The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won't Answer to, Anyway)
Michelle Fern is joined by award-winning illustrator and New York Times best-selling author, Bob Eckstein, to talk about his latest book, The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won't Answer to, Anyway). Reader, beware! A cat's name will set the tone for the rest of their personal and professional life. Recent studies from dubious cat blogs have shown that 80 percent of cat owners regret the name they gave their feline friends. Here, you will find the most popular cat names (to avoid), bookstore cat names (Homer or Pip), cat names for foodies (S'more or Capers), James Bond villain cats (Golden Paws or Jinx), and many more. Tune in to find out more!
BIO:
Bob Eckstein’s cartoons have appeared in Barron’s, MAD, McSweeny’s, National Lampoon, The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Daily News, The Oldie, Playboy, Private Eye, Prospect, Reader’s Digest, SPY, The Spectator, Wall St. Journal and publications worldwide. He is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning illustrator, Erma Bombeck Humorist of the Month and nominated twice National Cartoonist Society’s Gag Cartoonist of the Year.
His work has been exhibited in the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco, Smithsonian Institute, The Cartoon Museum of London, Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University. Eckstein has spoke in over a 100 TV and radio shows and at The Mount, Milford Readers & Writers Festival, Stroud Mansion, NYPL, Miami Book Fair, MOCCA Arts Festival, NCS, Norman Rockwell Museum, Yonsei University in South Korea, Millbrook Literary Festival, The Norman Rockwell Museum, and The Grolier Club.
He is the editor of the series The Ultimate Cartoon Book by the World’s Greatest Cartoonists, Contributing Editor at Writer’s Digest and teaches at New York University.
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