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.
Comic is updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Kliban by B. Kliban
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barticle35 said, 7 months ago
What was that about curiosity??
Linda Dean
said, 7 months ago
Punchkin has my heat….
runar
said, 7 months ago
Cat hair gives it that extra little kick…
orinoco womble said, 7 months ago
@runar
Cat hair: Nature’s most abundant form of fibre!
Chelle962 said, 7 months ago
Cat to self: Never pounce on floating things….
Teresa said, 7 months ago
@Chelle962
pat them first!
masterskrain said, 7 months ago
Cat looks a little punch drunk to me…
t jacobs said, 7 months ago
not MY kitty!
LafInLarry
said, 7 months ago
Cat looks punch drunk.
Happy, happy, happy!!!
said, 7 months ago
um…
a little help here…
jadoo823 said, 7 months ago
@Happy, happy, happy!!!
…no help needed – and don’t worry, when he’s finished killing that fruit wedge he’ll move on to the others – really, no need to thank him!
Wabbit
said, 7 months ago
Just a Lemon!?
Patricia Lyke said, 7 months ago
I TOLD YOU NOT TO SPIKE THE PUNCH, THE CAT AN ALCOHOLIC.
orinoco womble said, 7 months ago
I wonder if Miyazaki saw Kliban’s cats? There’s a huge similarity with the punchbowl scene in “The Cat Returns”…which came out years after this comic was published.
magicwalnut said, 7 months ago
My cat would do that…if I had a punch bowl….