The Bad Guys: Episodes 1 & 2

The Bad Guys #1-2

by Aaron Blabey

 

Two Books in one! Episodes 1 & 2 in the hit Bad Guys series - soon to be a feature film animation. "I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" - Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys... and they even smell like the Bad Guys.

But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that — whether you want them to or not!

 

EPISODE THE BAD GUYS

Mr Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. The gang are going to break 200 dogs out of the Maximum Security City Dog Pound.

Will Operation Dog Pound go smoothly?

Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys?

And will Mr Snake please stop swallowing Mr Piranha?

 

EPISODE MISSION UNPLUCKABLE

The Bad Guys next mission? Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm.

But they are up against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake...who's also known as "The Chicken Swallower."

What could possibly go wrong?

Get ready to laugh up your lunch with the baddest bunch of do-gooders in town!

 

ABOUT THE SERIES

Full of hilarious line illustrations throughout Fans of Dog Man, Cat Kid and Captain Underpants will love this series Perfect for children who a struggling with reading - or who just want to laugh their socks off The Bad Guysfeature length animation will release in UK cinemas on 1 April 2022  

Praise for The Bad "[T]his book instantly joins the classic ranks of Captain Underpants... We challenge anyone to read this and keep a straight face." - Kirkus Reviews

 

BOOKS INCLUDED IN THIS TWO BOOK BIND-UP EDITION

Episode 1: The Bad Guys Episode 2: Mission Unpluckable

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Childrens, Comedy, Fiction, Crime

291 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 3, 2018

About the author

Aaron is an Australian author of children's books and artist who until the mid-2000s was also an actor. His award winning picture books include Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon and the best-selling Pig the Pug.

In the field of acting, he is probably best known for his lead roles in two television dramedies, 1994's The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award, and 2003's CrashBurn, before retiring from performance in 2005.

Reviews

[Nazifa Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is hilarious and very easy to read! It's fast paced and keeps the reader engaged. Although there are lots of illustrations, they are minimal in style and not overwhelming. The text type and fonts used portray the different personalities of the characters so well. I laughed the whole way through. Excited to read the rest of this series.

[Siro Álvarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Está moi ben a historia e as ilustracións. Eu rinme moito lendo este libro e penso que é divertido.

[I'm Reading Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

1r episodio: 4⭐
2n episodio: 4,25⭐

La verdad, es q me ha encantado la relectura de este libro. Son cómics, así q son muy rápidos de leer y tmb son súper divertidos.
Son perfectos para niños a partir de los 9 o 10 años, y tiene mucha acción, aventura y sobretodo, amistad. Es uno de los found family más bonitos y tiernos q he leído.
Obviamente, voy a continuar con la saga ya q tengo hasta el 12.
Tengo muchas ganas de ver como sigue la historia. Muy recomendado.

[Adric Rangel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo que más me gustó de este libro fueron sus ilustraciones...

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a easy, fun and inventive comic for kids.

[Dermo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely hilarious. Side splitting

[Richale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gave me a good late night laugh.

[Dasamur76 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es complicado para un adulto entrar en un libro infantil. Y esta sensación se acentúa cuando en lugar de una simple historia, estamos hablando de un cómic. Ayuda haberlos leído (los cómics) desde pequeño, pero nunca se podrá ser justo con una valoración adulta.
Si fuese niño, a pesar de unos dibujos simplificados para evitar que la atención se vaya del curso de la acción, el cómic se haría muy gracioso, muchísimo por momentos. Aunque quizá si fuese un niño, no terminase de entender la ironía que encierra alguna de sus situaciones. Está en un termino medio de todo.
Aun así, es una lectura amena y entretenida, que se disfruta en unas pocas pinceladas de forma sencilla y deja buen sabor de boca.
Por cierto, su inicio es un poco indefinido, no se termina de explicar la razón última de por qué el Sr. Lobo decide convertirse en un "buenazo". Eso me chirría. Quizá se explique más adelante, pero por ahora, esa sensación de no contarse todo queda ahí.
Con todo, no es una mala opción para los chavales.

