This week's series is an adaptation of one I did when I was drawing Smith the first time round as a teenager, and apart from some recasting, and some cutting, it's stood up pretty well. However, todays strip is brand new - just before I started drawing it I decided the gag wasn't good enough and came up with a better idea, one which continued the story.
The original strip (dated Friday August 28 1991) is below. The cat taking Chumley's place is Max, another cat from the neighbourhood I lived in. Max's character was a sort of less extreme version of Scrumpy - he was a vent for my teenage angst. I think I prefer the much more happy-go-lucky Chumley we have now.
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