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
Only a cat could do that…
orinoco womble said, 5 months ago
Or an owl…
kauri44 said, 5 months ago
Or Linda Blair…
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
Looks like my next door neighbor’s cat, Lynxie, waiting for his chin skritching…
Doctor Toon
said, 5 months ago
Cats do seem to be able to twist themselves at impossible angles
My wife and I have a running joke that when the cats are sleeping they sometimes look like broken toys
Wish I could sleep like that
magicwalnut said, 5 months ago
This is the only cartoon that makes me start laughing even before I’ve seen it.
Teresa said, 5 months ago
How do they do that?!?
jadoo823 said, 5 months ago
…my late lamented old guy used to do a sort of half-backflip and end up looking at you from between his own legs, somehow…miss him…
tha_liquid said, 5 months ago
Excellent picture, and very true too. :)
boldyuma said, 5 months ago
Upside down
Boy ya turn me
Inside out
Round and round - Diana Ross(1980)
barticle35 said, 5 months ago
Recently I was told my son’s 20 year old cat passed away. I expressed a hope that Elwood might be reincarnated into a higher life form. Then I remembered there is no higher life form than a cat.