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Kliban died at UCSF Medical Center aged 55 of an undisclosed heart condition; he had undergone heart surgery there two weeks previously. [1] He was survived by his second wife, Judith Kamman Kliban (who married actor Bill Bixby shortly before Bixby's death in 1993); brother, Ken, of New York City; and two daughters: Kalia, from his first marriage with M. K. Brown; and Sarah, from another ...
In 1975 Workman published its first New York Times bestseller, B. Kliban's Cat, a collection of humorous illustrations that also inspired the company expand into calendar publishing with Cat as its first wall calendar. In 1979, Workman's creative director, Paul Hanson, created the Page-a-Day Calendar.
In 1974, while visiting B. Kliban in his San Francisco studio, Urry was struck by a group of Kliban's offhand cartoons of cats, bought several of them, and prodded Kliban to create a book-length collection of similar work. [1] Kliban's Cat became a best-selling book the next year, and spawned a wide range of popular merchandise.
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The “Kliban Cat” first appeared on a Crazy Shirt in 1977. [9] Images include Hula Cat with hips swaying and adorned in a grass hula skirt and lei, Aloha Cat wearing an aloha shirt and open arms, Sumo Cat dressed in the traditional mawashi (wrestling belt), and Artist Cat sitting at his easel covered in paint.
Everett Collection. The cast of 'The Brady Bunch.' From left: Barry Williams, Susan Olsen, Eve Plumb, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland in the 1970s
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There were cartoons by B. Kliban, M. K. Brown, Ed Subitzky, Brian McConnachie, John Caldwell, Bobby London, and Sam Gross. In addition there was artwork by Edward Gorey, Bruce McCall, Rick Meyerowitz, and Vaughn Bode. The book also included a pull-out: the National Lampoon Map of the World.