What's Michael?: Fatcat Collection Volume 2 - by Makoto Kobayashi (Paperback)

About the Book

"This omnibus collects What's Michael? Volumes 7 to 11 (Fat cat in the city, Show time, The idea cat, Sleepless nights, and Planet of the cats)) previously published by Dark Horse Comics in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006."--Indicia.

Book Synopsis

Humorous cat antics for the whole family, as a beloved manga series finally gets the omnibus treatment!

This series stars the wacky, often anthropomorphic Michael with his human and animal friends. Sometimes one-offs, sometimes with a longer continuity, these fun stories will entertain multiple generations of readers. What's Michael? FatCat Collection Volume 2 gathers out-of-print original What's Michael? Volumes 7 to 11! This huge tome features the out-of-print What's Michael? volumes Fat Cat in the City, Show Time, The Ideal Cat, Sleepless Nights, and the shocking Planet of the Cats. Introduction by historian and manga stalwart Zack Davisson (Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan)!

Review Quotes

"Sometimes fanciful, sometimes very well observed, and always humorous."--Library Journal

"The humor in [What's Michael?] derives from his consummate catness running up against his owners' everyday humanity in ways any cat lover (or hater) will recognize."--BookList

About the Author

Makoto Kobayashi is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his unusual drawing style. One of his best known manga is What's Michael?, a manga about a curious orange cat and his many adventures that is often compared with Garfield. His earliest work is Grapple Three Brothers, which won the Shōnen magazine New manga artist award. He has twice won the Kodansha Manga Award, for Sanshiro of 1, 2 in 1981 and What's Michael? in 1986.