Some of the most watched online videos of the year have to be the Simon’s Cat films. Simon Tofield created Simon’s cat, a frisky rascal, based on his experiences with his own cats in Bedfordshire, England. His personal animation project eventually turned into an internet meme that garnered millions of views on YouTube and led to a book “Simon’s Cat” which just came out earlier this year.

I had the honor to interview Simon Tofield and ask him a few questions that many of us would love to know:

Amy: Tell us something about yourself?
Simon: I first taught myself to animate by making flip-books....