Do you think talking cats are cute, like Garfield? Well, think again.
Anthropomorphism can be a sinister business; but don’t worry, talking dogs are still cool. Regrettably, poor luckless Jerry Hickfang hears them both in Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices.”
Forklift-driving Hickfang is clearly trying too hard to be liked by his co-workers at the Milton faucet and bath factory, but he seems harmless enough. Of course, they do not hear the conversations he has with his cat, Mr. Whiskers, and his loyal canine, Bosco.
Mr. Whiskers does not suffer fools gladly. In fact, he is all in favor of killing them