Petlandia

Hannan targets the audience of his Freddy! and Super Goofballs series with an animal-centric comedy that resurrects some of the canine-feline animosity seen in his CatDog animated series. Madame Wigglesworth, the Finkleblurt family’s self-aggrandizing pet cat, is infuriated by the way the humans dote on pet dog Grub. She engineers a coup d’état that kicks the Finkleblurts to the curb and leaves the pets, which include a lovelorn hamster and a depressed clownfish, in charge of “the sovereign nation of Petlandia.” Hannan’s manic cartooning conveys Madame Wigglesworth’s monomania and Grub’s mental vacancies with glee, but while outlandish moments are frequent, the dialed-up-to-11 energy can grow tiring. Ages 7–10. (Apr.)