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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Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
That’s like the camprobbers/grey jays around here. One time I was out skiing and the fluffy flutterbys came along. Put some granola on a glove and held it up. Then was surprised when a bird knocked the rest of it from the other hand.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 4 months ago
QWSCEMCS – it’s a very common mnemonic used in electronics for remembering resistor color codes.
Arianne said, 4 months ago
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?
I’ve been to London to visit the King.
Pussycat, pussycat, what did you there?
I snatched his cheese sandwich right out of thin air.
K.C. Fahel said, 4 months ago
One time my husband had a cheese and Vadalia onion sandwich. He put his sandwich down to answer the phone. Our cat took the sandwich, left the cheese and ate the Vadalia onion slices!
Maryfink said, 4 months ago
LOL Reminds me of my 10 month old – sounds like something he’d do!
nazzofoggenmach said, 4 months ago
ize gone say, isn’t that how you spell geography?
jessegooddoggy said, 4 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
Fluffy flutterby is a perfect description! Wish they would expand their range to the high sierra.
magicwalnut said, 4 months ago
@Three Steps Over Japan
Ooo! Thanks for the tidbit! I wonder what Kliban could do with " On old Olympus’ towering tops a Finn and German vied at hops"?
ossiningaling said, 4 months ago
And we’ll be seeing it again later at a carpet near you.
neatslob said, 4 months ago
@Three Steps Over Japan
In what language? In English it’s BBROYGBVGW for which I learned an extremely politically incorrect mnemonic.
Gerbilonawheel said, 4 months ago
Unfortunately, he can’t magicwalnut.You do know he’s dead, right? A relative/wife of his posts his material.
Three Steps Over Japan said, 4 months ago
@neatslob
Klingon.
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said, 4 months ago
We had some men it to repair the guttering on the stables as it wasgoing to be a long and complicated job (we still mostly have the original Georgian lead lined ornamented) the men took food up on the roof when one who had stuffed his tool belt with pepperami had the company of five of our (un)stable cats who hung on his tool belt and would snatch one everytime he got the wrapper off and spit the inner sheath back at him. Cats are born scavengers and if most of the hard work is done for them all the better.
anapero said, 3 months ago
Love this one!