{"id":34655,"date":"2025-12-31T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=34655"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:52:44","slug":"neill-camerons-donut-squad-make-a-mess-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2025\/12\/31\/neill-camerons-donut-squad-make-a-mess-book-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neill Cameron\u2019s Donut Squad: Make a Mess! (Book 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Neill Cameron<\/strong> & various (David Fickling Books)
\nISBN: 978-1-78845-358-5 (Digest TPB Standard edition), 978-1-78845-408-7 (Waterstones edition)<\/p>\n

Had enough to eat yet? Do You Like Donuts?<\/p>\n

Only you can truly answer that question, but if you\u2019re undecided, and dangerously unaware of the ramifications of indecision, then rowdy raconteur and inestimable art fiend Neill Cameron has another batch of artisanal, edibly-edifying arguments you might want to consider before deciding, all jam-packed into a manic new compendium of strips, activities and artificially-sweetened exploits starring a bargain box of comics champions cherrypicked from modern British periodical treasure trove The Phoenix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Since debuting in 2012 and just like Beano<\/strong>, Dandy<\/strong> and other perennial childhood treasures, the wonderful weekly has masterfully mixed hilarious comedy with enthralling adventure serials\u2026 and frequently in the same scintillating strip. Everybody braced in? Got your snacks? Napkins? Right then, let\u2019s go\u2026<\/p>\n

Crafted by Cameron (Mega Robo Bros<\/strong>, Freddy<\/strong>, Tamsin of the Deep<\/strong>, How to Make Awesome Comics<\/strong>, Pirates of Pangea<\/strong>), a unique team of toothsome adventurers reconvene here in world much improved by an absence of bagels. As enny fule kno, bagels are the arch enemy of Donuts and probably all Life…
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\nMoreover, there are fresh additions to the team we met in volume 1 (Donut Squad Take over the World!<\/strong> May 2nd<\/sup> 2025) besides commander-in-chief Sprinkles<\/em>, accident prone Jammyboi<\/em>, Chalky <\/em>(the ghost of a murdered Victorian Donut), violent vigilante Justice Donut<\/em>, nerve-wracked Anxiety Donut<\/em>, piratical Caramel Jack! <\/em>(he\u2019s a little bit salty!), Dadnut & Li\u2019l Timmy<\/em>, and utterly unknowable and incomprehensible Spronky!<\/em> who will make themselves known in good time…<\/p>\n

First though we indulge in some \u2018Fun Times with Sprinkles\u2019<\/em> and the rest, prior to a passionately resolute \u2018No Bagels.\u2019 <\/em>Public Service Announcement, leading us all into an extended exploit in \u2018The Great Outdoors\u2019<\/em> involving camping, campfires and being eaten by bears…
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\nRuggedly individualistic, the assorted flavourites (said it. Not proud.) generally work in solo vignettes that combine to make a full package but all pitch in for regular features such as the ads for merch like the \u2018Official Donut Squad Camping Gear!\u2019<\/em> which here include Tents, Backpacks and High-Power Bear Tranquiliser Guns, and are sensibly, accommodatingly backed up by \u2018Hot New Donut Flavours for Summer!\u2019<\/em> How about Pi\u00f1a Coladonut!<\/em>, Choco Banana!<\/em> or Sweat and Suncream! – <\/em>or even Cool Cool Mango!, Watermellon Baller <\/em>and Seagull Beaks!<\/em>?<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t mind me asking, how big are your nuts? Are you man enough to handle Omega Gargantunut<\/em>, Gargantunut Titan<\/em>, Extinction Level<\/em> Gargantunut<\/em>, Gargantunut: Nemesis<\/em>? Steve<\/em> thinks he is but significant other Janet<\/em> just thinks he\u2019s full of himself…<\/p>\n

No matter how rich they might sound they are as nothing compared to Daddy Billions! – The Richest Donut in the World! <\/em>If you\u2019re not sure we can direct you to \u2018Ask your Mother!: with Mumnut & Li\u2019l Timmy\u2019<\/em> episodes before meeting the new guys. These \u2018Meatynuts!\u2019<\/em> include \u2018Spicyboi!\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Beefychunks!\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Crazy Mayonnaisey!\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Ham Alan\u2019<\/em>, who shares his extensive backstory before we explore \u2018Sweet-Meat Fusion Donuts\u2019<\/em> like \u2018Chocolate-Frosted Beef\u2019<\/em>, \u2018HAMnJAM!\u2019<\/em> or \u2018Caramel Sausage!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

