{"product_id":"alias-the-cat","title":"ALIAS THE CAT!","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the novel, \u003cstrong\u003eKim Deitch\u003c\/strong\u003e deftly places himself and his wife Pama, passionate collector of Halloween cats from the 1920s and 30s, whose collection is impressive to say the least. But when she buys a mysterious old cat costume, she and Kim find themselves in wholly new territory: the lost world of Alias the Cat who, in 1915, appeared not only in a comic strip and film serial, but in real life as a freedom-fighting superhero.\n\nWhen Kim begins to research this forgotten figure, he uncovers one almost unbelievable story after another: about the Furries, a tiny subculture of people who dress up as cartoon animals in order to have sex; about Keller and Frankie, two seamen stranded on a Pacific island, forced to make cat toys to appease the natives; about the secret lover of Aliass alter ego, Malek \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Janochek\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"Manchukuo,Janacek\" data-index=\"2\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Janochek\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Janochek\" data-tag-id=\"6bc0fa9a-2163-4736-bcb4-7c987fb64b0d\"\u003eJanochek\u003c\/span\u003e; and, of course, about Deitch's own Waldo the Cat, the common thread weaving the stories together as Kim and Pam move toward a fateful showdown in \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Midgetville\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"\" data-index=\"4\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Midgetville\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Midgetville\" data-tag-id=\"fdbce046-ac5a-48a8-80b0-1e61351bfc62\"\u003eMidgetville\u003c\/span\u003e..\u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"The punctuation mark '.' may require a space after it. Consider adding the space.\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\". \" data-index=\"5\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\".\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"WHITESPACE\" data-original-text=\".\" data-tag-id=\"2f5cbb6f-58d5-427b-9f5f-f6a4d9d53ff6\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003eNew Jersey, of course. Alias the \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Catis\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"Actis,CARIS,Catus,Hatis,Canis\" data-index=\"6\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Catis\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Catis\" data-tag-id=\"395011a4-029a-477f-9fd7-081186331c98\"\u003eCatis\u003c\/span\u003e Kim Deitch at his eye-catching, mind-bending best.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Very Fine\/As New. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641287246110,"sku":"RB5092","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB5092-alias-cat.jpg?v=1784502861","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/alias-the-cat","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}