Cat (kat), n.

This book first came out when I was in high school, and I was smitten. The cats are spot-on perfect!

At that point, the only popular cat cartoon was Garfield, and while that was OK- Kliban brought a whole new level of humor and surreality to the mix. I suspect we can credit him as a remote ancestor of "LOLcats", for instance, as well as many of the other great cat cartoons lurking about the internet.

I am pretty sure, too, that we can credit him with the concept of a "kittyloaf". "Cat: One hell of a fine animal, frequently mistaken for a meatloaf" pretty much sums it up.

I mislaid my old, loved copy of this a long time ago, and I am thrilled to be able to replace it. It has not lost anything with age!

Ok, there's nothing mind-bogglingly brilliant about this stuff, it doesn't shift paradigms, it's pretty mainstream, but Kliban's kindof like a thousand-trick pony (or cat): It's impressive how many variations on a theme he can generate & still get a silent chuckle out of me. It's obssessive.

B. Kilban totally likes cats. And he gets them. This humorous novel shows cats, cat lovers, and generally odd people with cats. The cartoons are funny, some more than others. The author clearly likes Tabby Cats - each one is drawn from the same mould, but each one is clearly an individual. A good book for cat lovers.

The ultimate cat cartoon book - some funny, some beautiful, all weird. A classic.

I've been enamoured of this book ever since I was a little child, and it's still completely adorable (in a wonderfully non-cloying way).

I love this book of cat cartoons!

My favourite is the banjo playing cat: "Love to eat them mousies, mousie's what I love to eat. Bite they little heads off, nibble on they tiny feet...'. Oh yeah.

And, interspersed with the funny stuff, are drawings of the real cats which are just beautiful.

Not your ordinary cat cartoons. Some are very surreal. "Flat Cat in Slat Vat," for instance.