There’s a new Donut Squad collection – Destiny of the Donuts! – by Neill Cameron out this week, available from your Local Book Shop.
Donut Squad began as a regular feature in the weekly children’s comic, The Phoenix, alongside other favourites like Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs Monkey, and has since been perfectly baked into a fantastic graphic novel series of its own.
Following events from the pages of the wonderful Phoenix Comic, collected in Donut Squad: Take Over the World! (shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2025) and Donut Squad: Make a Mess!, The Donut Squad are back from the future, and guess what? In the future, NO DONUTS ARE ALLOWED! Whaaaaaaat!!!
Yes, our favourite sugary heroes are back in this latest hilarious addition to comics genius Neill Cameron’s bestselling series. Nobody can resist DONUT SQUAD!
In Destiny of the Donuts!, the Donut Squad are on a mission – they must stop a futuristic nightmare where they don’t exist from coming to pass. Will Anxiety Donut keep his cool? Will Caramel Jack be any less SALTY? Will Godonut ever turn up???
The answers to these questions can only be found in this book. Are we destined for a future with no donuts – or can the Donut Squad save us all from this unthinkable horror?
Brought to you by Phoenix Comic Books, this series has become a favourite among young readers and features all the characters from the comic strip that children know and love. It’s full of crazy humour and mouthwatering full-colour illustrations that will keep readers going back for seconds!
And don’t just take our word for it. Jamie Smart, a comic creator of impeccable taste, creator of Bunny vs Monkey (also published by The Phoenix), doesn’t hold back in his praise, describing Donut Squad as “Epic! Hilarious! Explosive!
“A sweeping tale of colourfully-glazed greatness, as ridiculous as it is brilliant, this could well be the most important book of your life! Onwards, donuts!”‘ Jamie Smart, creator of Bunny vs Monkey” he enthuses.
Plus – do you love to draw? Want to create awesome characters just like the Donut Squad? At the back of this book is a whole section of how-to-draw tutorials from Neill Cameron, plus links to The Phoenix comic club website where you can find draw-along videos, free printable material AND top tips from tons of creators!
Neill Cameron is a comics creator and writer whose work features regularly in the much-loved comic The Phoenix. As well as the bestselling Donut Squad series, he’s also the creator of the award-winning Mega Robo Bros series, available in a box set here (AmazonUK Affiliate Link) and How to Make Awesome Comics. He is also the author/illustrator of the popular middle-grade Freddy series.
When Neill isn’t drawing and writing, he is often out and about at festivals, bookshops and running comic workshops – events which are hugely popular with all his many fans.
• Donut Squad: Destiny of the Donuts by Neill Cameron | Publisher: David Fickling Books (The Phoenix Comic Books) | ISBN: 978-1788453905 | Buy it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) |
Authors Live!
Neill Cameron is taking part in an upcoming online BBC event, Authors Live! on 16th September 2026, organised by Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland.
Featuring world-class author events produced in partnership with BBC Scotland, Authors Live is broadcast live on iPlayer and available on demand. It’s absolutely free to join, you can watch from anywhere, you just have to sign up first
Neill will be talking about donuts and how to write and draw comics. Once registered, you will be sent instructions on how to tune in before the broadcast. As part of each broadcast, we ask our virtual audience to send in questions for the author to answer. To submit a question for Neill Cameron, please email authorslive@scottishbooktrust.com.
Questions submitted for the Authors Live broadcast will be sent directly to Scottish Book Trust, who manage school participation for the event. A child’s first name, school and their question may be read out on air as part of the programme. All emails received for this purpose will be deleted by Scottish Book Trust after the broadcast.
• Donut Squad: Destiny of the Donuts by Neill Cameron | Publisher: David Fickling Books (The Phoenix Comic Books) | ISBN: 978-1788453905 | Buy it from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) |
• Neill Cameron is online at neillcameron.com | BlueSky | Instagram | Substack
• Check out the Neill Cameron shop on bookshop.org for all Neill’s books, or Neill’s Web Shop for signed copies and exclusive comics
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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.
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