Bad Dad

Most of the mayhem is cartoonish, but there's a lot of it, from gangsters extorting neighborhood residents by beating them and smashing up their shops to brandishing of guns at critical moments. A gangster squeezes Frank's ears till Frank feels his brain is going to burst. Dad gets arrested and sent to prison. An unexplained and life-changing car wreck costs Gilbert his leg and proves to be attempted murder. Throughout, there's a lot of don't-try-this-at-home, near-fatal daredevil driving.

Frank's drunken, long-absent mother calls him a "rude little toerag" when he doesn't want to kiss her. Bathroom humor, gross-out humor, and gross bathroom humor galore. Also fart jokes, butt jokes (and cartoons), etc.

Parents need to know that Bad Dad is best-selling British author David Walliams' wacky, loonily dystopian cartoon of a tale celebrating the father-son bond. It involves Gilbert, a race car driver who, along with his son, Frank, is celebrated by the whole neighborhood until he loses a leg and his career in an accident. Assorted mayhem ensues, involving gangsters terrorizing the locals -- to say nothing of Gilbert's bad but well-meant choices getting him a new career as a getaway driver. As things go from bad to worse, Frank struggles to right wrongs and save the day. There's butt, bathroom, and gross-out humor galore, and adults are often found at "the boozer" (kids go there in search of them); one adult character is a sloppy drunk. Gangsters beat up neighborhood residents, smash their shops, and brandish guns. A gangster squeezes Frank's ears till Frank feels his brain's going to burst. An unexplained car wreck costs Gilbert his leg and proves to be attempted murder. Amid all the craziness, there are strong messages of father-son love, looking out for each other, courage, persistence -- and avoiding greed.