What's Inside Your Gut, Shmut?: : A Tragic First Tale of the World's Last Dumbosaurus!

by Kount Kracula, Mr. Watt (Illustrations), Vivita K. (Editor)

Havoc breaks loose, in Hollywood's 'Beastie Canyon', U.S.A --- When, the infamous, grumpy Grok, a fiery, giant Dragosaur, arrives home to find his ditzy 150 foot wife, Shmut (the world's last dumbosaurus), back from a long 10 month vacation; with a mysterious, mountainous 'belly bundle'! Kount Kracula's stomach-churning adventure tale ensues, as the kooky orange, female behemoth, colorfully explains her controversially bloated situation! This is the first picture book for Mr. Watt & the kooky, benevolent author/storyteller' Kount Kracula ( a TV Horror Host); who lives (and lurks) in Hollyweird, Canada, North America! The this book is #1, in a series of upcoming books in the upcoming, satirical "Kount Kracula Picture Book" series. The Kount's hobbies watching schlocky, old B-Movies, scaring small animals & writing satirical picture novels, for the “tween-ager” & juvenile publication market.

27 pages, Paperback

Published May 17, 2018

Reviews

[Tonja Drecker · Rating 5 out of 5]

These pages take a dive into an entirely different type of quirky humor, which reminds maybe a tad bit of Mad Magazine.

Grok is a hot tempered, full of himself dinosaur who is married to a dizzy—and much bigger dinosaur—Shmut. She returns home after a month long vacation with a huge belly...and Grok suspects the worst.

This is a picture book/comic but not for little ones. The subject matter and writing hit the older group of younger and older teens. It's quirky...very much so..., obscure and simply hits a certain type of humor which isn't often touched upon, but will have the right reader laughing and loving every page. Grok and Shmut pack emotion pure, and it bursts from the page.

Although short at twenty-eight pages, each one holds punch. The illustrations are bold and bright with an addicting, chaotic flair. The personalities of Grok and Shmut shine through with power, and there are humorous details sprinkled in to make each one worth a careful look. The speech bubbles and comic text squares plaster the rest of the page, not only narrating the story briefly but expressively with punches of sarcasm, wit and sheer ridiculousness thrown in. The puns and pokes are pointed, spiked and taunting a dash of shock as they mix right in with the ranting and racing feel of the text. A couple taboos are neared but not really pressed upon, giving the entire thing the edge this special humor requires.

While this won't be every reader's thing, it's definitely something others will devour and enjoy.

Honestly, I'm not sure whether to give it 4 or 5 stars, since it's well done but a little out of my humor range. So, I'm going with the 5 because...oh...why not?

I received a complimentary copy and wanted to leave my honest thoughts.

[Maranda Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a crazy story! lol I'm not sure exactly where to even start with this, but let's start with the style of the book. Even though it is a picture book, it definitely has a highly comic bookish feel to it. The art is comic book-like and all the text boxes and speech bubbles add to that impression as well. To be honest, I'm not sure little kids would really understand or fully register all the jokes and silliness in this book, but middle grade readers (ages 8-12+ or so) are sure to enjoy the goofiness and weird sense of humor. This is a book I could especially see reluctant boy readers enjoying, although girls who like odd and funny stuff are likely to enjoy it too. Some of the language is more advanced, so it might be a book beginning or struggling readers would need help with, but it isn't extremely text-heavy overall, so it shouldn't be too frustrating for young readers.