Mobu's Diary
Earning Your Paté
$43.52
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2026
Summary
An anxious calico upends her cozy life to work in a cat cafe in this hilarious, heartwarming graphic novel debut from international sensation Kathy Lam. For fans of Pusheen and A Man and His Cat.
Meet Mobu: she’s a three-year-old calico with pink toe beans and a big dream: stop being a pampered house cat and earn her own keep. Shy and easily spooked, Mobu takes a fearful leap by applying for a job at the Chat Chat Café.
In her search for freedom, Mobu learns that comm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798881610456 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Kathy Lam, Cindy Ko, Kevin Wang |
| Publisher: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Imprint: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 155mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“Lam’s unique illustration style makes this cat comic especially endearing with its sketch-like quality and muted color palette. Both her cats and her humans have a great sense of character, which gives this lots of appeal for both young patrons and lovers of cats and fantastic illustration work.”
(Booklist)
“Mobu’s been thinking that she should contribute to the household lately, so he decides to apply for a job. A cat job, that is. Meet her cat coworkers in this irresistibly cute and silly comic. Stick around for a bonus capybara story.”
(The New York Public Library Best New Comics of 2026 for Adult)
Kathy Lam
Born in Hong Kong, Kathy Lam graduated from the Illustration Department of the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom. Her works often feature animals and are known for their bold yet intricate style. Kathy has collaborated with the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society and N.I.P DISTILLING. She enjoys using pencils and gouache for her artwork, and when not drawing, she engages in model-making or playing games. In 2023, she was a finalist for the 14th Golden Comic Awards and was selected as an exhibiting artist for the 2024 Taiwan Pavilion at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The overseas rights of Mobu’s Diary have been sold in Japanese, Korean, Thai, English, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian and Ukraine.
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