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Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers, is the fifth book in the Cat Kid Comic Club book series by Dav Pilkey. It was released on November 28, 2023.
The book's title was announced on April 12, 2023[1], with the cover revealed on June 14, 2023.
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Synopsis 1:[]
The newest graphic novel in the #1 bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man!
Excitement grips the Cat Kid Comic Club as Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly inspire twenty-one baby frog siblings to continue making authentic and unique comics. Will Naomi and Melvin keep up their antics, or will they finally decide to straighten up and fly right? Will the creativity continue? Will the drama diminish? Find out in the next Cat Kid Comic Club!
The story is hysterical, thought-provoking, and full of action-packed mini-comics including "Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla" and "RoboChubbs." "Two Birds" shows the value of viewing the world with a positive attitude.
Award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey employs a variety of techniques -- including acrylic paints, colored pencils, photography, collage, gouache, watercolors, and more -- to capture the joyful spirit of creativity. The variety of art styles, paired with Pilkey's trademark storytelling and humor, inspires imagination and innovation for readers of all ages.
Synopsis 2:[]
The Cat Kid Comic Club is in crisis! After learning that one of their comics will be published, the baby frogs are filled with anxiety and doubt. How will they get their creative groove back? Will Naomi or Melvin emerge as a leader? Will Flippy convince them to finally straighten up and fly right?
The story is hysterical, thought-provoking, and full of action-packed mini-comics: "Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla," "I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham," "Two Birds," and "RoboChubbs." Bestselling author-illustrator Dav Pilkey shows the reader that the best way to influence people is to be open, gentle, and kind. The variety of art styles, paired with Pilkey's trademark storytelling and humor, inspires imagination and innovation for readers of all ages.
Trailer description[]
Note: Papyrus will be Billie speaking, Noteworthy will be Starla speaking, Helvetica will be Drake speaking, and Comic Sans MS will be Melvin speaking.
From the creator of Dog Man! Dav Pilkey's Cat Kid Comic Club is back "and toad-ally fun for everyone!" Laugh along as Naomi and Melvin help the comic club get their groove back with "awesome new comics!" Frogzilla faces off with Mechafrogzilla. Chubbs McSpiderbutt challenges RoboChubbs. And join in as the frogs create cool characters using "baby power!" Finds out what happens in: "Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers!" "Laughter, comics, and more!"
Plot[]
Chapter 1: Winter is Coming[]
Sarah Hatoff states that her last report was over 6 weeks ago, and she sadly announced that the Cat Kid Comic Club is no more. Flippy, the father of twenty-two baby frogs, who started the comic club 10 weeks ago with their friend, Li'l Petey. Sarah asked Flippy why there wouldn't be any more comic club meetings, Flippy stated that things has been stressful for the members because of a book that is about to be published. But then, Melvin comes, telling Flippy that Naomi are fighting with Summer & Starla, because Naomi called her sisters ''dummies''. They (including Drake who just watch his sisters fighting) start suggesting goofy nicknames with similar meanings with ''stupid'', before Flippy stops them. Naomi said Summer and Starla were being selfish, to which they deny. He tells them to just tell him what happened. The sisters replied that it is gonna be a "long, complicated story with very, very intense dynamics."
Chapter 2: The Long, Complicated and Very, Very Intensely Dynamic Story that Happened Four Minutes and Thirty-Seven Seconds Ago[]
The kids take Flippy, along with Sarah, and Roscoe to the dry-erase board and Naomi starts telling her side of the story: Many weeks ago, C.K.C.C got great news that one of their stories was going to be published. However, the deadline to finish the book is getting closer by the minute. So, most of the members were discouraged, some lost their confidence and others quitted the club, and Naomi herself was left to pick up the pieces. And after weeks of bitter fights and sleepless nights, Flippy said that there will be no more Comic Club until the kids "straighten up and fly right". Anyway, today, Naomi had asked Summer & Starla for help. But Summer and Starla said that Naomi just yelled at them for being unhelpful and selfish. Flippy demand Naomi to apologize to her sisters, Naomi said: "I'm sorry, but..."; Flippy said that apologies do not include "buts", to which the kids burst into laughter.
Flippy said he wants to speak to Naomi in private, Melvin thinks Naomi is in trouble, but Flippy said she's not in trouble, but rather, will get a gift.
Chapter 3: The Gift[]
Naomi asks what her gift is, if is it a lollipop or two, and he says that it wasn't. He tells Naomi that she is very smart, but she needs to work on her people skills and gives her a book, ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' by Dale Carnegie. Naomi moaned that the book is boring since it has no Flip-O-Ramas or anything fun. She begs for a lollipop and gets one. But then she overhears Flippy said that Naomi's not ready to be an influencer, maybe that she's too young to understand. So Naomi goes and reads it a little bit, leaves her pre-eaten lollipop then sprints out of the room with the book.
