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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Horqua said, 2 months ago
The Big Mew Bowski
Horqua said, 2 months ago
The Mewd abides!
orinoco womble said, 2 months ago
It’s the fin on his tail that gets me. Bowling Shark!!
Cooncat said, 2 months ago
Why the flipper on his tail?
masterskrain said, 2 months ago
Love the stabilizer fin!
nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
klibe, your free flashback is evidently never ending! happy trails!
nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
@Horqua
yuks!
Jim Pallas
said, 2 months ago
Snorkel bowling.
LafInLarry
said, 2 months ago
@orinoco womble
Orinoco, note the two posts ahead of yours. The Dude referenced there was Jeff Bridges. His father was Lloyd Bridges who starred in Sea Hunt and thus wore fins like that. It all fits together.
Even if Kliban died wejj before The Big Lebowski.
orinoco womble said, 2 months ago
@LafInLarry
I guess it never made it to S. Europe, where I live.
masterskrain said, 2 months ago
Am I the only one here who has never seen the Big lebowsky, or whatever, and therefore have NO idea of the references?
nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
@masterskrain
you and shine might consider theater passes.
dumbbobsbrother said, 2 months ago
@Cooncat
Some places they call that type of pin Duck Pins
orinoco womble said, 2 months ago
@masterskrain
No, you aren’t. I saw the trailer of the Big Lebowsky and that was quite sufficient.
Arianne said, 2 months ago
Brother, can you spare a fin?
(Inflation, and all)