Celebrated comic artist and graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown's collection of all-new drawings sweetly illustrates the joys of living with a cat. Feat...
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Dec 17, 2009
Jeremy
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I like this Jeffrey Brown character. One does not come to him for spectacular art (though the crude style never detracts from the material; just the opposite, in fact), but for the opportunity to see familiar and often overlooked mannerisms and habits depicted within an instantly relatable situation. Here, he proves that his characters needn't be human or at all anthropomorphized to fit seamlessly into his perceptive little universe. Just about every weird thing I've ever seen the various cat
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Nov 24, 2008
John
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Just about the most fun you can have reading a book. Delightful.
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Apr 01, 2009
Jack
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I really don't like Jeffrey Brown most of the time. He's in that school of comix artists who write uncomfortable strips about their uncomfortable lives and always make me feel voyeuristically dirty for reading them. These are the kind of people who, if the comics are to be believed, must go around intentionally screwing up their relationships for the sake of having material. Insecurity, stubbornness, and sheer stupidity bleed off of every panel. Brown's illustrative style is unimpressive as
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Jul 29, 2011
Erin
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Cat Getting Out of a Bag mostly comprises single-page cat-related comics, and is therefore one of Jeffrey Brown's most "accessible" books; it could easily be a gift to a relative or a volume kept on the coffee table. But Bag should not be dismissed as just a "cute cat book." With his felt pen drawings, Brown here has used space and "action words" most inventively - "PURRRRRS" span panels; cats jump through frames; in one comic the onomatopoeia "KTHU
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May 01, 2008
Austin
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I love cats, more then a lot of people, but when I read Jeffery Brown's "Cat Getting Out of a Bag", I thought maybe he loved cats more. While his other works might be considered the direction of "hipster comics" in the time to come, I am rather indifferent about it, and think it is only good for a few "mehs" and short lived laughs...but this is a master piece! Being a master of cat observations myself, I can be sure that he too spent a lot of time just watching his
Nov 20, 2009
Kirstin
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The book, a series of illustrations on a variety of topics ranging from “The Cutest Sneeze in the World” to “Underfeet,” is an homage to all things cat. Brown hones in on all the things that make cats so very … catlike. He captures the crazed expression of a housecat seeing a bird, the embarrassed glance after an ungraceful jump (or fall), the endless pursuit of sun, pets, and treats. And he equally shares the delight of a purring kitten curled up on your lap and the utter frustration when that
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Jun 10, 2011
Racquel
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This was a birthday gift from my brother-in-law this year. Given I also own 3 cats, I found these little comics hilarious. Even my father-in-law, who is allergic to cats and generally avoids them, was flipping through it and cracking up at dinner. A collection of various short comic strips about cats, there is more pawing and meowing in this book than actual text. Most of the pictures speak for themselves though as they laugh at the many odd and unusual characteristics of our cats.
Dec 25, 2011
Talizmyn
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My sister bought this book for me for Christmas this year, knowing how much I read various cat-related comics. I have also lived with two cats for the last fourteen years, only recently losing one of them, so I am was able to relate to nearly all of the observations presented. It made me smile, made me laugh, and made me thankful for the cats that have ruled my life all these years. It's just what I needed.
Feb 11, 2011
Westerville
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"The things cats do must be universal (e.g., biting the end of a pen you are using). This was my second Jeffrey Brown book after Little Things." - Becky, Teen Librarian
Reserve a library copy!
Reserve a library copy!
Aug 07, 2011
Jessica
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I'm not sure this book would be as funny if I weren't cat-owned, but I am and it was perfect. I've seen my feline overlord do 95% of the things that Brown includes in this lovely little collection of comics, including a few I thought that my cat and my cat alone did. This book was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.
Jul 03, 2010
Peacegal
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This book will have cat moms and dads nodding in agreement and howling with recognition, while non-cat people will simply scratch their heads and pronounce the strips boring.
Your appreciation of this book will depend upon which camp you fall into. This would be a nice gift choice for pet parents who pamper their felines.
Your appreciation of this book will depend upon which camp you fall into. This would be a nice gift choice for pet parents who pamper their felines.
Oct 02, 2009
Brandon
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Normally I am not a fan of Jeffrey Brown, but this book had me rolling on the floor. A collection of cat idiosyncrasies in comic format? Consider me hooked. His art seems to improve as he continues drawing/writing. If you are a cat lover and aren't afraid of reading a comic, read this. You'll love every page.
