each one is cute, fluffy fun. Combined with the artists’ colorful drawings, they’re perfect for youngsters.
The Review
Hello Kitty: Delicious! is the second of Viz Media’s Hello Kitty comic book series. Three contributors from the first comic, Fashion Music Wonderland, are joined by a few new artists. Along with Chabot’s classic-style drawings and McGinty’s less conventional renderings of Hello Kitty, we get Buscema’s 1950s inspired art and Monlongo’s illustrations, which, like Chabot’s, stick closer to the Sanrio standard.
As in Fashion Music Wonderland, the stories within Delicious! are created by different artist/writer teams and have no written dialogue, which make them ideal for small children (though they might need help with sound effects and signs like “Mummies of Ancient Egypt”). Unlike Fashion Music Wonderland, there’s no specific Hello Kitty design used for the stories. In fact, she’s not the central character in every story; in Banana Split, the monkeys Tim and Tammy share the spotlight. The only common thread is that food figures into every plot. Delicious! also features a wider cast, which makes the book more fun. And for anyone unfamiliar with Hello Kitty’s lesser-known companions, Delicious! includes the illustrated guide “Family and Friends.”
The book contains seven stories. There’s no cutout paper doll like Fashion Music Wonderland, but interspersed through the book are three 1-page shorts written and illustrated by Buscema. Chabot’s contributions – Hot Stuff, Banana Split, Very Big Problem, and Piece of Cake – are cleanly drawn and easy to follow. Cute humor figures into all of his stories although some youngsters might possibly find the giant chasing Hello Kitty scary. McGinty’s artwork for Food Fright is definitely on the scarier side with mummies and illustrations turning black and white when the power goes out. Food Fright’s storyline is also a bit confusing as is the one for Sweet Dreams, Hello Kitty’s dive into a psychedelic candy Wonderland. As for Monlongo’s Martian Munchies, it blends cute with gross with a space alien’s version of pie.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
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October 20, 2014
Can I really say that I read a wordless graphic novel? Oh well, I am counting it!
This is a super cute hello kitty graphic novel for kids. Almost completely wordless, it features several short stories by a variety of artists. In this volume, the subject is food. Hello Kitty and her friends enjoy everything from ice cream to hot peppers to alien pie! A great book for Hello Kitty fans.
This is a super cute hello kitty graphic novel for kids. Almost completely wordless, it features several short stories by a variety of artists. In this volume, the subject is food. Hello Kitty and her friends enjoy everything from ice cream to hot peppers to alien pie! A great book for Hello Kitty fans.
January 29, 2015
My girls like looking at this Hello Kitty book and it's great for them because there are no words. There are several different artists in the book.
This book involves a red hot pepper, an apple pie on Mars, a fight over the last banana, a dream of sweets, a giant, a spaghetti zombie and an enormous cake.
This book involves a red hot pepper, an apple pie on Mars, a fight over the last banana, a dream of sweets, a giant, a spaghetti zombie and an enormous cake.
April 29, 2016
Didn't like this one quite as much as Hello Kitty: Just Imagine, but still really fun.
April 1, 2016
It was adorable and funny. I really enjoyed this 60+ page comic and I'm glad I purchased it, because I will read it many more times. It's just something cute and bright to put you in a good mood and make your day better.
November 25, 2013
Review Coming Soon.
March 26, 2015
It's cute.
May 15, 2014
I love the art style of these graphic novels they are incredible and the stories are super cute.
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