Product Description

Cats who think too much, cats who hypnotize their owners, cats who plot dastardly deeds but get distracted, cats who think they're kids, and of course cats obsessed with food, food, food.

Nicole Hollander's "Sylvia" cartoon strip appears in newspapers nationwide and is syndicated by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323901 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
Nicole Hollander's comic strip, "Sylvia," is nationally syndicated the Los Angeles Times syndicate and appears in newspapers and magazines across the United States.

Customer Reviews

"We All Have Our Dreams. In Ours, A Flock Of Finches Lose Their Way, Fly Into Our Kitchen, And Land In Our Bowls."
"Sylvia" is one of the most consistently witty cartoons around. It is funny, intelligent, preposterous, and frequently features cats (and occasionally dogs). Far from being mere loving pets, the cats in Hollander's comics have ulterior motives, excel at deception, and are capable of hypnotizing their owners.

Several themes are recurrent, mostly dealing with various feline food obsessions, though early morning apologies for broken things (and missing dogs) are also featured prominently.

These comics are subtle and sly; not everyone will grasp their nuance, but for those who appreciate subtle, sarcastic humor, or who just love cats, this is a great collection and I recommend it highly.

More fun some repetition
Nicole Hollander's grasp of cat-human relations (you'll note which comes first) is pure genius, and in this second collection she was again delivers some of the most side-splitting bits of prose I've ever come across. Of course, to be fair, I do suppose you have to be something of a cat lover (or at least, live with cats) to understand her wit and humor -- in other words, the concept of two cats holding their owner's 1040 hostage for food might be lost on the uninitiated.

The only negative thing I will say is that this particular volume, "My Cat's Not Fat, He's Just Big Boned", contains some of the same material as her earlier "Everything Here Is Mine", which is the only reason I gave it four stars and not five.

Here's how your cat really thinks...
Nicole Hollander's Sylvia comic strip is one of the most overlooked (and most hilarious) strips out there. She has many colections out there ("My weight is always perfect for my height--which varies" "You can't take it with you so eat it now" "That woman must be on drugs" etc). She is the Anti-Cathy. She is sarcastic and wacky...dry and droll...and literate and witty. Best of all she has many cat themed collections which are a hoot. THIS one is probably the best. So if you are on the look out for a laugh or if you are a cat person who wonders what is going on inside the walnut-sized brain of your favorite fur-person, the Sylvia collections (especially this one) are just the ticket!