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, 3 months ago
Garfield in a sea of Nermals.
kauri44 said, 3 months ago
That must have taken a looong time to draw…
orinoco womble said, 3 months ago
Where’s Tiger?
catwoman19642004 said, 3 months ago
One in a million.
masterskrain said, 3 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
There’s NOTHING Nermal about it…
Chelle962 said, 3 months ago
You are unique…just like everyone else!
pumaman said, 3 months ago
Orange you glad you went to the gathering?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago
re: masterskrain
true. Getting a few thousand cats to sit together quietly would be impossible.
Dave Marsden
said, 3 months ago
There’s always one…
LafInLarry
said, 3 months ago
To me, this means it’s post your yella cat day.
So here’s Fezziwig
And Pip
And yes, we like Dickens as a source of cat names.
LingeeWhiz said, 3 months ago
If I knew how to put a picture of my orange cat up, I would.
Horqua said, 3 months ago
Orange you glad I didn’t say Kat?
LafInLarry
said, 3 months ago
@LingeeWhiz
Here’s how I posted the first picture of Fezziwig:
<img src=“http://lafinlarry.net/cats/fezzi-2210t.jpg”>
But note that the comments column here is 350 pixels wide. The pictures of Pip are wider than that. So they wouldn’t spill out, I used this:
<img src=“http://lafinlarry.net/cats/pip-1985.jpg” width=“320” height=“213”>
You can use these as templates replacing the address of the picture with that of your orange cat picture(s). Note that you also need to change the numbers in the resized shots so that they are proportionate to the width and height of your picture.
Wider pictures will post ok though. You may have seen picture posts where the picture is wider than the comments column.
trusty2 said, 3 months ago
Fezziwig and Pip are most charming! I am biased though, as I have never met an orange stripey cat who did not charm me :)
sandflea said, 3 months ago
There’s always one that stands out in a crowd. They must be at a Cat Stevens concert.