Norman Thelwell took his first kitten home in a shopping-bag slung from the handlebars of his bicycle at the age of ten. With one hand steering and the other in the bag trying to calm the cat, the five-mile journey was an experience which time did nothing to erase from his mind (faint scars could still be seen on his left hand in cold weather). The fact that he succeeded in persuading his pet to pose for him on a regular basis ((long before he took such crazy risks with horses) proves only that cats are well aware which side their bread is buttered.

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About the author:

Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. He was educated locally at Rock Ferry High School. During the Second World War, he served in India with the East Yorkshire Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1942-6). While art editor of an army publication, he had his first cartoons published in London Opinion. After the war, he studied at Liverpool School of Art (1947-50) and lectured on illustration at Wolverhampton College of Art (1950-7). He sold his first drawing to Punch in 1950, and two years later became an important regular contributor. He also worked as a cartoonist for several newspapers and began to produce his own comic books, beginning in 1957 with Angels on Horseback.

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