Original Catfluencer: How a Victorian Artist’s Feline Fixation Gave Us the Internet Cat
By Lisa Hix Louis Wain—an illustrator who boosted the popularity of cats at the turn of the 20th century—is a meme. If you search his name online, you’ll find the “famous series” of eight colorful drawings, at least six of which feature a cat, looking progressively more “psychedelic,” long before taking psychedelic drugs was a fad. … Continue reading Original Catfluencer: How a Victorian Artist’s Feline Fixation Gave Us the Internet Cat
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