A barrage of parental queries season \u2018Great Moment\u2019s in Donut History\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Classic of World Donut Cinema\u2019<\/em>, and intermittent silhouette games commence with \u2018Name That Donut\u2019<\/em>, supported by more merch such as Donut Squad Caps!<\/em>, Water Bottles!<\/em>, Plutonium Enrichment Plants!<\/em>, Hoodies<\/em>, Cushions<\/em> and Autonomous Humanoid Robots<\/em>!, prior to everyone from Beefychunks to the entire afterlife getting a go at answering dear Timmy\u2019s questions…<\/p>\n

Regular features like \u2018Donut-Related Conspiracy Theories!\u2019<\/em> and \u2018It\u2019s Spronky!\u2019<\/em> vie for attention with new treats like \u2018Do You Like Cheese Donuts? Introducing Tasty Bob!, Nordic Helga and Camemboi!\u2019 <\/em>and \u2018The Life of Michael\u2019 <\/em>plus \u2018Donutiquette – DOs and DON\u2019Ts of POLITE DONUT EATING\u2019<\/em>, \u2018Extreme Donut Eating!\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Great Figures of History Who Were Secretly Donuts\u2019<\/em>..<\/p>\n

Of course all this is fine but – following the lengthy saga of \u2018The Totally Normal Humans\u2019<\/em> – things get a bit weird and very nasty as all the long-banished Bagel Battalion<\/em> break free of their extradimensional jail in THE VOID and attempt to take over the book by invading its gutters!<\/p>\n

They succeed too…
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\nHaving whetted your appetite you\u2019ll need to buy the book to see what happens next, but be warned, the bready brutes broke out by infiltrating the activity section at the rear, with Cameron\u2019s \u2018Phoenix Comic Club\u2019 <\/em>art classes on How to Draw<\/em> \u2018Sprinkles!\u2019<\/em>, \u2018…Anxiety Donut!\u2019<\/em>, \u2018…Justice Donut!\u2019<\/em>, \u2018…Caramel Jack!\u2019<\/em>, and all the others caught up in the conflict…<\/p>\n

Smart, witty, laugh out loud weird and utterly bonkers, this seemingly piecemeal treat cunningly connects a whole bunch of stuff kids love without knowing why, but which totally bewilders us oldsters and keeps us in our place. Devious, eccentric and captivating, the sugar rush is guaranteed and if you get toothache it\u2019s from laughing not quantum confessions…<\/p>\n

Moreover, as all the best books and movies say: DONUT SQUAD WILL RETURN\u2026
\nText and illustrations \u00a9 Neill Cameron 2026. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Neill Cameron\u2019s Donut Squad: Take Over the World! <\/strong>is scheduled for UK release on January 1st<\/sup> 2026 and is available for pre-order now; or wait until next year and get it tomorrow while walking off all those donuts and bagels…<\/p>\n

Today in 1956 Nexus<\/strong> co-creator and Kirby fan Steve Rude<\/strong> was born. In 1965 Dirty Plotte<\/strong> auteur Julie Doucet<\/strong> arrived, but the day also commemorates major losses. In 1978 graphic genius Basil Wolverton<\/strong> went to his long-anticipated reward, and in 2005 inimitable Maurice<\/strong> (The Perishers<\/strong>) Dodd<\/strong> told his last joke. While talking of newspaper strips that changed lives, December 31st<\/sup> 1995 also saw Bill Watterson<\/strong>\u2019s final Calvin and Hobbes<\/strong> episode. Sigh.<\/p>\n

You know where to look by now, so perhaps do that between all the \u201cauld lang synes\u201d and dry white whines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Neill Cameron & various (David Fickling Books) ISBN: 978-1-78845-358-5 (Digest TPB Standard edition), 978-1-78845-408-7 (Waterstones edition) Had enough to eat yet? Do You Like Donuts? Only you can truly answer that question, but if you\u2019re undecided, and dangerously unaware of the ramifications of indecision, then rowdy raconteur and inestimable art fiend Neill Cameron has … <\/p>\n

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