![]() ![]() When a “most diabolical robot”–building contest is announced, Dylan seizes the chance to prove he’s more fiendish than Addison: “That hideous trophy…will be mine! All MINE!” And it is, after Dylan accidentally-on-purpose sends Addison and her menacing robot into space. The well-paced narrative’s comedic timing reinforces the absurdity of the premise. The classroom of small villains is a hoot, and there are lots of dastardly details in the not-at-all-villainous art. ![]() Campbell’s soft-focus illustrations - rendered in watercolor and colored pencil on tea-stained paper - give all the characters personality, even those without speaking roles. ![]() They tell their son Dylan, born wearing a purple mask and a fiendish expression, that he’s “the very best and cleverest super-villain in the whole wide world!” Dylan thinks so, too, until he goes to school and meets Addison Van Malice (sporting blue Princess Leia–style hair and a swashbuckling eye patch), who out-evils Dylan at every turn. Snivels are surprised by this development (and by the fact that they just “happened to have a baby”), but not disappointed. ‘It’s a healthy little super-villain!’” Sweet, unsuspecting new parents Mr. ![]()
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