Spooky Smackdown

by Knife, Packer

Buckle up for Wheelnuts! The Craziest Race on Earth! Six kooky cars, five extreme courses, one winner! In Spooky Smackdown, drivers will find that the road ahead is dangerous. Can they deal with: Haunted castles?! Ferocious dragons?! Ravenous vampire bats?! Which team will come out on top? The rules are simple - there are no rules!

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Pen name of Duncan McCoshan

Both Knife and Packer spent most of their childhood’s in London - but on different sides of the river. Knife in South London and Packer in North London. Although they wouldn’t meet for another 20 years they were already heading in the same direction. Knife loved to draw, taking inspiration from Ronald Searle, The Dandy and Beano. Meanwhile in North London Packer loved to read, enjoying everything from Dr Brainstorm to Willard Price and Asterix to Tintin. So even though they hadn’t met they were already laying the ground work for their partnership writing and illustrating books together. In their spare time Knife was happiest playing with his toy soldiers, whilst Packer would head down to the Regents Canal with a pint of maggots and even catch the odd fish!

Reviews

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wheelnuts is the craziest race on earth, run out of Wheelie City, across the wildest, craziest terrains on Earth and beyond. The participants: the Rust Bucket 3000, the most high-tech robot car in the universe; the Wheel Deal, a super-souped-up stretch limo; the Dino-Wagon, a prehistoric car powered by an active volcano; the Flying Diaper, a gas-powered car that can go from zero to gross out in seconds; the Supersonic Sparkler, driven by fairies with an attitude; and the Jumping Jalopy, a not-always-reliable 1930s Bugazzi driven by a grandfather and grandson team. As the competitors race across the mountains, they can buy new gadgets and cheats and the rules are simple: there are no rules! Wacky characters, gross-out humor, monsters and non-stop action make this read like a video game.

[Aliza Heslop · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think all the racers are smart and brave. Wipeout is mean and Dipstick is silly. I didn't like the zombie chickens though and the super cheesy pop singers handled the ghost well.