The Complete "Omaha" the Cat Dancer: Volume 7 (7)

Let me start by saying this is an awesome, well-written story with characters you can actually empathize with and care about. It's also sexy. Just deal with whatever preconceptions you have about that, okay? If you want to have a serious discussion, in the context of sympathetic characters, about sex and how it affects our heads and hearts and what respect has to do with it and why dignity is important and how people act when they're emotionally hurting and when they're in love and ... All of that stuff which porn never addresses because it's porn and "literature" never addresses because sex is messy.... Read this. If you want to have a serious discussion about why politics are stupid, consider why this was banned from the mail in Canada and most US states while it was being published.

The issues here are listed as numbers 21 through 24, but originally they were listed as Omaha volume 2, numbers 1-4. This was because the creators had decided to shift publishers and moved the series from Kitchen Sink to Fantagraphics. There also seemed to be a strain between writer and artist, as the quality of the art declines noticeably (not that much, but still perceptible). Not knowing the full details, I hesitate to comment, but Dennis Kitchen in his introduction states that there was a serious physical altercation between the two, which resulted in this being the end of Omaha, until the early 2000s when the pair, both now cancer survivors, reunited to finish their only memorable stoy Omaha the Cat Dancer. The comic has been legitimately called soap opera-ish, and I cannot disagree, but it also suffers from a drag that is endemic to soap operas as well. Multiple story lines intertwine, but each only moves a small increment during each issue, giving it all a feeling that the story is dragging its feet- just like the real soap operas do. I find that I didn’t mind it so much when I collected individual issues, the comic being so different from what I was used to, but when collected together, I’m pushing myself through, waiting for the good stuff to happen.

Omaha the Cat Dancer is more than an exploitative adult comic. Once over the "oh cute animal adult comic" gimmick, then you'll find Omaha the Cat Dancer to be very deep. More of a graphic novel soap opera thriller, the adult nature of the series is only one aspect. One of my favorite series. Highly recommended for ADULTS.

Continuation of the long running story. One of the best comic stories ever, whether animal, adult or otherwise. I've been reading this since the early 1980s and the quality has not waned. It is sad to know that the story will be ending soon. If you are starved for space, get the albums, the entire story is worth it.

A worthwhile and we'll illustrated book with great story telling and provocative pictures worth a look. Surprisingly inoffensive and thoughtful.

An ongoing series that has a following. I now have all eight (8) volumes which completes the collection. I've enjoyed the new content that was added to the stories.

Not bad for Left Wing Propaganda.

Omaha and her friends continue their lives and loves in this volume, a collection of comics originally published in the early 1990s. The happy hedonists move forward in their relationships, with some ongoing tensions but with less real drama than in the earlier story arcs. It's really a soap opera, the kind you stick with because you really care about the characters. It's too bad that events in the authors' lives ended the story here. Back in the 1980s, when the series originated, its warm portrayal of gays and physically disabled characters were groundbreaking, and rarely equalled today. The happy sexuality explored new avenues - decidedly steamy at points, but always cheerful and consensual, and meaningful in the context of the characters' relationships. The bam-pow macho image of comics could hardly be called girl-friendly. This, with its emphasis on caring and complex characters, takes visual storytelling in a very different direction, however. I recommend this to any thinking reader. Start at the beginning, though. You'll need the context set early on to make proper sense of these later chapters. -- wiredweird