[Nicola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miss 4 is autistic and the chapter books that she really likes, she REALLY likes. We have read the the Captain Underpants and Dog Man books many, many times over the last two years and we have now added the Bad Guys to the mix reading Books 1-8 several times through over the last month. It's an awesome series that it likely to be a hit with fans of Dav Pilkey (and his endorsement on the covers helped encourage me to buy them).

I love the personality contrasts between the characters - the endless optimism of Wolf, comedy from Piranha, master-of-ridiculous-disguises Shark, pragmatic Snake, and mad skillz from Legs. The first book is something of a standalone (and there's a slight difference in tone with Books 1 and 2 before the series veers away into pure fiction) but the rest have a definite on-going plot arc. Our favourites are ALIEN WITH TOO MANY BUTTS FOR HANDS and the dinosaurs; Miss 4 is also quite fond of any scene that involves Piranha's irritable bowels .

[María Eugenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lo pedí prestado en kindle para echarle un ojo antes de comprarlo para un regalo y al final me lo acabé leyendo.
Es para niños pequeños y creo que si lo hubiera leído de niña me habría parecido gracioso pero a estas alturas es difícil saberlo. 😂
Lo que sí me hizo gracia como adulta es la traducción*, está muy adaptada al lenguaje coloquial español, no son calcos y dicen cosas como "una sardina raruna" o "señor arrumacos" (para uno que da muchos abrazos) o "ir en busca de movidas". Pero lo mejor, el título. En inglés es The Bad Guys, pero en español como son animales y son malotes pues... Animalotes. Es una tontada pero me hace gracia que se le haya ocurrido eso, me quito el sombrero. 😂
Y me entero ahora leyendo otras reseñas de que hay una película de Dreamworks, estoy ya fuera de onda de todo. 😅

*En mi edición la traducción es de Jaime Valero.

[Ciaran Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this!

I read this as part of a book award scheme I am getting involved in and I can certainly see why this made the short list! Although the concept is quite simple - The "Bad Guys" turning good - the humour and style of this book make it so appealing.

The illustrations really tie this book together well, the smirks and deadpan reactions from the shark, snake and piranha are laugh worthy in themselves, with Blabey's sarcasm coming through brilliantly.

Because of its comic strip style, it isn't the longest of books but I got through it in just two sittings. Reminded me of my childhood days spent reading Captain Underpants and my brother's obsession with Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Definitely worth a read for boys and (immature) men.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark (in Reservior Dogs style suits) decide to go from being bad guys to good guys. Although very much not the age group this is aimed at, I loved it. Great characters and quite hilarious. I love the fact that the piranha gets so upset when folk keep mistaking him for a sardine, albeit on one occasion a vampire one.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy divertido, pero las gafas violetas hacen que me cueste disfrutarlo a tope. Faltan personajes femeninos (que creo que en la pelicula se mejora)

Lo pillé de la biblioteca para ojearlo y al final lo he disfrutado por lo graciosete que es.

[Lucy Blaydes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book fast paced, exciting and funny. I can't wait to read the rest. My kids love the film and my daughter was given this book. I've rarely seen her get into reading something so avidly and actually finishing a book.

[Munch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious!

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

El libro es genial y me ha encantado - M.

[Bel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comic muy divertido

[Helena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fue muy gracioso y interesante. Lo recomiendo a todos los que tengáis sentido del humor.

[Macklin]

I get why kids would love these

[Danielle Jarman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A girl in my class let me read this book! I’m the teacher so asked for some suggestions. Quite enjoyed it.

[Yitza_456 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy anema y divertida la manera en la que esta escrito, desde las primeras páginas da ganas de leerlo.

[Susana Ory · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5/5

No soy el público objetivo, pero en realidad es entretenida sin alharacas, un poco como una infusión entre dos lecturas más densas.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny. I really enjoyed reading it

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

always a good read

[D E X · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABSOLUTE HILARIOUS

[Timothy Burbage · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this. My son loved this. Its hilarious and the art and dialogue are brilliant. Mr Shark is my favourite

[Happybutterfly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant!

[S.V. Veen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really fun kids book! Loved reading this to my son.

[Oriol Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

per a mi aquest llibre es molt gracios i es per a gent que li agrada la missio i la accio i es molt guai.

[Xander · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found myself captivated by this book and the style it was written