Another added: 'Better than any cat I've ever drawn. This is really amazing stuff!' And one joked: 'Even though the cat drawing is pretty bad, it's fashionable to be a bad artist.' ...

Days before Richardson's death, A Kitten's Christmas Party - a drawing featuring 150 cats that took 11 days to create - appeared in the newspaper. "They became an overnight sensation," says Mr Gale.

An oversized cat drawing has been discovered on a hill at the famous Nazca Lines site in Peru. The impressive artwork dates back some 2,000 years and measures over 120 feet across.

When Grant Schroeder commissioned a drawing of his cat, Luna, he figured that was it. But he got a lot more when Emma Ferguson, who also had a cat named Luna, took notice. Soon a romance bloomed.