Four Cats Have Their Relatable Story Told By UK Artist
Sarah Graley has turned everyday life with cats into a comic strip that feels a little too familiar for anyone who has ever shared a home with pets. Between her fiancé Stef and their four cats, Pesto, Toby, Pixel, and Wilson, there is always something happening, and usually it involves fur, chaos, or both.
Graley’s work draws from the small moments that make life at home funny, strange, and worth drawing. Her comics about family life, cats, and the people who live with them have built a loyal following online, along with books like Our Super Adventure: Press Start To Begin, Our Super Adventure, and Video Games and Pizza Parties.
And with four cats in the mix, there is no shortage of material. Read on.
1. A Cat On My Lap
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3. Astronaut Kitty? Yes.
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5. Cats DO take up a lot of bed space.
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"I’ve always enjoyed drawing and telling stories, and comics are the perfect combination of those things! I went to university in the UK to study illustration, but my course wasn’t amazing. It did give me the time to work on comics alongside my studies, though, and Our Super Adventure was one of the things that came out of that time! Shortly after that, I created a fictional comic called Pizza Witch and posted it online, which eventually led to an editor from Oni Press getting in touch and asking if I’d like to try making a Rick and Morty comic," Sarah says.
7. Do you think the cats heard him?
Sarah says that the pandemic and the lockdowns changed the way they live and work. "It’s been a weird year! We feel lucky to have each other, as we haven’t really left the house much at all! We miss seeing our families, there are nephews and nieces on both sides that we haven’t seen in ages! We also miss comic conventions a lot; we normally attend around ten a year, and we love getting to meet fans of the comics! When everyone is vaccinated and things are safer, we’ll be excited to see them happen again! We did start streaming a lot during lockdown, though; that’s been a really nice way to connect with people who like our comics and want to see us being bad at video games or drawing funny stuff."
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Sarah and Stef have been quite busy in the months behind us: "We’ve been writing a Spider-Man comic series for IDW! It’s called Marvel Action Spider-Man, and the first issue will be available in comic shops around the end of March! Stef and I wrote the story, and an incredible artist named Phil Murphy illustrated it! We’re also still creating Our Super Adventure comics on a weekly basis and are writing, drawing, and lettering secret projects!" So keep your eye out, as it's already March. We can't wait to see what this fantastic couple has come up with.
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10. You have to obey the laws of the cat.
And if you think cats are dramatic, wait until you see the teen accused of snatching her little sister’s cat.
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13. "Cover me in cats" is my new life motto.
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15. Delicious Cinnamon Roll Cat
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18. A cat's idea of comfort.
19. Do your cats miss you when you're away?
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21. Cat life is the good life.
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23. Kitty Fluff: Majestic
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