{"id":21753,"date":"2020-03-04T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=21753"},"modified":"2020-03-03T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T17:27:08","slug":"cat-cat-volume-1-girl-meets-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2020\/03\/04\/cat-cat-volume-1-girl-meets-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat &#038; Cat volume 1: Girl Meets Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-250x350.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-21754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-250x350.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-150x210.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-768x1076.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-1462x2048.jpeg 1462w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/E3801D6C-7853-4E4E-AAD7-2D3FE92E666E-scaled.jpeg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-250x351.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-21755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-250x351.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-150x211.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-768x1078.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-1095x1536.jpeg 1095w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-1459x2048.jpeg 1459w, https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/EC792100-2A67-4C4E-AB07-0F846AB2A635-scaled.jpeg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\nBy <b>Christophe Cazenove<\/b>, <b>Herv\u00c3\u00a9 Richez<\/b> &amp; <b>Yrgane Ramon<\/b>, translated by <b>Joe Johnson<\/b> (Papercutz)<br \/>\nISBN: 978-1-54580-427-8 (HB) 978-1-54580-428-5 (TPB)<\/p>\n<p><i>There&#8217;s an amazing abundance of comics about cats being sent to me these days, so &#8211; in anticipation of our furry feline overlords finally taking full possession of the planet &#8211; I&#8217;m thinking of an imminent solid week of cat-themed coverage. Until then though, let&#8217;s make do with this recent addition to the genre, courtesy of those fine folk at Papercutz and pray that it&#8217;s enough to hold the cute little brutes at bay (the cats, I mean, not the all-ages readership)\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Debuting in Europe as <b><i>Cath et son chat <\/i><\/b>in 2012&#8217;s in initial volume <b><i>Virus au bahut<\/i><\/b> (they&#8217;re up to 8 books by now), the series details the grudging accommodations made by a single-parent father, his naively optimistic daughter and a rather strong-willed, painfully adventurous cat they name <i>Sushi<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><b>Girl Meets Cat<\/b> sees young Catherine gradually getting to know the newest addition to the household, although dad isn&#8217;t really acclimatising that well to the hairy third wheel. In this delightful paperback or digital catalogue (tee hee) of short strips, you&#8217;ll see the hapless humans discover Tomcat Sushi&#8217;s darling little tricks &#8211; such as shredding carpets, wallpaper, drapes and furniture (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153broderie de chat\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as actor Leslie Phillips once dubbed it), shunning expensive cat-toys, sleeping for eons and utterly failing to understand the principles of cat doors or the off-limits sanctity of Christmas trees and decorations\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>Enthralling episodes cover where cats sleep, opening the fridge, food, litter trays, learning to use pet-carriers, professional cat groomers, holiday provision, fishbowls, what cats do to tech &#8211; especially computers &#8211; the joy of cardboard boxes, hiding, marking territory and presenting prey (generally garden gnomes in this case).<\/p>\n<p>These commonplace activities are often complicated by the fact that Sushi has a rich and imaginative dream life which frequently has painful real-world repercussions. He&#8217;s been an astronaut cat, polar explorer, pirate, ghost and Victorian detective <i>Catlock Holmes<\/i> and is particularly partial to those five-hour long sessions of vigorous violent exercise cats compress into six minutes &#8211; generally known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the Rips\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Most importantly, he is implacable in the never-ending war that ensues over who gets to sit in the best spot in the house\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>In this tome you will also learn of Sushi&#8217;s nine lives through the length of human history from Jurassic times to WWII, and understand humanity&#8217;s true place in the Grand Scheme of Things.<\/p>\n<p>Rendered by Yrgane Ramon in a frantic and frenetic modern animation style, and scripted &#8211; probably from painful personal experience &#8211; by veteran comedy scripters Christophe Cazenove (<b><i>Les Pompiers<\/i><\/b>;<b> <i>Les Fondus<\/i><\/b>; <b><i>Les Petits Mythos<\/i><\/b>) and Herv\u00c3\u00a9 Richez (<b><i>Buzzi<\/i><\/b>; <b><i>L&#8217;Effaceur<\/i><\/b>; <b><i>Les Poulets du Kentucky<\/i><\/b>), this a wonderfully bright and breezy sitcom cat lovers and cartoon connoisseurs will adore.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a9 2012-2020 Bamboo \u00c3\u2030dition. All other material \u00c2\u00a9 2020 Papercutz. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christophe Cazenove, Herv\u00c3\u00a9 Richez &amp; Yrgane Ramon, translated by Joe Johnson (Papercutz) ISBN: 978-1-54580-427-8 (HB) 978-1-54580-428-5 (TPB) There&#8217;s an amazing abundance of comics about cats being sent to me these days, so &#8211; in anticipation of our furry feline overlords finally taking full possession of the planet &#8211; I&#8217;m thinking of an imminent solid &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2020\/03\/04\/cat-cat-volume-1-girl-meets-cat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cat &#038; Cat volume 1: Girl Meets Cat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[113,214,125,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comedy","category-european","category-humour","category-kids-all-ages"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AFj-5ER","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}