Mississippi said to Missouri, "If I put on my New Jersey, what will Delaware?" Virginia replied, "Alaska." This wordplay on states' names as vestments resembles the play and ambiguity in Alliecats, a wonderful collection of fifty-three graphic tales that catenate (link) meaning, sound, and likeness into clever puns. "Alliecats is an absolutely delightful book." -Juliet Flower MacCannell, Professor Emerita, UC Irvine Novelist...