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Calculus Cat
“It’s never a bad day when some classic Hunt Emerson comes your way!” – Forbidden Planet
Calculus Cat’s home life is locked in an intense, argumentative relationship with his TV set, which bedevils him with commercials for Skweeky Weets – the world’s most asinine breakfast cereal. His ‘job’ is no better. He is forced to run thought the streets sporting his famous grin as The Public shout abuse and throw rubbish. His world is graphic, black and white, jagged, full in, weird, speedy and loud – everything a comic should be!
Out of print for donkey’s years, Calculus Cat is at last re-published with 20 or so new pages, and a gallery of Calculus drawings from 40 other cartoonists including Dave McKean, Gilbert Shelton, John McCrea, Kevin O’Neill, Kate Charlesworth and Rian Hughes.
“I’ve been a fan of Hunt’s work since the 1970s … His distinctively energetic, surreal, and genuinely funny work raises the spirits and is pure comics. This collection of Calculus Cat strips, ranging back over 30 years and including brand new material, is a prime example of Hunt’s best humour work. What is also evident is how Hunt has mastered the art of black and white comics. No colour is necessary; this is superbly balanced work.” – Lew Stringer
“This comic strip about a suffering feline is an imaginative tour de force.” – The Guardian
Originally published in November 2014
Calculus Cat’s home life is locked in an intense, argumentative relationship with his TV set, which bedevils him with commercials for Skweeky Weets – the world’s most asinine breakfast cereal. His ‘job’ is no better. He is forced to run thought the streets sporting his famous grin as The Public shout abuse and throw rubbish. His world is graphic, black and white, jagged, full in, weird, speedy and loud – everything a comic should be!
Out of print for donkey’s years, Calculus Cat is at last re-published with 20 or so new pages, and a gallery of Calculus drawings from 40 other cartoonists including Dave McKean, Gilbert Shelton, John McCrea, Kevin O’Neill, Kate Charlesworth and Rian Hughes.
“I’ve been a fan of Hunt’s work since the 1970s … His distinctively energetic, surreal, and genuinely funny work raises the spirits and is pure comics. This collection of Calculus Cat strips, ranging back over 30 years and including brand new material, is a prime example of Hunt’s best humour work. What is also evident is how Hunt has mastered the art of black and white comics. No colour is necessary; this is superbly balanced work.” – Lew Stringer
“This comic strip about a suffering feline is an imaginative tour de force.” – The Guardian
Originally published in November 2014
112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 1987
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April 8, 2021
1987 = £4.95
I have waited so long for this to drop in price. $7 in 2021 is the least I've ever seen it so I jumped above price point and snagged it, in dicey condition, greedily.
Hunt Emerson is unquestionably my favourite classically expressive "cartoonist". His ink isn't the fine art that I ogle with my jaw on the floor- but I RELISH it just the same. He just knows how to draw what I like to see. And the content is so funny I can't stand when it's over.
You know... I could go on for an hour about the guy.
His uniquely morphing sets are truly one of a kind and his characters are VERY human- even when they are cats, and all that. His allegories are on point and he examines issues with an subtle to aggressive flair that just right for the circumstance.
But alas, I'm out of time.
Just read the guy with both attentive eyes and you'll see why he limitlessly entertains me!
I have waited so long for this to drop in price. $7 in 2021 is the least I've ever seen it so I jumped above price point and snagged it, in dicey condition, greedily.
Hunt Emerson is unquestionably my favourite classically expressive "cartoonist". His ink isn't the fine art that I ogle with my jaw on the floor- but I RELISH it just the same. He just knows how to draw what I like to see. And the content is so funny I can't stand when it's over.
You know... I could go on for an hour about the guy.
His uniquely morphing sets are truly one of a kind and his characters are VERY human- even when they are cats, and all that. His allegories are on point and he examines issues with an subtle to aggressive flair that just right for the circumstance.
But alas, I'm out of time.
Just read the guy with both attentive eyes and you'll see why he limitlessly entertains me!
January 13, 2025
This book is one of my favorite works of all time. It’s as if George Herriman and Franz Kafka teamed up and turned their talents on television. Emerson is a cartoon genius.
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