Maybe that book was more random-gag focused, or had a less cliched story. The general rule is that the first book is better, and I have no reason to doubt that would be the case here, too. This is a sequel to Manfried the Man, which I have not read. So I am in retrospect not the right reader for Manfried Saves the Day, a graphic novel by Caitlin Major (writer and colorist, copyright owner) and Kelly Bastow (artist) about a world where.(breathless) Get this! Anthropomorphic cats have a whole society just like our own! And they keep cute little naked 'men' as pets! 'Men' are just like cats! (Except they only come in one gender, and that's the gender that the creators are not, curiously.) Offer for the ramshackle shelter, even though she'd be able to openĪ new, much bigger one elsewhere, simply because she prefers to live inīastow's art is a pleasure to behold, and Manfried is at theĬore of the book's appeal.OK, first of all I probably should say that I'm not a 'cat person.' There is one in my house, and I guess I tolerate cats more than I would dogs (slobbery little monsters), but I'm not all that fond of dumb animals in general. Pitted against an evil real estate developer, it's sometimesĭifficult to root for the protagonists: Henrietta passes on a large Still lingers here: Where are the human women? Even when they're The men being dressed in funny costumes, or Manfried being groomed byĪnother man with a comb, but much of the action recalls similar scenesįrom the first book, and the same question that arose in the first book The underlying switcheroo generates genuine comedic moments, like Is in danger of being closed down, and the gang rallies to raise moneyīy training to win a 'man show' with a big cash prize. Jobs and responsibilities, while tiny men are the pets, lying around,Įating, or getting into trouble. The basicĬoncept is the same: large talking cats are the 'humans,' with Girlfriend Henrietta, and also introduces a few new faces.

The Day brings back Manfried's owner Steve Catson and his Retrieved from Ĭaitlin Major and Kelly Bastow (illustrator) MANFRIED SAVES THEĭAY Quirk Books (Comics & Graphic Novels: Comics & GraphicĮveryone's favorite pet man returns in Caitlin Major and Kellyīastow's graphic novel Manfried Saves the Day.Ī follow-up to last year's Manfried the Man, Manfried Saves

MLA style: 'Manfried Saves the Day.' The Free Library.

Manfried the Man by Caitlin Major