Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren't Aware Of

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another unique humor book about cats, along comes the crazily irresistible Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren’t Aware Of.

Writer and illustrator Doogie Horner knows just what it is about cats that so obsesses and delights us—their impenetrable personalities, their self-contained quirkiness, the aura of mystery that makes it seem as if they’re always up to something that they don’t want us to know about. So he imagines their secret lives for us, in a way that takes the most surprising and whimsical turns. With cartoonish full-color illustrations accompanied by absurdly funny stories and droll observations, Some Very Interesting Cats… is a gallery of 100 impossible cat characters. Like the Alien cat, Xort, who reports back to his planet: “Have trained my humans to feed and pet me. They suspect nothing.” Or Mountain Climber cat, Snowball, and his route up the North Curtain to Mt. Bookcase. And Mystico, the Magician cat—no one could figure out his big finale trick, sawing a dog in half. (The answer was simple: He didn’t like dogs.) Hjalmar, the Viking cat, whose motto is “Pillage. Tuna. Plunder. Nap.” Plus Cool Dad cat, English Major cat, Star-Crossed Lovers cat, Weight Lifter cat, Evil Twin cat, and Undercover Cop cat—who was embedded with the enemy so long he’d begun to like the taste of Milkbones.

A completely original and funny new take on cats. Doogie Horner, a writer and illustrator, knows just what it is about cats that so obsesses and delights us their impenetrable personalities, their self-contained quirkiness, the aura of mystery that makes it seem as if they re always up to something that they don t want us to know about. So he imagines their secret lives for us, in a way that takes the most surprising and whimsical turns.

With full-color illustrations and absurdly funny short stories, Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren t Aware Of is a gallery of 100 impossible cat characters. Like the Alien cat, Xort, who reports back to his planet: Have trained my humans to feed and pet me. They suspect nothing. Or the Mountain Climber cat, Snowball, who is planning a perilous route up the North Curtain to Mt. Bookcase. Or Mystico, the Magician cat no one could figure out how he sawed a dog in half. (The answer was simple: He didn t like dogs.) And Hjalmar, the Viking cat, whose motto is Pillage. Tuna. Plunder. Nap.
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Doogie Horner is a writer, illustrator, designer, and comedian. As the art director at Quirk Books he designed the New York Times bestsellers Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and hundreds of other books. His humor writing and illustration have appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Playboy, McSweeney’s, the Believer, The London Times, Boing Boing, the AV Club, and numerous other media outlets. Doogie is also the author of 100 Ghosts: A Gallery of Harmless Haunts and Everything Explained Through Flowcharts.

In 2010 Doogie's standup comedy gained national attention on the television show America’s Got Talent. He tamed a hostile audi­ence during his NYC audition, and the performance became a viral sensation. He was pronounced Philly’s Funniest by Helium Comedy Club that same year, and also won Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly Award for his alternative comedy show The Ministry of Secret Jokes in 2011. In 2013 he was selected for the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, the Laughing Skull Festival, and Dave Chapelle’s Oddball Comedy Tour. He currently lives in New York City.