America’s Newspapers Already Preparing LOLcat Headlines

Literary agent Kate McKean reports that, after a two-day auction, she’s placed a print spinoff of the insanely popular I Can Has Cheezburger website with Patrick Mulligan of Gotham Books. “Instead of just slapping some lolcats on the page for the book,” McKean says, “the authors are letting [website icon] Professor Happycat guide the reader through the different memes with brief definitions and context, while still capturing the absurd humor of the site.”

McKean also sent in the image that Mulligan created to celebrate the deal, but not before I had put together my own spin on the announcement…

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