High Five! A Graphic Novel (Catwad #5)

Catwad #5

by Jim Benton

"Sensationally silly and surreal." - Dav Pilkey, Creator of Dog Man

Catwad, Blurmp, Pigmichael, and more of Jim Benton's hilarious comic creations return in this roaringly funny fifth graphic novel!

In this poignant and emotionally wrenching tale, famous curmudgeon Catwad faces loss, fear, and struggles with his own mortality when his best friend Blurmp receives news of... wait, who are we kidding? This isn't a melodrama -- it's another laugh-out-loud Catwad from Jim Benton!

Catwad and Blurmp are back with more ridiculous fun that will have readers high-fiving each other with joy. This volume sees the big blue grump and his slow but lovable friend go on a vacation, get sent back to school, enter a spelling bee, and more! If you love laughing (and who doesn't??), this book is for you!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Cats, Humor, Animals, Childrens, Juvenile

128 pages, Paperback

Published April 6, 2021

About the author

Benton began his career in a custom design t-shirt shop where he started designing his own characters. At the same time, Jim did illustrations and artwork for magazines and newspapers. People magazine named him "the most visible cartoonist in America" .

Benton also created greeting cards and worked in the magazine and publishing industry. In 1998, his SpyDogs characters became an animated series, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, that aired on Fox Kids. Licensing his own creations brought them widespread attention on products, such as It's Happy Bunny, The Misters, Just Jimmy and more.

Benton currently lives in Michigan, where he operates out of his own studio.

Reviews

[Jen (The Jenerator) · Rating 3 out of 5]

FUN!

[Dee Dee G · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this to my 6 year old earlier and we both thought it was hilarious. I just skipped over the words butt in it, since he’s not allowed to say that.

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

The comics continue to be genuinely funny, I just think these books don't provide great value compared to the collections of similarly funny comic strips in the past. The reading experience is over too quickly (15 mins?). However, they fly off our library shelves, so I am happy to buy them for the kids.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

The highlight of this book was Catwad's bedtime story. I loved it!

[Marriah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book made me laugh out loud.

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unlike the previous volumes, I actually got quite a few laughs out of this one.

I particularly liked the one where Blurmp discovers there's a skeleton living inside him, while his skeleton is dismayed to learn he lives inside a "weird little cat," and this darling bedtime story that Catwad reads to his pal:

Goodnight moon, goodnight bed.
Goodnight zombies not quite dead.
Goodnight dirty, nasty creep
who hides in closets while we sleep.
Goodnight ghouls behind the drapes,
eating eyeballs just like grapes.
It's time for all to say goodnight,
Except the vampires who love to bite.

Sweet dreams!

[A.J. Kormon · Rating 5 out of 5]

My nine year old was given this book through a reading program he participated in this year. It's a great book for kids who are just getting used to reading on their own. It's like a graphic novel only simpler with fewer frames and words and less pages overall. This one is a series of goofy comics grouped by themes like nature, sports, around the house, and to-do lists. My boys enjoyed the humour and it held their interest.

[Olga J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

You are amazing👍
But if you are awesome then I have no problem!

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT comic book for people who love gross potty humor!

[Patti gh · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say? I love Catwad.

[Gideon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny! Like all of the Catwad books

[Mandie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My students and I laugh out loud reading these books! They are so much fun!

[raccoon reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't ask me why my 7 year old like these. He just does. So we read them. So here were are. It feels like some weird blend of Garfield and Ren and Stimpy memories I have.

[Merrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

My nephew wanted me to read this book to him and I actually laughed out loud several times. It’s cute!

[Elina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most funniest book ever. Especially when catwad broke his leg and the other cat screamed !!!

[Jesse Baggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably 2.5 stars. It wasn’t that funny, but the overall silliness went a long way.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hysterical! May look like a kid's book, but this one gave me some serious laughs.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hillariously disgusting! Boys will love it!

[Andrew Bonham · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was funny 😆 good adventures to go and really great illustrated for kids to make them interested!

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is like the third one Ellie 8

[blueygurl2016 · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books continue to be some of the funniest books I’ve ever read.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Warning - There are some gross moments.
But it is generally funny.
Look out for Sue the dinosaur 🦕

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny

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[Shambhavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful non-binary roommates and chaotic neutrals

[Artie Duffield · Rating 5 out of 5]

high five Jim benton all your story's are 100000000000000 out of 100000

[Sean Sheridan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Basically a joke book with drawings. And not even really good jokes.

[Becky B · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of short comics featuring the antics of Catwad and Blurmp.

This is perfect for the goofy humor of middle graders who love bodily humor, characters not employing their brains, and general silliness. I like some silliness, but this was too immature for my personal tastes. I can see why some kids love it.

Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: At one point a character pulls their skeleton out, a character breaks their leg, slapstick humor.
Ethnic diversity: N/A
LGBTQ+ content: None specified
Other: Some snot humor and other bodily functions, a Halloween scary-ish version of Goodnight Moon, sculpting things out of trash.

[Aaron Carman · Rating 1 out of 5]

worst book ever!

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