Chapter 4: Secrets of the Craft Room[]
Sarah Hatoff enters the Craft Room, where all the comics are being put together. She interviews Poppy, who says her comic is simply about two birds. Sarah asks her if Poppy can present her comic, but she says that she hasn't completed the comic yet. Gilbert and Curly tell Sarah that their comic is done, to which they share to Sarah.
Comic 1: Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla[]
See Frogzilla vs. Mechafrogzilla for the comic's summary.
Sarah tells Gilbert and Curly that the comic was awesome, but they tell her that sometimes, comic-making was not very fun. Sarah asks for more secrets, and they lead her and Roscoe to a staircase. Curly tells Sarah that the place is a 'domain of despair' and has a strong dark side. Sarah asks what's up there, but Gilbert and Curly run away, saying that they're the curious ones. Sarah and Roscoe go up the staircase, getting a feeling of discomfort. Sarah remarks that she feels cold, and Roscoe says that they should turn back. They eventually reach the top of the staircase to find Billie, El, Deb and Frida, which is not scary at all (Roscoe remarks he nearly wet his pants). Furious, Sarah asks what's going on, to which Frida replies, "Nothing, and that's the problem." Sarah realizes that they are the creators of Baby Frog Squad, the comic which will be published. The four tell her that they have to design seven new characters, and they don't know how. Plus, the deadline is getting closer and closer, and they wish that somebody was there to help them.
Chapter 5: Naomi the Great[]
Melvin goes up to Naomi and asks her what she was reading. She tells him that she was reading the book Flippy gave her and tells him to go get her some Natto Ice Cream. Melvin refuses to do so, before Naomi calls him ''mature'' and says he could have the book, if he got her some ice cream, to which Melvin happily agrees to. Once Melvin comes back, Naomi tells him about a trick that she read in her book, ''If you want somebody to follow your orders, just compliment them, and give them a gift''. Melvin realizes that Naomi tricked him, angering him.
Chapter 6: That Night[]
Naomi is making bookmarks for Summer and Starla as an apology gift. She gives them the bookmark and apologizes for what happened. The two forgive her, and they make up. Melvin asked Naomi how did she do that since Summer and Starla agreed to help Naomi and she wants her sisters to do it. Finally, Melvin reliazed that Naomi really is an infleuncer.
Chapter 7: Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh![]
The school day is about to begin, Flippy said this week, the kids are doing reports about historical influencers and after begging his Daddy (Flippy), Melvin presents his report on historical influencers first.
Comic 2: I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham[]
See I Am Dr. Fredric Wertham for the comic's summary.
Flippy congrats Melvin on his report, but tells him that she shouldn't make up quotes, as he put a false quote from TIME Magazine. Melvin says that the quote wasn't from TIME Magazine, it was from T.I.M.E Magazine, his own personal magazine. Flippy then says that he is supposed to be helping El, Deb, Frida, and Billie with their book since everyone promised to help the four, but nobody is doing anything.
Chapter 8: Poppy's Mistake[]
Poppy tries to give Flippy her finished comic, but Flippy scolds her, saying that she was supposed to be helping Deb, Frida, Billie, and El. Poppy tears up and runs back to her room. Flippy then picks up the book and reads it.
Comic 3: Two Birds[]
See Two Birds for the comic's summary.
Flippy, touched after reading Poppy's comic, goes up to Poppy's room, wanting to apologize to her.
Chapter 9: Daddy Forgets[]
Flippy apologized Poppy. Flippy said he liked her comic, saying its beautiful. Poppy wants to get a glass of water. Flippy told Poppy that her comic had made Flippy think, saying he doesn't want to be the bird who always looked down, Poppy said he wasn't, but Flippy remarks that he got bad habits, such as yelling, lecturing and finding fault. Poppy agrees, and states that she and her siblings were bad sometimes. Flippy said that's true but they're still young and he wants to remember that most of the time, they're good kids "with big hearts like the moon and the stars". The father and the daughter looks at the window as it is snowing outside.
Chapter 10: Snow Day[]
The next morning, Pedro is the first to wake up and finds out that it is snowing, he called everyone up that it's snowing. Curly wishes he could play in the snow. However, Molly said their Daddy, Flippy wouldn't let them play because of school, chores, etc. But then, Melvin finds Flippy outside, building a snow-frog. He told everyone that there will be no school or chores today, as today is about fun. After some baby frogs are allowed to build a snow fort, go sledging and Drake is allowed to make a new Chubbs McSpiderbutt comic in the snow, Petey and his son arrived. Lil'Petey told Molly that Flippy invited him. Then Molly asks Wally (Petey) if he wants to play in the snow, he rejects, walking away.
