Four origin stories
One book per cat, in the order they arrived — then all four in the same room, which is where the trouble starts. Written and drawn by hand, at home, slowly.
Mama Baker
How the first one chose us.
Before the windowsill, before the name on the carrier. Told mostly in black and white, with one exception.
Doc
A very long drive, and a very loud passenger.
It starts a long way from this house, and it does not start well.
Lulu
She was home before anyone saw her.
The garden had been eaten for weeks. Two cats already knew who was doing it, and neither of them said anything.
Ilona
The one they called chill.
A family lost, a father who stayed, and a phone call from the shelter that started all of this.
The Cat Council
All four. One room. One long-overdue argument.
The ensemble book — the one where everybody finally ends up on the same page.
Made at the kitchen table
Every page is drawn by hand from photographs of four cats who did not consent to any of this. It takes as long as it takes.