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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barticle35 said, 6 months ago
Catnip Santa.
old1953 said, 6 months ago
That is so my cat.
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 6 months ago
@barticle35
’zackly what I thought too!
misschili
said, 6 months ago
Meowy Christmew! Okay, this is meant to be a holiday greeting in Cat, but we don’t have all the right keys on the keyboard to do it correctly… ;-)
LafInLarry
said, 6 months ago
Amy Cat hugs her toys like that looks at first. She also wails away on them with her back feet like what I think is really going on here.
Yes, that’s two separate behaviors.
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
.. My cat was much more interested in Climbing the tree then what was under it…
Zuhlamon said, 6 months ago
@LafInLarry
That’s the Bunny Kick evisceration manuever. I have a 6-pound Freckle-Faced Schmutz-Point Siamese (very rare) who is very skillful at that technique, especially with gophers.
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Recent research says 1 out of 3 cats are predators, and we only see perhaps 10% of their kills. Well, she left me a mouse tail this morning, and damfino where the rest of the little corpse is located.
bmonk said, 6 months ago
“I just go nuts at Christmas!”
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
Cats normally grab their prey and disembowel them then eat them.
old1953 said, 6 months ago
Don’t think mine bothers with the disemboweling part, with him it’s all good, teeth to toenails.