Donut Squad: Take Over the World! 

by Neill Cameron

Interest age: 7 to 11
Reading age: 7+

Published by The Phoenix Comic Books, 2025

  • Adventure
  • Funny
  • Graphic novels

About this book

The Donut Squad is an outlandish assortment of Donuts, led by fun-loving Sprinkles, who plan to take over the world. 

Each member of the Squad has their own, quirky personality, such as boisterous Jammyboi, who leaves a trail of fruity mayhem in his wake, and the eccentric Spronky, who scrawls communist propaganda on the walls of Buckingham Palace. 

As the Donuts become more popular, a rival gang – the Bagel Battalion – are determined to take them down. Anxiety Donut is dispatched to find out what the Bagels are up to, although he’s perhaps not the best choice of undercover operative, as he quivers with panic when he’s spotted by chief bagel, Platoon Commander Poppyseed. As the two crews go head-to-head, who will win the battle of the baked goods?  

This fabulously funny collection of comic sketches is completely bonkers and will have readers roaring with laughter. 

Each character makes repeated appearances, with their escapades becoming increasingly absurd. Witty adverts for a range of Donut and Bagel merchandise add to the fun. 

The vibrant comic-strip illustrations are full of energy and humour, superbly bringing these hilarious characters to life.  

About the author

Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the comic books Mega Robo BrosMo-Bot High, The Pirates of Pangaea  (with Daniel Hartwell), Tamsin and the Deep (with Kate Brown), and the instructional How To Make Awesome Comics. Since 2011 his work has appeared in the weekly children’s comic The Phoenix. In 2016 Mega Robo Bros and Tamsin and the Deep were both shortlisted for the British Comics Awards. In 2017, Mega Robo Bros won the Excelsior Award Jr, a national comic award voted for by school and library reading groups across the UK. In 2018 it was also chosen as one of the best children's comics of the year by both the New York Public Library and the Schools Library Journal.

Neill also works as an artist-in-residence at The Story Museum in Oxford, where he contributed several large-scale comic strip installations and continues to be involved in comics-based education and activities, including running a monthly Comics Club group for young cartoonists.

Neill frequently travels the country giving workshops in schools, libraries and at festivals, and is a passionate advocate for the role comics can play in developing literacy skills and encouraging children’s creativity.

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