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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win said, 4 months ago
Kick MY cat and I’ll break your back!
AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago
My cats sometimes need a (gentle) kick just to get them to move out of the way!
misschili
said, 4 months ago
@AshburnStadium
A nudge should be good, at least I hope so, as my cat needs nudging frequently.
old1953 said, 4 months ago
You mean a nudge as in “don’t stand in the door, it’s in or out” kind of nudge? My cat LOVES to do that. OTOH, he’s a little weird, sometimes he wants his tail pulled. Why a cat would want his tail pulled, I have no idea, can a cat get a crick in their tail? Anyhow, sometimes you pet him, and he just moves up and puts that tail in your hand and waits. Give it a tug, he’s perfectly happy. Go figure. Cats make no sense.
orinoco womble said, 4 months ago
@old1953
My cat used to do that. A few gentle tugs to the tail and he purred like an outboard motor. I figured, since he was a rescue cat that had been abused, he might be slightly BDSM, but maybe not then.
@ Ashburn, a friend of mine often says, “Cats follow along in front.” They do, too, and they have radar; they know just how much to increase speed so you can’t pass them!
Ray C said, 4 months ago
“Nudge” is a good word, where I define that as no distance between cat and foot when you apply the (gentle) force. If you swing your foot through air before it contacts him, that’s a kick, and you are going to hurt Kitty. It’s in a cat’s DNA to check out a space before entering it. Comes from being prey as well as predator.
LafInLarry
said, 4 months ago
Nudge might be a good word, but after reading the comments, I sat here adapting a Monty Python sketch to the topic . . .
Is your cat a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more . . .
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
Around here, kick a cat, and you will get back a bloody stump!
magicwalnut said, 4 months ago
Mme. Bouqui has to be cajoled each morning to allow me to descend the stairs. She will eventually move, but only the the next step down. I swear she thinks it’s funny!
Chikuku said, 4 months ago
If you kick my cat, you will die like a dog, and God will send you to Hell.
ckham said, 4 months ago
I do not kick my cats. They do, however, love to have their fur rubbed backwards vigorously. For some reason it puts them into that strange euphoric catnip state.
morosemoose said, 4 months ago
@orinoco womble
They also know exactly where you plan to stop and stop ecactly 1 foot before that.
old1953 said, 4 months ago
@orinoco womble
Now he’s taught the dog to purr. What next?
Zuhlamon said, 4 months ago
“…Why a cat would want his tail pulled, I have no idea”
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’dja know that cat farts are inaudible to the human ear? Kinda wastes the effect, but the cat is amused.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Better than tripping or accidentally stepping on them.