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What's Michael? #5
What's Michael?, Vol. 5: Michael's Favorite Spot
Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.
88 pages, Paperback
First published November 30, 2001
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About the author
Makoto Kobayashi
111 books15 followersMakoto Kobayashi (小林 まこと, Kobayashi Makoto) is a Japanese manga artist.
Kobayashi's professional career in comics started in 1978, when he won the 'Shōnen magazine New manga artist' award for his work Grapple Three Brothers.
Over the years Kobayashi has published a number of sport manga, specifically about Judo, starting from his first serialised work Sanshiro of 1, 2 (1981-1984), winner of the 1981 'Kodansha Manga Award'. However, his best known comic book, especially in the West, is What's Michael? (1984-1989), a humour strip about an orange cat, for which Kobayashi won another 'Kodansha Manga Award' in 1986.
Kobayashi's professional career in comics started in 1978, when he won the 'Shōnen magazine New manga artist' award for his work Grapple Three Brothers.
Over the years Kobayashi has published a number of sport manga, specifically about Judo, starting from his first serialised work Sanshiro of 1, 2 (1981-1984), winner of the 1981 'Kodansha Manga Award'. However, his best known comic book, especially in the West, is What's Michael? (1984-1989), a humour strip about an orange cat, for which Kobayashi won another 'Kodansha Manga Award' in 1986.
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March 22, 2017
just a bunch of short stories, but entertaining for cat-lovers
January 3, 2015
This is the fifth book in the What's Michael? series by Makoto Kobayashi, but the first we've read. We happened upon this series at our local library, and since we liked the Chi'ls Sweet Home series, we figured we'd like this one, too.
The book is a collection of humorous short stories that offer a mix of pop culture references and social commentary.
It's fun to read about the different cat behaviors and we can all relate to their antics from observing our own cats. We all took turns reading this book and enjoyed the tales.
We started the series out of order, but it doesn't seem to matter much, and we will certainly look for more of the books in this series at our local library.
The book is a collection of humorous short stories that offer a mix of pop culture references and social commentary.
It's fun to read about the different cat behaviors and we can all relate to their antics from observing our own cats. We all took turns reading this book and enjoyed the tales.
We started the series out of order, but it doesn't seem to matter much, and we will certainly look for more of the books in this series at our local library.
June 20, 2011
Offbeat humor--or at least, that's how it comes across to non-Japanese people, and thus it's not to everyone's taste. But Kobayashi knows cats and people well, which is why it comes off as hilarious to me. This volume includes human and feline thieves, yakuza, and Catzilla, an overly-beefy kitty who can be a little inconvenient on the dinner table.
July 7, 2015
Funnier than Garfield
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