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    <body><![CDATA[A bit of patience is required for King Cat's shaky start.  However, Porcellino quickly develops into a confident and nuanced artist and story-teller.  It's one for a rainy, interrupted with periods of long, thoughtful, unfocused staring out of a window.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit I expected to be reading T.S. Elliot's 'Cats' with an Italian slant (the last name of the author suggested that possibility).  Silly me.  Probably it's a age thing but I have to confess that I didn't actually love Porcellino's self absorbed cartoons though toward the end of the book I d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14265182">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't like to use the word poignant, it sounds too critic-y but it really was.  Probably one of, if not the, best comics I've ever read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So incredible. Felt like I was reading the prequel to American Elf.<br/><br/>I'd been meaning to start reading King-Cat but going through each issue individually was a little daunting. I'm glad my sister bought me this. The book really kick-started my most recent comic-making spree.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great collection of jon p's work.  didn't realize how insane some of his stuff is.  crazy dream stories!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really awesome dream comics.]]></body>
    
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