The Bookseller reports the bestselling book in Scotland across the first 16 weeks of 2026 matches the rest of the UK: Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos!
Jamie Smart’s World Book Day offering has sold 14,392 copies in Scotland, performing slightly above average as it claims 8.7% of the £1 book’s total sales.
Read the full report here (registration required)
In Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos!, Monkey’s mischievous schemes to take over The Woods are afoot, and only Bunny can stop them! To do just that, he’ll need to find his thermal underwear, fire up the Flan Cannon and watch out for hairy jam (ew!) . . .
Whether you’re already a fan of this million-selling series or have yet to discover what all the crazy fuss is about – one thing’s guaranteed in this special World Book Day story . . . Total Chaos!
Described as “Not only clever and original, it’s also satisfyingly silly” by the Sunday Times, brought to you by Phoenix Comic Books, this special World Book Day book edition is a small but mighty force of humour and is packed full of the laugh-out-loud fun and mayhem that readers have come to love and expect from this bestselling series.
Multi-million-selling Jamie Smart is the creator behind such well-loved series as Bunny vs Monkey, Megalomaniacs and Looshkin, all of which regularly feature in the hugely popular comic The Phoenix. He is also the creator of the Max and Chaffy comic series for younger readers.
In 2024, Jamie was named Illustrator of the Year and won the Illustrated Children’s Book Award at the British Book Awards, as well as Illustrator of the Year and Best Book for Ages 6-8 at the Lollies Awards. His popularity with readers is borne out by the vast numbers of fans who attend his events.
• Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos! is available from all good bookshops | ISBN: 978-1788453929 | Buy it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
• You might also like this World Book Day 2026 Collection 12 Books Set – Pablo and Splash, Bunny vs Monkey, Against All Odds, Unbelievable Football, Pia’s Pet Club, Unicorn Academy, Bear Rescue, The Big Bang and four more | Buy it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
- About the Author
- Latest Posts
John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
Categories: British Comics, Comics, downthetubes Comics News, downthetubes News, Events
More British comic art gems set to go under the hammer from the Peter Hansen collection 
Lawless Bound: David Broughton 
Lawless Bound: Andrw Sawyers 
Johnny Red Signing announced at Forbidden Planet Liverpool
Leave a Reply