Feb 08, 2011
Becky
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I laughed out loud several times. The things cats do must be universal (e.g., biting the end of a pen you are using). This was my second Jeffrey Brown book after Little Things.
Mar 03, 2011
Jessica
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I love Jeffrey Brown's cat comics and find that so many of his observations mirror my own. While reading, I actually started thinking about some of our own quirky cat observations that would fit well in another volume. I defintely recommend these cute little books to cat/pet lovers!
Jan 11, 2011
Linden
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<ital>Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations</ital> is a primarily a collection of nine-panel cartoon pages which offer daily events in the life of a house cat. This would be things like getting under the fresh sheet when you are flicking it into the air to make the bed or watching birds through a window and giving those odd little grunts because the glass prevents a pounce. The funniest thing for me was to see how universal were the things that I often imagined to be entir
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Jan 12, 2010
Xabier
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Oh, no, one more book about cats? Yes.
If you have lived/live with a cat, you will find how the funny things that your cat did/does are common stuff. If you have not shared your live with a cat you will find this album quite boring. 4Chan is better for cats.
If you have lived/live with a cat, you will find how the funny things that your cat did/does are common stuff. If you have not shared your live with a cat you will find this album quite boring. 4Chan is better for cats.
Dec 18, 2011
MariNaomi
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This book (and his other cat book) pulled me out of an existential sinkhole. Thank you, Jeffrey Brown. (You will probably only like this book if you love cats. And if you do, you will probably embarrass yourself by going "AWWWWW" while reading it.)
Feb 09, 2012
Firda
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I've never been a cat owner but from the many times I get to hang out with my cat-in-law Molly, I can say that this book is spot on! Lots of funny-because-it's-true cat moments can be found in this graphic novel. Cat owners would love it.
Dec 12, 2010
Tami Lynn
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It could be that we have a recent addition of kitten to our little family, but this is by far my favourite Jeffrey Brown book to date. If you have a cat, you have to read this. Hilarious, adorable, just wonderful.
Nov 19, 2011
Laura
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Totally adorable and amusing! I giggled the whole way through this great book of cartoons. [return][return]A must for cat lovers, this would make a delightful gift for a new cat owner.
Sep 30, 2009
Alissa
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HA HA HA HA HA HA! One of the most hilarious cat cartoon collections I've ever read--and that's because it's all so TRUE! Jeffrey Brown has accurately captured both the quirks and the cuteness of cats. A MUST-READ for the fan of the feline.
Jan 17, 2009
Iris
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I am severely allergic to cats. I can only enjoy them in book form and from behind panes of glass.
Look for the frames of the cat laying in the sun.
Look for the frames of the cat laying in the sun.
Nov 03, 2010
Jennifer
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These are wonderful comix by somebody who obviously has lived with a young cat. I laughed out loud at several points. Highly recommended for all cat people.
Jan 05, 2010
Sarah
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It's so cute! You can tell Jeffrey Brown has spent a lot of time watching his cat. However, I think you would have to be a cat person to enjoy his comics.
Apr 27, 2009
Max
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Anybody who has owned a cat and therefore knows that a cat is no mere pet but rather a sort of little being with which you travel life's rocky roads needs to pick this up. We've seen this sort of thing before here and there, i.e. the van Kliban cats and all that, but never with so much poignancy involved in the storytelling. There's a page in here called "Crying," in which we see a faceless, morose Brown sitting in a chair. The angle never changes but at the start there's no cat on his
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Feb 23, 2009
Megan
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Sometimes I'm at school. Sometimes I miss my cat. I get to read this with other cat-missers and we empathize.
Feb 27, 2011
Clumsy
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quest'uomo è un genio. e il gatto, MIsty , non è di carta. ma di peli, dolcezza e buffità.
Feb 13, 2011
Tamara
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Thank you, Becky! Perfectly describes what it's like to live with a cat, the good, the bad and the adorable.
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Dec 16, 2009
Pamela
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I don't know how many of you know this, but our family cat (Sunny) died in May. It was pretty hard for me to think about, so I dealt with it by not thinking about it much. It was with great trepidation that I read Cat Getting Out of a Bag, knowing that it consisted of one-page vignettes of Jeffrey Brown's cat being cute and cat-like. The book is adorable, and he gets everything exactly right--anyone who's ever owned and loved a cat will know exactly what he's talking/drawing about. In some w
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