With those piercing eyes and flicks of the tail, house cats observe domesticity poetically, and with sassHave you ever given birth before?Me..? No, not yet.When it happened to me for the first time, it wasn’t just kittens that I birthed, but also me as a mother. So now, as I’m raising them, I am also raising myself as a mother And it aint no joke! So, no! I don’t really have the luxury to think about things like whether my children are ‘cute or not.These are the simple musings of a house cat, sprawled on a veranda in the sun, while birds flit and flutter by, as she nurses her most recent litter and chats with a curious yearling. But these are also the musings of Yamada Murasaki.Sassy Cats was the pioneering manga artists bold return to comics after a yearslong hiatus, during which time she gave birth to two girls. Engaging sensitively and poetically with domesticity, motherhood, and gender relations, Sassy Cats is the work of a master cartoonist, evid