If by some strange happenstance you have never before seen a Kliban cat drawing, you will instantly recognize that each and every one of them captures the essence of…. cat. A well-established illustrator and cartoonist (Playboy, The New Yorker, Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head, et al) B. Kliban used to devote off-moments in his studio to drawing his felines Nitty, Norton, Burton Rustle and Noko Marie the Snake. An editor friend saw this work and convinced Kliban to let her take it publishers, and in 1975 Workman published CAT, a huge bestseller which inspired an outbreak of cat love that has not abated to this day. That groundbreaking book was followed by more books, and more drawings, which manifested on calendars, cards, mugs, ceramics, clothing – almost 9,000 unique items to date. And the book that started it all is still in print. Cat people of the world, rejoice -- and savor the twice-a-week pleasure of KLIBAN’S CATS.
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Kliban by B. Kliban
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margueritem
said, 7 months ago
A Classic!!
purple sky
said, 7 months ago
This brings back memories! I had a coffee mug with this panel on it YEARS ago!
artybee said, 7 months ago
I have the T-shirt.
Mark said, 7 months ago
Ah. A REAL Kliban cat…
Three Steps Over Japan said, 7 months ago
THE classic.
kauri44 said, 7 months ago
My favourite Kliban cat cartoon of all time. I remember hearing a band play a version of this song during a sound check…
ckcsmum said, 7 months ago
I have this on a hand towel. Still using it. They really don’t make things that long-lasting anymore.
vadio said, 7 months ago
I had it on a checkbook cover. Can’t bear to throw the tattered & torn thing away; still have some well-used ratty used hand towels with other Kliban cats in a drawer!
orinoco womble said, 7 months ago
The greatest Kliban Cat of all time!!
JohnnyDiego said, 7 months ago
It’s not so cute when at 4:00 a.m. you step barefoot into they greasy grimy guts on the kitchen floor.
ne7minder55 said, 7 months ago
I love this one & it looks like I’m not alone on that! I sang this song to my kids When they were little & my oldest is singing it to his now.
jessegooddoggy said, 7 months ago
@JohnnyDiego
I had forgotten the head I stepped on one morning – barefoot of course – THANKS for reminding me!!
pumaman said, 7 months ago
Cat Stevens should have recorded that.
N7326 Foxtrot said, 7 months ago
I took a book of Kliban’s cats to work one day years ago and passed it around. We spent half a day singing that song over and over, driving the boss nuts.
blinkr1213
said, 7 months ago
I agree that this is the best Kliban cat cartoon, and the lyrics are what makes it great. For 15 years my sister had a cat that looked just like this one – but it was not very good on the guitar.