Chapter 11: The Cat Kid Comic Club Returns[]
After the baby frogs have fun in the snow and eat pancakes, the club gets together and Flippy says that the Cat Kid Comic Club is back and he wants to be more like the bird from Poppy's comic that looks up. Flippy says Poppy influenced him and Naomi and Melvin get mad. Molly then tells everyone to welcome Summer and Starla, who are going to give a presentation on how to make characters. They show the other frogs pictures of a puppy, a kitten, and a baby, causing the other frogs to say awww. Summer then asks what the pictures all have in common and one of the frogs says they're all cute and another frog says they're all babies. Then Melvin says they all made them say awww and Summer asks Melvin why and Melvin says not really. Summer explains that it's because their brains are programmed to love and protect babies and seeing babies causes the brain to release oxytocin and dopamine, two neurotransmitters that make people "feel the feels" it was science Poppy was surprising how babies were powerful and Summer add by saying that they could use that power when they draw!
Chapter 12: Baby Power[]
Summer then showed them a list showing on how babies have five important features that was being big heads, tiny bodies, big eyes, low faces, and personality if they draw characters with these features they can trick people brains into thinking about babies and feeling love but they still didn’t get it. Summer told them not to worry because they will she then grabbed two toys a baby doll and action figure showing and how those two toys and started making comparisons with them the first thing that everyone noticed was that babies have cute little arms and legs and and how grown-ups have long bodies with teeny winky dinky little heads however that comment made Sarah and Roscoe angry with summer saying no offense the stacking comparison that they made was that babies have low faces with big foreheads while adults have spread out faces with gigantic noses and mouths that came the last comparison personalities which showing on how babies are spontaneous, curious and playful, but adults are the opposite rules, rules rules, blah, blah, blah, boring, boring, boring with yet another, no offense from summer now she was going to show them how to make their own character using baby power! first, they start with a big head and two big eyes and they can make eyes cuter by adding eyelashes then she drew a baby mouth with two cute little cheeks then Drake asked what about the low face and Summer pointed out that it was going to be low once she added the french fries which was pretty cool that you can add a little body if you want or draw little baby arms and legs so then the other frogs wanted to try using baby power and so they drew a baby cactus, a baby sushi and lots of other baby stuff. Hooray!!! That night Naomi came to Summer and Starla saying on how their presentation was awesome today however Starla didn’t think she didn’t do a good job because summer did most of the work she was too shy. She couldn’t even say one word but she got up in front of everybody, even though she was shy and that was Supa brave She said they were so great She made them to awards for their presentation. Summer got the super genius award and Starla got the bravest person ever award then Naomi said that she wished that the two of them could teach them new stuff every week and the two of them agreed and went off to start a new presentation was surprised that she did it again and Naomi said that her powers were very stronger however Melvin said that they wasn’t her powers. They were just tricks that she learned from a book, but she digressed saying that it was her powers.
Chapter 13: A Few Days Later[]
Sarah welcome the viewers back to her report and tell them that today’s schoolwork and chores were done and they got great news to share but first the hacker brothers had a treat for them all and that was they finished their new comic!
Comic 4: RoboChubbs: A Chubbs McSpiderbutt Graphic Novella[]
See RoboChubbs for the comic's summary.
After the comic which Sarah pointed out on how it was excellent Flippy had some great news to share and that was that flippy actually talked to the publisher lady today, and she agreed to give them more time to make their book but one of the baby frogs asking how much more time and it was as much time as they needed from now on, they were gonna try to focus on kindness, creativity, and fun!!! Hooray!
Chapter 14: Bless You, Ethel Merman[]
Flippy and told his kids that it was 8:15 so they all had 15 minutes to get ready for bed if anybody was not in bed by 8:30 he wasn’t gonna get mad and he wasn’t going to yell he was just going play his favorite music very loudly that being the Ethel Merman Disco Album which made all the baby frog scared because they think he was serious about it so they all getting ready for bed as fast as they could and Drake was like “brush those teeth, you gooby snoobs!” Six minutes later, Naomi points out to flippy that it was 8:21 and they were all in bed and under the covers reading quietly to themselves and he gives his album a kiss and at the exact same time Naomi finishes the book Flippy asked on what she thought about the book snapped and she said that it was good, but basically it just tells you to be nice to people add to be thoughtful and stuff. It wasn’t rocket science! Wolverine, but Flippy asked Naomi if it worked if being kind and thoughtful, help her become a better influencer and she said yeah the two of them wished each other good night but before flippy left, she asked if she could give her book to Melvin because she told him that he could read it and flippy said OK and so he went to Melvin’s room and gave him the book Melvin said thanks and at last seeing the power shall be his and all the world shall tremble at his feet!!! And gifts off an evil laugh and Sarah finishes off with saying well folks another dramatic day is done With Flippy keep his chill? Will Naomi‘s powers grow? And will the world tremble at Melvin's Feet? Find out in our next dramatic saga cat kid comic club book 6 is coming soon!
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