Alias the Cat

Deitch, Kim

ISBN 10: 0224084860 / ISBN 13: 9780224084864

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 2007

About this Item

First British Edition, First Printing. Minor wear to the front cover where price stickers were removed, otherwise fine condition. Book measures 9 1/4 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide.

Seller Inventory # 004120

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alias the Cat
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224084860
• ISBN 13: 9780224084864
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First UK Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

At the centre of Alias the Cat are Kim Deitch and his wife, Pam - a passionate collector of Halloween cats from the 1920s and 30s. But when she buys a mysterious old cat costume, she and Kim find themselves in wholly new territory: the lost world of Alias the Cat, who, in 1915, appeared not only in a comic strip and film serial, but in real life as a freedom-fighting superhero.

When Kim begins to research this forgotten figure, he uncovers one almost unbelievable story after another: about the Furries, a tiny subculture of people who dress up as cartoon animals in order to have sex; about Keller and Frankie, two seamen stranded on a Pacific island, forced to make cat toys to appease the natives; about the secret lover of Alias's alter ego, Malek Janochek; and, of course, about Deitch's own Waldo the Cat, the common thread weaving the stories together as Kim and Pam move toward a fateful showdown in Midgetville...New Jersey, of course.

Alias the Cat is Kim Deitch at his eye-catching, mind-bending best.

About the Author

Kim Deitch has been creating comics since 1967. His most recent books are Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Shadowland and The Search for Smilin' Ed.