Jim Benton

*Winner of the 2022 Pop Culture Classroom Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Best Children's Nonfiction!*

Two curious robots seek the answers to life's most pressing—and hilarious—questions in this full-color graphic novel series by Jim Benton, New York Times bestselling author and creator of Franny K. Stein and Catwad!

Join Jop and Blip as they follow their curiosity

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Franny tries to follow her mother's suggestion to change her appearance, but by turning hair styling into a science experiment she creates some very greedy pigtails that terrorize the town.

Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.

Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be, but the suit has plans of its own.

With so much on her plate, like creating monsters out of meat by-products and dealing with overgrown babies, mad scientist Fran decides that the only way to get all her tasks done is to create Franbots, steel-plated duplicates of herself with minds of their own!

In this newest collection of hilarious stories, the dynamic feline duo explore fine art, travel to an alternate reality where the world has become extraordinarily dumb, get into gaming, and more!

Concerned that the fundraisers for the school art and music departments are not doing well, Franny K. Stein creates in her laboratory/kitchen an irresistible muffin recipe.

Catwad and Blurmp have adventures with video games, they go camping, meet a dragon, and more.

Batman fan Ernest Fann takes on the secret persona Gerbilwing and sets up a crime fighting unit with his friends and dog, but things become a little too real when Ernest and his friends visit a bank in the middle of a robbery.

In what is described as "an 8 year old's fever dream, " New York Times bestselling author introduces us to Bill Waddler. Bill is a duck who dreams of being smothered by farting snakes. He also has a special gift. He is able to hear appliances complain. Imagine what toilets would complain about. Bill doesn't need to imagine. While working as a cash-only hay seller (that doesn't accept credit cards), Bill doesn't know that he, and a very confused orange...