"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.

Publisher Marketing: 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. 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 Publisher Marketing : 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 )!

Format: Paperback | Pages: 464 | Publication Date: 2021-09-07