Graphic novel about everyday life with cats- written by a horror manga artist. I’m not familiar with his work at all, but I found this pretty funny regardless. It was kind of weird to me that the girlfriend’s eyes had no pupils in most of the pictures (creepy) and the guy would have terrified, bloodshot eyes or snarling mouth with super exaggerated facial expressions in many panels- but I chalk this up to manga style or the horror element. More than anything, this book reminded me of the What’s Michael books, with chuckles galore. So in this one, J-kun’s girlfriend is moving in with him, bringing her cat. It’s face horrifies J-kun (I guess because of the dark markings around the eyes?) and he’s not at all comfortable living with a cat. Then the girlfriend adopts a kitten, so now there’s awkwardness with the cats getting to know each other too. Mostly the storylines are about J-kun simply trying to figure out how cats work. He’s disgusted by the litterbox, frustrated that the cats won’t play with him (he swings the wand too hard), and jealous when the cats sleep with his girlfriend and spurn his attentions. The cats vie for who gets to be on top of the cat tower, try to steal fish off people’s plates, and one stubbornly attempts to break out of a window. There’s visits to the vet and disgust when the cat sneezes all over the floor- or worse, has an upset stomach. That page really made me cringe.
The artwork is great. The cats look so exactly like cats.
Borrowed from the public library.