![]() 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. That is, bizarre, somewhat disturbing and absolutely wonderful. First published in 1976, the book keeps with true Kliban-esque humor. 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. Aside from wise words of advice, Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head and Other Drawings is a book of cartoons by artist B. They are wonderfully irreverent and well worth your attention if you haven't seen them for a while. ![]() 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'. All the Kliban people-from Houdini escaping New Jersey to the famed Genghis and Sylvia Khan. 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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