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
The Knight Life by Keith Knight
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Nabuquduriuzhur said, 5 months ago
Short Cat Copper.
barticle35 said, 5 months ago
This is one kitty that needs fixing.
orinoco womble said, 5 months ago
Long John SilverTabby.
win said, 5 months ago
He ate his parrot.
catlady1
said, 5 months ago
@orinoco womble
PURRFECT!!
Dave Marsden
said, 5 months ago
Bucco Bruce approves
LafInLarry
said, 5 months ago
Instead of purrrring, he arrrrrrs.
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
Bet the peg leg doubles as a scratching post, too!
Redhead55
said, 5 months ago
He’s all decked out for Gasparilla Pirate Fest later this month. 8-)
Linguist said, 5 months ago
That is El Gato, the watch cat on my galleon, the Irish Rover, moored over in Ballard Street Cove. Good cat, bad attitude !
Teresa said, 5 months ago
That was my Gingy, Marmalade instead of silver. I had a choice of taking off his leg when he got cancer from rabies vaccination with no guarantee the vet would get all of it. He died about 3 months after the prognosis.
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He had such a powerful personality, I really miss him.
bmonk said, 5 months ago
Mearrrrrrrrrgh!
boldyuma said, 5 months ago
Just call him Lucky..
You should see what the other cat looks like..