THE SNIPS

A group of hairdresser superheroes face off against their wiggiest villain yet.

Flealix the dog and the aptly named, uber-hirsute Unruly HairThing—both members of the Snips—are enjoying a sunny day in the park. But things turn hair-rowing when a bigwig baddie known as the Wigmaster shows up with his army of “wignions” (people he’s hypnotized to do his bidding) to steal Flealix’s watch, just the tool he needs to enact his wig-a-licious plan. At Tijera Tower—the Snips’ scissors-shaped headquarters—Flealix and the Unruly HairThing, joined by team members Patty Pomada, Nubes Cloudhead, Letty Lentes, and Casco Hardhat, prep for the annual Snipseum Gala, with this year’s celebration centered on the history of wigs. Enter the Wigmaster, who marshals his growing number of wignions and his newly acquired watch to crash the fiesta and steal the Snips’ wigs, kidnap the Unruly HairThing, and enact his plan for complete domination of Scissor City and beyond. Along the way, the Wigmaster even manages to brainwash and recruit Patty, Nubes, and Letty. Now, Casco and Flealix must level up their hair game to save the day. Like their previous, laugh-out-loud outing, the Snips’ latest adventure cuts through the noise with thrilling action, pun-worthy giggles, and a wacky cast of heroes and villains alike. Raúl the Third keeps Scissor City a colorful comic-book oasis, peppered with the occasional Spanish word or phrase, meta interjections from the author, and a much tighter plot than the earlier book, delivering spectacular antics befitting his charismatic, racially diverse heroes.

Hair-larious fun.