Exclusive First Look At Humanoids’ Upcoming ‘The Cat From The Kimono’

Welcome to the table,

I love my cats.

Currently, I have four, and they are each delightful in their own way. Two of them can be a bit of a handful from time to time, and the other two are so perfect that they almost defy logic with how well-behaved they are.

All of them are loved and cared for, and want for nothing. I could go on and on here telling you about each of their very unique personalities and how each of them very strangely, and almost as if through some otherwordly force, found themselves in my care.

How I have never purchased a pet in my life and yet all of my cats somehow found me. I could go into all of that, but those who know a thing or two about cats know they just have a way of going to some fantastic lengths to find that which is lost. And they find it almost always when it needs to be found the most.

One of my favorite publishers, Humanoids, has announced today a wonderful and surreal new fairy tale for adults titled The Cat from the Kimono.

The story follows a black cat journeying through a fantastical world where he’ll survive impossible odds to make his way home… to his mistress’ kimono. Coming to us from beloved comics creator Nancy Peña and
translated by Montana Kane, this new offering will be available in October 2023.

As the story goes, Once upon a time in Japan there lived a beautiful young woman. The beloved daughter of a silk mill owner, she was lavished with gorgeous kimonos from across the province but her favorite was a deep crimson robe painted with soft, purring black cats, crafted by the finest weaver in the mill.

The weaver, besotted with her beauty, professed his love to the maiden but she spurned his advances,
preferring the comfort and warmth of her favorite robe. As revenge, the weaver wreaked havoc on
the maiden’s kimono, releasing an innocent painted black cat into the world.

Thus, the black cat began a fantastic voyage, from the murky depths of the ocean to the smokey
markets of London, as he attempted to return home, meeting danger and even some familiar
historical figures along the way.

Nancy Peña is an author with a very distinctive style, one sure to delight readers. As an artist, her
drawings are inspired by engravings, creating whimsically appealing pages. She is an Art Academy
teacher in France and has published more than twelve graphic novels, including Médée, The Guild of
the Sea, and The New Adventures of Puss in Boots.

The Cat from the Kimono will be available in bookstores everywhere on October 31, 2023, and on November 1, 2023 in comic shops. Digital copies can be purchased from comiXology and other digital platforms for those who enjoy reading that way.

Until next time, I am super excited about the cross section between good art, folklore, and cats and Humanoid has been putting out hit after hit so The Cat from the Kimono seems to be setting itself up to be one amazing book.