The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase
by Aaron Blabey · The Bad Guys
Interdimensional chaos meets a friendship worth fighting for — the Bad Guys' funniest and most emotionally powerful adventure yet
Kid
73
/ 100
Parent
49
/ 100
Teacher
42
/ 100
Best fit: ages 7-10
Still works: ages 6-12
Our Take
A kid-magnet graphic novel that delivers relentless laughs and cinematic action with a surprisingly powerful moral core, but its visual format and comedy DNA limit what parents and teachers can extract beyond pure reading joy
✓ Perfect for
- • Kids who devour action-comedy graphic novels and are ready for a series that sneaks genuine emotional depth beneath the slapstick and spectacle. Ideal for readers who loved the Bad Guys movie and want to go deeper into the characters' world.
Book facts
- Format
- graphic novel
- ISBN
- 9781338329520
- Series
- The Bad Guys
- Illustration
- fully_illustrated
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