The great classics of French literature to comics, this feline inspired the white pages of many writers and cartoonists with his gags full of mischief and its mysterious allure to the delight of ailurophiles.
Today very present cinema, this little feline mustache is also represented in the literature and comics. From Lou! to black cat Edgar Allan Poe, through the famous Le Chat Philippe Geluck, Le Figaro offers, in honor of the international day of the cat, an overview of the feline representations in the art world.
● Le Chat Philippe Geluck – 1983
In the cartoon, the cat was able to make a non-negligible space. Kitty first appeared under the stroke of a pen of Belgian cartoonist Philippe Geluck, with BD Le Chat began in 1983 and put in charge of the Le Soir . Today, the comic has 19 albums and several thousand drawings published.
● The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar – 2002
The cartoon The Rabbi’s Cat was born in 2002 under the directive of the writer and cartoonist Joann Sfar. The story takes place in the twentieth century. The cat of Algiers rabbi tells his life and his interactions with his master. Through the chat, we find the Jewish of Algeria culture. A beautiful fable for more on sérafades Jews. The comic is available in six volumes published between 2002 and 2015.
● Lou by Julien Neel – 2004
in 2004, the French comic Lou! was born. It is created by Julien Neel for Glénat. The story chronicles the daily Lou, a bright, funny girl, always smiling. She lives alone with her mother, a woman very relaxed and fun, sometimes more teenage mom. One day, the two friends decide to adopt a stray cat no fixed name that will lead their daily lives. The story now has six volumes, the seventh being expected for October 2016
● Sugar, my cat’s life by Serge Baeken -. 2014
Sugar, my cat’s life is a cartoon in black and white, released in 2014. the comic is a real biography of Sugar, the companion of the artist and author Belgian Serge Baeken.
the cat also won the heart of many writers over time. Each of them has succeeded in its way of exposure through the pages, the features of this feline, through words and stories, sometimes real and sometimes fantastic. In this regard, we can remember the famous quote by British author Aldous Huxley, “If you want to be writers, have cats”
● Puss in Boots Charles Perrault
Published in tales from the mère l’oye in 1697, the tale by Charles Perrault tells the story of a young miller at the death of his father, inherits a cat. The latter, seeing his master in trouble, will do all that the king noticed the poor peasant. Thanks to the ingenuity of the cat, the farmer will win the heart of the princess and inherit the king’s lands. The character of Puss in Boots will become known worldwide and will be adapted several times to the cinema especially in the saga Shrek or in the film derived from this saga, Puss in Boots .
● The intimate menagerie Theophile Gautier
In the book The intimate menagerie published in 1869, the French poet Théophile Gautier tells with humor the daily misadventures of different cats. The book paints a portrait of various animals. Through these descriptions finds an autobiography of romanticism. Throughout his literary career, the writer has continued to raise cats, his great friends.
● Paradise cats Emile Zola
Paradise cats is a new, extracted from new tales Ninon and published in 1866. in this work, the French writer, tells the story of a cat who abandoned his worldly life to live in the street. Considered an allegory of freedom, this new is easily confused with The Wolf and the Dog Fountain. Moreover, Disney has inspired much of paradise cats to create the character of O’Malley in the cartoon Aristocats .
● The dialogues of beasts and Cat Colette
The two works of French novelist published respectively in 1904 and 1933 were able to portray cats near perfection. Considered a feline and sensual woman, she has shown throughout his life an admiration and a huge affection for felines of all kinds. She even passed for a time a panther, named Ba-Tu. “There is no ordinary cat” had decreed the woman of letters at the time.
● Blues for a black cat Boris Vian
This collection of five stories published in 1949 and written by the french writer tells among others the misadventures of a black cat, fell into a sewer after a confrontation with a rooster and after being rescued by prostitutes and passersby of all kinds, begins telling her proudly history, war injuries and his veteran status.
● The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
new Written as by American writer in 1843. She was first published on the front page of the weekly the Saturday Evening Post before being published in a collection of stories written by the writer and bearing the name black Cat and other news . The new Black Cat tells the story of a person who decided to kill her cat because it had upset. The next day, he came face to face with a cat similar to his, but with a white spot and more. A few days later, his wife mad and brutally killed with an ax. After this despicable act, think everything is because of the cat.
● Karl’s secrets by Tiffany Cooper
Published as a comic published by Marabout in September 2015, this graphic novel shows the daily life of the creator of Haute Couture Karl Lagerfeld and his faithful companion, Choupette, a Siamese cat four years.
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