All Black Cats Are Not Alike
By Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle
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This “brilliant” illustrated book (New York Magazine) dives whiskers first into the unique personality, charisma, and character of fifty real all-black cats.
From Alfie, who has no tolerance for wet humans or being ignored, to Sashi, who enjoys freeze-dried chicken by candlelight and full-on body rubs, each cat comes to life through a lovingly hand-drawn portrait and quick-witted profile. Delightfully quirky and utterly charming, this motley crew of black cats will win over anyone with a dry sense of humor.
“So fun and sweet.” —Paul Feig, film director and author of Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence
“This book . . . is the pick of the litter.” —US Weekly
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All Black Cats Are Not Alike - Amy Goldwasser
Chronicle Edition text and illustrations
© 2016 by Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle
Studio Goldsparkle Edition text and illustrations
© 2015 by Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle
Design by Martin Perrin, Perrin Studio
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.
ISBN: 978-1-4521-5871-6 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4521-5884-6 (epub, mobi)
Chronicle Books LLC
680 Second Street
San Francisco, California 94107
AllBlackCats.com
Contents
7 Foreword
7 A Q&A with Mimi Goldsparkle
11 Introduction
11 A Human Perspective by Studio Goldsparkle
Plates
18 Master
20 Lucky
22 Bad Cat
24 Princess (of Long Island)
26 Blackness/BatWing
28 Darkness
30 Church
32 Nox
34 Fergus
36 Penelope Kitten
38 Sashi
40 Coco
42 Vincent
44 Hugh
46 Sonny
48 Salem (the Younger)
50 Salem (the Elder)
52 Koa
54 Ronaldo
56 Toet
58 Kim
60 The Count
62 Hampton
64 Puzzles
66 Mimi
68 Wookie
70 Requiem
72 Lucy/Lucifer War Machine
74 Cleo
76 Alfie
78 Cassie
80 AC/DC
82 Ringo
84 Spencer
86 Tzipi
88 Yoshi
90 Pumaa
92 Monty
94 Reginald
96 Harold
98 Abby
100 Tug
102 Fester
104 Fig
106 Tino
108 Raymond
110 Roxy
112 Panther/Panth
114 Rashid/Dr. Startlepants
116 Vano
119 Acknowledgments – People
120 Acknowledgments – Cats
121 About the Author
Foreword
A Q&A with Mimi Goldsparkle
The (round) face of this book, Mimi Goldsparkle was born somewhere near Hudson, New York, circa 2005. Goldsparkle rose to fame after landing the lead in a short film (The Pop Star
) for the Modkat Litter Box. She currently lives in downtown Manhattan, where she has two people, Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle (aka Studio Goldsparkle), and avoids an angry, stripy velociraptor of a cat, May Mayday
Goldsparkle.
In a rare sit-down, the performer turned author and advocate for the All Black Cat (note: singular) talks about her journey and her first literary endeavor.
When were you happiest?
When that other cat (and the other cat before that cat) didn’t live here and it was just me.
What is your greatest fear?
Not being able to provide for myself.
What is your earliest memory?
Nipples.
What is the trait