Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.

Whether he's getting sick or playing baseball, Michael never fails to entertain! Sit down to read one story in the 88-page anthology, and you're bound to stay down until the whole book is finished!

Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.

Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.

Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.

Described by Wizard magazine as "Japan's version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one," What's Michael? is graphic fiction like no other, blending slice-of-life comedy, both subtle and slapstick, with off-the-wall flights of fancy. But whether the situations are believable or bizarre, the giggles are real and rapid-fire. From the horror of guests who won't leave to Michael's night on the town, all paths lead to laughs!

Everyday cat and human interactions mingle with fantasy stories featuring the fat cat Michael and other felines.

Described as "Japan's version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one," Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael? mixes all-too-real feline folly with hilarious fantasy scenarios to create one of graphic fiction's true comedic originals. From the upsides of leftovers and air conditioning to the downsides of litter boxes and neutering, the laughs proceed without delay.

Described as "Japan's version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one," Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael? is one of graphic fiction's true comedic originals. It combines day-to-day cat scenarios every cat lover (and hater!) will recognize, with off-the-wall flights of fantasy that will have readers scratching their heads, while holding their sides from laughter. If you've had about enough of "Superhero of the Week Summer," maybe it's time to switch gears and have a few - or more than a few! - laughs with What's Michael?!

Described as "Japan's version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one," Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael? combines true-to-life feline behavior every cat-lover (and hater!) will recognize along with off-the-wall trips into the realms of the fantastic (vampires?) and the ridiculous (cat high school?!). Whether unlocking the mysteries of where cats sleep or analyzing the structure of the cat pecking order, the answers always come with loads of laughter!