Tofield's creations have reached a wide audience over the last few months, drawing more than 20m hits on YouTube and winning a number of awards, including Best Comedy at the British Animation Awards and YouTube's Blockbuster Award. The animations – simple line drawings in black and white - depict the ever-hungry Simon's Cat in various attempts to get his owner to feed him.
Canongate editorial director Nick Davies said: "The humour is refreshingly innocent which gives the characters the broadest possible appeal. I think we have a major new comic creation here—something to rival The Bunny Suicides, Purple Ronnie, and maybe even one day, Wallace and Gromit."
The first book has been published in hardback and the second book will be published for Christmas 2010.
The Bookseller reports that agents have already started talking to a number of film, television and merchandising companies about the Simon's Cat brand.
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