Millions and Millions of Cats
Millions of cats roam the Internet, from legendary kitties like Ceiling Cat, Keyboard Cat, and the touchingly rotund Maru to the captioned "kittehs" in I Can Haz Cheeseburger.
In less than a decade, net cats have multiplied exponentially – with no sign of letting up. Chances are, you have at least one cat right now in your inbox or posted on Facebook. In particular, library staff have a symbiotic relationship with cats (if you don't own a cat when you are hired, you are issued one).
Some popular web cats are prowling their way into print. And we can help you find them.
Check out Cat vs Human by Yasmine Surovec which originated as a personal blog. Simon's Cat and Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence by Simon Tofield, a British animator, started as a delightful series of Internet shorts.
The popularity of cat videos spawned "Catvertising," a brilliant parody by a Toronto-based ad agency:
Watch a real commerical that used cats to their ad-vantage.
Not all Internet cats are sweet like the Talking Cats. Some are nightmarishly creative. Watch "Welcome to Kitty City" by the UK animator, Cyriak.
Want more funny felines in print (beyond Garfield)?
- Fat Freddy's Cat Omnibus by Gilbert Shelton
- Great Comic Cats by Malcolm Whyte
- The New Yorker Book of All-New Cat Cartoons
Ceiling Cat is watching . . .
6 thoughts on “Millions and Millions of Cats”
Here’s some of my favorite cat books:
Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story by Vicki Myron
Homer’s Odyssey, by Gwen Cooper
“The Cat Who” mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun
Follow the link below for an excellent post on the late great Ronald Searle – his pussycat drawings are simply wonderful.
https://blogs.tpl.ca/arts_culture/2012/01/cartoonist-caricaturist-and-cat-lover-ronald-searle.html
You really shouldn’t be feeding my cat video viewing habit, but thanks for the one on catvertising. I loved it.
People always find cats adorable! I guess that’s one good reason why people use them for advertisements: to make ’em viral in the internet. I find the videos you shared here so cute! Do you have some more? I actually collect cat videos here in my pc, but I only have 23 in total…
@Rose Ector….if you don’t have this in your collection, The Engineers Guide to Cats is essential.
http://youtu.be/mHXBL6bzAR4
For more informative fun, check out Advanced Cat Yodeling. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/cxLG2wtE7TM
“You think sometimes, you’re gonna run out of material with cats, but you never do…” I completely agree with this statement. I think this is one of the main reasons why the Internet loves cats so much. Aside from the fact that they are very adorable, they can actually do bizarre things that you wouldn’t imagine them doing. They are indeed very flexible, and I think they can be great and effective models for different sorts of advertising or should I say “cat – vertising”.