Meet Ken.

Ken is a small grey cat with the face of an angel and the moral compass of a dropped mug. He knocks things off tables. He judges your life choices. He will let you stroke him for precisely two minutes, then end you.

He is also based on a real cat. That is the worst part.

Ken the cat

How Ken happened

1

It started with a poo.

Not in the litter tray. Next to the litter tray.

About four inches away, which is somehow worse than a mile.

2

Then he looked up.

No shame. No apology. Just a slow, withering side-eye that said: "Yep. And what?"

The man on the other end of that stare was Steven, a British designer who had made the mistake of owning him. He went and got a pen.

3

One sketch became a hundred.

Every time Ken ruined something, he got drawn. The sofa. The plant. The Christmas tree. The good chair.

Turns out everybody has this cat. Or knows someone who does. Or is one.

4

Now he's on your mug.

Cards, mugs, notebooks, phone cases. Ken has escaped the sketchbook and got into the merchandise.

He is not grateful. He would do all of it again.

Drawn by hand

Every Ken is a rough grey brush stroke and two furious black eyes. No two are quite the same. Like snowflakes, but ruder.

Printed close to you

Printed to order near you to cut delivery miles. The planet says thanks. Ken doesn't.

Rude with love

The joke is always Ken's contempt for you, never anyone else. He punches in one direction: off the table.