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The O.D.D. Squad: Operation Hyperkitty

The O.D.D. Squad: Operation Hyperkitty

Summary

"Great read, beautifully illustrated" - Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey

"Wonderfully funny, completely bonkers" -Jessica Dettmann, author of There's No Such Book.


The O.D.D. Squad are here for another epic (or maybe just epically silly) ADVENTURE! Quack Attack, Detective Octopus and Invisidog have a new recruit: Hyperkitty. She’s cute! She’s unbelievably fast! She also . . . spends a lot of time on her phone? And actually, isn’t very good at being part of a team. Or catching bad guys. It’s almost like she doesn’t want to be part of the world’s best (kind of) superhero team.

Everyone needs time to learn to be a superhero, but disasters keep striking. After a particularly wonky incident involving a pig in a hat at a power station (don't ask, OK?), Justice City decides it’s had enough: no more O.D.D. Squad! Can the gang save the day – and themselves – before it’s too late?

Reviews

  • Praise for The O.D.D. Squad: Rise of Invisidog: "Great read, beautifully illustrated"
    Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey

About the authors

Stuart Heritage

Stuart Heritage has written for the Guardian since 2009. His weekly column about his young son 'Man With a Pram' ran in the paper's Family section between 2015-16. Earlier in his career he founded a website that was named as both Metro's Best British Blog and one of the Observer top 50 most powerful blogs in the world. He has also written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Times, Men's Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Red, Marie Clare and the NME. He is also the author of picture books Jonathan the Magic Pony, and Don't Say Elephant!, and has credits on popular TV shows including Bluey. He lives in Ashford, Kent.
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Vincent Batignole (Illustrator)

Born in the southwest of France, Vincent Batignole grew up surrounded by French comics, colourful anime on TV and his grandparents' collection of true crime books. No wonder he quickly developed a passion for anything cute, scary and geeky!

Trained at the Ecole Pivaut in Nantes, his professional journey started with the comic series 'Gloom Cookie' created by Serena Valentino (Disney's 'Villains' book series) and Ted Naifeh (Courtney Crumrin). Since then, he's been illustrating and writing for various international clients, including EPIC!, Capstone and Andrews McMeel, while earning a Master's Degree in cinema history and film analysis.

Vincent now resides near Paris with his dog, Kero, and what's easily one of the biggest collections of manga drawn by CLAMP.
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