![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, there are many other calendars out there - probably too many - but if you need to have a selection of rambling, playful, hedonistic, and somewhat sadistic cat images on your kitchen wall to make the place seem like home then nothing else will do. ![]() ![]() I was relieved to get our 2012 Kliban cat calendar in the mail a few days ago. There's a poignant and transcendent quality to them that speaks of finding light even in the deepest dark. Yet I still get the feeling that even though he dismissed the Cat drawings, refusing to be interviewed about them even after they became wildly popular, that in them he'd found a universal truth. They are wonderfully irreverent and well worth your attention if you haven't seen them for a while. /rebates/2fip2fThe-Biggest-Tongue-in-Tunisia-and-Other-Drawings-Pre-Owned-Paperback-0140072209-9780140072204-B-Kliban2f1540618564&. Perhaps you're already familiar with his ' other than Cat' cartoons and you may even own a copy of 'Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head' or 'The Biggest Tongue In Tunisia'. Another favorite of his cartoons shows a fakir settling down on a bed of nails while saying, 'It only hurts when I exist.' When Kliban died in 1990, a great many people never realized the world had lost a twisted and irreplaceable visionary. It seems to me that such a gifted artist, one who struggled with the perceptions coming from the dark side of his psyche, was very involved in uncovering essential truths about our plight as human beings. ![]()
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