Here Comes the Cat! the 1989 picture book
“Here comes the cat,” singular, is a picture book. The plural phrase that fills music search is a different work, and the Windows boss fight is a third. This page is only the book.
What two records agree on
| Fact | Reading | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Here Comes the Cat! | Wikipedia + Open Library |
| Russian title | Сюда идёт кот! (Syuda idet kot!) | Wikipedia |
| Writer / artist | Frank Asch / Vladimir Vagin | Wikipedia assigns roles; Open Library names creators |
| Year and publisher | 1989, Scholastic | 2 sources |
| ISBN | 0-590-41859-9 | 2 sources |
| Page count | 32 in Open Library; Unpaged in Wikipedia | Two records preserve different pagination labels |
What only the encyclopedia says
Wikipedia describes a bilingual layout: English on the top of each speech balloon, Russian underneath. A mouse sees a huge cat shadow, warns the other mice, and then the cat arrives pushing a large wheel of cheese. The article reads that ending as a fable about fear and prejudice. I keep that as one article’s summary, not as a second witness.
The same article says Asch and Vagin began the collaboration after a 1986 Soviet-American children’s literature seminar, and that the New York Times Book Review called it the first book designed by an American and drawn by a Russian. School Library Journal’s Judith Gloyer is quoted as favorable, with a note about English spelling. Arthyr Yorinks, in the Times, is quoted as finding the symbolism large and the surprise thin. Those reviews are one article’s citations. I have no second copy of either review in front of me, so I do not upgrade the praise or the complaint into a consensus.
The 1992 short
Wikipedia says Weston Woods turned the book into a 10-minute animated short in 1992. I have not watched it, so runtime and year stay marked as one source. I also have no sourced Chinese edition, and no sourced age band, so those cells stay empty.
If you wanted the lyric, go to the song. If you wanted Dess and the cats, go to the game. The name guide lists every other collision, including the Fallout cue.
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Questions
Is this the Waitress lyric?
No. The book uses the singular “Here Comes the Cat!” and was published in 1989, decades before the song.
Who made it?
Frank Asch wrote it. Vladimir Vagin drew it. Scholastic published the 1989 edition. Both records identify the creators and the 1989 Scholastic edition; Wikipedia explicitly separates writer and illustrator.
Is there a film?
Wikipedia says Weston Woods adapted it as a 10-minute short in 1992. That sentence is one source. I have not watched the short.
Sources
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