One Step Closer to Home #[nn]

A delightful 1995 collection of John McPherson's Close to Home strips, this volume sets the tone perfectly right on its cover: a couple in bed absolutely buried under a heap of cats — on the mattress, on the floor, everywhere — while one partner deadpans, "Howard, I'm cold. Put on two more cats." McPherson's warmly absurd domestic humor is on full display, finding the comedy in everyday home life with a gentle, slightly surreal twist. If you've ever shared your living space with one too many pets, this collection will feel like a knowing nod from a very understanding cartoonist.