Hey Cat Volume 3: Return of the Fleas
Hey anybody with more than one cat, check out those tips in the sample! Solid advice in there. This is listed as being the conclusion of the “Hey Cat” trilogy, but there’s more than enough context in here for a new reader like me to catch up. Or like you, if you’re also new to the Nachoverse. No, I am not going to stop using that pormanteau when it seems to fit with the creator’s name and/or title. I may have a problem. This is a collection of strips, ranging from a single page to a few pages, dealing with life with, around and about his cats. There’s him, his girlfriend Jessica, her cat Noodle and the other cat Bologna. Was Bologna his cat or hers originally? I missed the origin story for that one. Anyway, they helpfully include several nicknames for both cats so that you can keep up with what they’re called in the story. Kind of how like each character in a Dostoevsky novel would have several variations on their names. Yep, pretty much exactly the same thing. First we get a nice map of the general area, inside and out, to keep things in context. From there we get all kinds of strips, and I’d rather do my usual thing of keeping things vague, if you don’t mind. There’s the story of how they slowly got Noodle to socialize (she spent some time on the streets, so she was a bit wild), their various efforts (and inevitable failures) of keeping them indoors, their uselessness at dealing with household bugs, how they watch him change the litterbox (agreed, it’s a weird thing), and lizard murder. Oh, and also the trajectory of the Heathcliff and Garfield strips. He says that Heathcliff has gotten surreal lately, so I might have to check that out. This is also leaving the last third of the book a mystery, but you already know that fleas are involved. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that his cats talk. It’s adorable, it’s funny, it’s occasionally sad, and it’s chock full of cats. What’s not to love? $3 (ish, Patreon confuses me)
