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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: cats in comics
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 05:34:19 EST
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> From:	sfmin!jeffj	(Jeff Skot)

> 	I love cats dearly and it warms my heart to see them portrayed
> well in comics, with such attributes as dexterity, strength,
> nobility and sensuousness.  It is this craving that brought
> my attention to these titles, which I haven't seen mentioned on the net.
 
> Albedo Anthropomorphics
>	I have only #5.  The story I see is that there is a conflict
>	between the gov't and many of the people, with radicals and
>	protests a-la 60's.  The main character is a smart cat-woman
>	who is diplomat by day, but cool and cunning enough to
>	tactfully use military force when needed.  Other than a lion
>	commander, every character is a different animal.  At a dinner party,
>	an otter officer goes puppy over her, but she admits
>	"he is sort of cute, in an otter sort of way"

Are you perhaps talking about Steve Gallacci's "Erma Felna" series (I have
the first four issues of the comic, but not the fifth)? I never had the
impression that she was a cat, but a vixen. By the way, I did review the
first couple of issues of this title here back when they came out.

> Omaha (Steeldragon Press)
>	Omaha is similar, with the cats having a lot of sex and getting into
>	strange situations.  The intro to #1 tells of Omaha, the stage name of
>	a beautiful exotic dancer.  She had a honest job as a club dancer,
>	but the dishonest owners get everybody in trouble.  Porn, prostitution,
>	hit-men are the key ingredients so far.  She seems to be an ok person
>	who gets along with her lover Chuck (a cat-man).  Very little plot,
>	very many sex scenes.

I reviewed this one, too, though guardedly, as creator Reed Waller is a friend
of mine, and I didn't want to be biased. I disagree that there is "little plot"
to this book. If you want to be a completist, there were three previous Omaha
stories: the whole of BIZARRE SEX #9, a short in BIZARRE SEX #10, and a short
in DOPE COMIX #5.


As for other comics with cats, there's

AMERICAN FLAGG! --- How can you forget this one? How many cats get to be
	mayor of Chicago?
DYNAMO JOE --- One character is Pomru, a cat-like being who talks in a very
	corrupted form of English. The series has so far run in the last
	three issues of MARS, all of FIRST ADVENTURES, and a 3-issue mini-
	series, the first issue of which is out right now.
SWORDS OF THE SWASHBUCKLERS --- The character Domino Drake has a pet cat
	named Cap'n Kidd, who in a couple of issues gained human-level
	intelligence and could walk erect.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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