A Review By: Amelia
I usually don’t go for websits / blogs / Tumblrs turned into
books but there have been exceptions. Stephen Fry’s twitter turned book Mrs. Fry’s Diary is one such book (which
I have reviewed and posted here before). Another exception is the book How
to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You. It’s a comic website turned book and since
it’s about cats, there was literally no way I could pass up reading it!
“If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of
affection. Your cat is actually checking your internal organs for weakness. If
your cat brings you a dead animal, this isn't a gift. It's a warning.” How
to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You covers all this and more with
the wit and humour of Oatmeal comics and even includes never before posted
comics about–you guessed it–cats!
The author of How to
Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You is The Oatmeal. The Oatmeal (aka
as Matthew Inman) is an online comic site that’s been around for years drawing
comics about cats, sriracha hot sauce, and really anything else that comes to
his mind. He’s a pretty funny guy and you should check out his site: http://theoatmeal.com/. If you’d like a
certain genre of comic of his all lumped together–like, say, CATS–then this
book is right up your alley!
The art style of the book is that of The Oatmeal. It’s a
unique style that’s simple and minimalistic (most of the time). It’s not an
overly attractive style of art–some of it is down right ugly–but that’s kind of
the point… at least, I think it is. Either way the cats are drawn adorable so
don’t worry yourself about the art!
If you’ve never read Oatmeal comics, the art is what’s going
to put you the most off. The writing in the comics though is what’s going to
keep you coming back to read more!
My final thoughts on How
to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You are that it is amazing! I do
admit that I might be a bit biased as I love cats, but cat lovers are who all
these comics were drawn for in the first place!
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