Collection of Works: "GOMA: Black Cat, Everyday Life." by UIKO IKEDA, Ballpoint Pen Drawings

UIKO IKEDA, the ballpoint pen artist captivating the world.

Warm and textured art and words.
The first collection depicting the colorful daily life of Goma, the black cat.

1,980 yen (tax included)
Size: A5 variant, hardcover
Number of pages: 128

Goma is doing great today.
Happy, sad, drinking, eating, falling in love,
and has to earn money too. Cats are pretty busy.
Sometimes feeling down, but giving in to instincts and getting carried away...
Because he's a cat? No, maybe humans too.

Unraveling daily worries and living today positively,
the black cat Goma's everyday life.

UIKO IKEDA, a ballpoint pen artist who attracts attention by publishing her works mainly on Instagram.
She has been publishing her works mainly on Instagram, but all personal information such as her base of operations and age has been kept private. Despite not having any other activities besides posting her art, she has gained widespread support both domestically and internationally due to the pure charm of her work, and she is an artist to watch, with over 120,000 followers.
Essays and interviews are included in the collection. She reflects on her encounters with cats and her past, which can be said to be the background of how her works were born, and for the first time, she reveals her personality.

A familiarity that makes you want to pick it up at a glance. An attachment that makes you want to flip through the pages from time to time. Jumping out of the world of SNS, it delivers a certain and warm texture that cannot be conveyed by a smartphone.

Surely everyone will come to love Goma.

This book is a collection of Goma the black cat's daily life, mainly featuring the drawings she has accumulated so far. Please enjoy the figure of Goma, who is a free spirit and full of curiosity, enjoying his cat life.