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I know
people love cats and I know that there's lots of other people out
there who love cats. But what would they make of cat people?
Jim
Medway's look at the "moshers, townies and wet children"
gives an unusual angle on some of those kids who seem to spend more
time hanging around the fountain in Piccadilly Gardens than they
do in school.
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The
drawings capture moments around Piccadilly that I too have witnessed,
minus the surreal cat characters.
Take
a look at his large observation of the fountains in Piccadilly and
you'll find yourself lost in a world of realism accepting the felines
for what they are, cat moshers, townies and wet.
Study
the cat (guy) wearing the Burger King paper cup cuffs and find yourself
drawn into his own fantasy world of a superhero as he poses for
the artist.
So
does it work? Yes it does, for me at least.
Trying
to mix real life observation with cartoons isn't easy, yet Jim Medway
has managed to capture the mood of Piccadilly Gardens through the
antics of these cat people who look anything but out of place in
Manchester.
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