ww 01 cat’s back
ww 01 cat’s back
Fantagraphics February 1994
A rare 3 comic book set by the great comic book artist Kim Deitch. All have beautiful full color front and back covers with b&w illustrations inside. This is a fine pristine unread set. Laid in is a beautiful black and white oblong happy new year card, that has a wonderful black and white drawing on the front and is signed by Kim and his wife in ink.
Waldo is a reprehensible, mean-spirited alcoholic, with a number one branded on his stomach. He is the result of genetic engineering…kind of. In each of the stories presented here he screws, drinks, shoots heroin, and murders people without hesitation or remorse. Very entertaining.
There are a few autobiographical pieces included in the volume. One if them defends Waldo’s appearance. Apparently many people over the decades have accused him of ripping off Felix the Cat. Deitch defends his creation, by pointing out in the 30s every animation unit had a black cat character and all of them looked similar. Felix the Cat, Krazy Kat, Julius the Cat from Disney, all looked very similar. And he has a point. Waldo is a unique character and acts like none of the others.
1916: Big time vaudeville in New York • 1993: And the cat is back!”] • Waldo World Sketchbook
Publisher: Fantagraphics | Cover Artist: Kim Deitch | Writer: Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch | Artist: Kim Deitch, Simon Deitch | Notes: B&W |