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Samurai Cat #5
Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies
The Terminationer --- A killer robot from the future wants to ice Shiro for some reason, but has a date with destiny at an convention for overweight SF fans.
The Yellow Brick Road Warrior --- Dispatched by the Grand Wizard of Australia, Shiro finds himself driving a truck full of dirt through the outback, backed up by a tin man whose really heartless, a scarecrow who's REALLY stupid, and a lion who isn't a coward ... the author's favorite Samurai cat story, even though Tomokato ain't in it much.
Seven Samurai Cats-a lot more Tomokato here. Kurosawa with felines ... Tomokato and his brother Shimura recruit five other samurai kitties and tangle with Mexican bandits in a lesser-known action of the Sengoku Jidai.
Alienated --- Tomokato and Shiro hitch a ride on a sparsely-furnished, monster-infested starship manned by geriatric character actors dying for a chance to direct. Horrible larvae chew, their way through Bill Shatner's toupee ... need I say more?
It's a Terminated Life --- Henry the Angel transports Tomokato to an alternate universe where the cat's never been born, Shiro's the Malevolent God-Emperor of the universe, and Will Rogers has met someone who doesn't like him.
The Yellow Brick Road Warrior --- Dispatched by the Grand Wizard of Australia, Shiro finds himself driving a truck full of dirt through the outback, backed up by a tin man whose really heartless, a scarecrow who's REALLY stupid, and a lion who isn't a coward ... the author's favorite Samurai cat story, even though Tomokato ain't in it much.
Seven Samurai Cats-a lot more Tomokato here. Kurosawa with felines ... Tomokato and his brother Shimura recruit five other samurai kitties and tangle with Mexican bandits in a lesser-known action of the Sengoku Jidai.
Alienated --- Tomokato and Shiro hitch a ride on a sparsely-furnished, monster-infested starship manned by geriatric character actors dying for a chance to direct. Horrible larvae chew, their way through Bill Shatner's toupee ... need I say more?
It's a Terminated Life --- Henry the Angel transports Tomokato to an alternate universe where the cat's never been born, Shiro's the Malevolent God-Emperor of the universe, and Will Rogers has met someone who doesn't like him.
302 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1994
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Mark E. Rogers
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Mark E. Rogers was an American author and illustrator. Rogers, while a student at Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, wrote a short novel, The Runestone, which has since been adapted into Willard Carroll's 1990 film starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance, although it remains unpublished, except as a numbered, signed limited edition chapbook published by Burning Bush Press in 1979. At the University of Delaware, he continued his interest in writing, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He thereafter became a professional writer. His published works include the Samurai Cat
series; a number of novels, The Dead, Zorachus, and the latter's sequel, The Nightmare of God; a series of books known as Blood of the Lamb; and another series called The Nightmare of God. He has also published three art portfolios and a collection of his pin-up paintings, Nothing but a Smile.
Rogers often had heart problems, he died from apparent heart failure while hiking with his family in California's Death Valley.
source: Wikipedia
Please see: Mark E. Rogers
Mark E. Rogers was an American author and illustrator. Rogers, while a student at Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, wrote a short novel, The Runestone, which has since been adapted into Willard Carroll's 1990 film starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance, although it remains unpublished, except as a numbered, signed limited edition chapbook published by Burning Bush Press in 1979. At the University of Delaware, he continued his interest in writing, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
He thereafter became a professional writer. His published works include the Samurai Cat
series; a number of novels, The Dead, Zorachus, and the latter's sequel, The Nightmare of God; a series of books known as Blood of the Lamb; and another series called The Nightmare of God. He has also published three art portfolios and a collection of his pin-up paintings, Nothing but a Smile.
Rogers often had heart problems, he died from apparent heart failure while hiking with his family in California's Death Valley.
source: Wikipedia
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September 8, 2025
I definitely read this book.
September 23, 2015
The recipe is definitely off on these later volumes. The endless absurdity, anachronisms, slapstick, and pulverizing of the fourth wall don't do enough to make up for the weaker stories and lack of truly funny moments. For a series with such cool art, the cheap binding with black & white art is worth losing a star all by itself. These books are are really meant to be read twice. Once when you're twelve and one more time when you're over 30. Not having the nostalgia or satisfaction of catching references that flew over my head as a kid hurts.
December 16, 2008
Non-stop craziness, puns, and violence as the samurai cats barrel through five movie parodies with the Terminator close on their heels, um, paws. Paw-heels? While the newer books have a lot more story, I find that the never ending stream of madcap is a bit much, so I like the earlier volumes more.
"We strike tomorrow at dawn" Shimura said.
"Won't Dawn protest?" asked Origami Ito.
"We strike tomorrow at dawn" Shimura said.
"Won't Dawn protest?" asked Origami Ito.
May 17, 2019
Very silly in an adult way, but good if you need to laugh out loud!
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