September 7, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
Hachette Book Group (Grand Central Publishing) was kind enough to send me an advance copy of Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield. The book is a comic print form of the hugely popular YouTube video series called Simon’s Cat (if you haven’t seen it, you can check out the videos here).
When I first heard of Simon’s Cat coming in book form, I was a bit skeptical of how it might translate as a comic book. Part of the charm of Simon’s Cat was the ability to see your own cat (or any cat, actually) in the movements shown in the videos. I just wasn’t sure that single frames would translate as well and I was afraid some of that charm would be lost in the transition.
I’m glad to say that it hasn’t. Simon’s Cat is just as amusing and peculiar as the web videos. In fact, the book develops Simon’s Cat further by introducing reoccurring characters like the Cat’s garden gnome friend (which the Cat seems to think is real) and the numerous birds that the Cat is always trying to get its paws on.
Tofield does an amazing job of bringing the odd behaviors of any cat to life in these pages and I have a feeling that both cat-lovers and those who aren’t so fond of our furry friends will like this book. It’s true, everybody does know a cat like Simon’s.
The book is set to be released on September 24, but you can pre-order Simon’s Cat
now on Amazon.com for just under $10.
August 21, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Oh wow, Business Guys on Business Trips is a hilarious single-frame comic about the stupid stuff that happens at work. [via]
Situations that slow down progress, insane red-tape, and people in business suits are all addressed in this comic. You’ll want to bookmark this for sure.
August 4, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
If you’re a fan of Simon’s Cat, the online video shorts of a cute animated cat by Simon Tofield (see “Fly Guy” and “TV Dinner“), then you’ll be very happy to know that Simon is publishing his well-loved cat in book form. Simply titled Simon’s Cat, the book is a 240-page look at the relationship that one man has with his funny and always-hungry cat.
Simon’s Cat is currently on pre-order at Amazon.com with a release date of September 24, 2009. I can’t wait!
March 20, 2009 @ 10:43 am
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For once, I cannot believe Friday crept up so quickly. If there was one week that I wanted to last a bit longer, it was this one.
March 11, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
This is seriously messing with my head.
I can’t seem to find any information on the original artist, but there seem to be a lot more of these weird alternate Calvin and Hobbes comics over in this RottenTomatoes thread. Actually, here are some more Calvin and Hobbes comics where Calvin is grown-up. I can’t say I like these at all…
February 27, 2009 @ 1:49 am
A very rare version of Action Comics issue #1, known famously as the issue that launched Superman, is up for auction starting Friday (Feb. 27) and is expected to fetch a bidding price of $400,000. The particular issue up for auction is an “unrestored” version of the comic and is worth considerably more than the remaining Action Comics #1 that are known to exist. There are only about 100 known copies left of the original 1938 comic which sold for only 10-cents when it first came out, but about 80% of those are said to have been restored.
The owner of this issue reportedly bought the comic 12 years after it was released for 35-cents and has since kept it in excellent condition.
If you want, you can read the entire issue here, but know that this isn’t the same copy up for auction.
