Gnar Gnar Gnar

When Billy and Annabelle are playfighting I'm amazed at some of the contortions they get into. It's also interesting to see the different fighting styles. When Smudge and Cholmondeley fought it was usually a frontal assault, with Smudge trying to pounce on her brother, and him restraining her with a paw to the forehead. Billy is more of a kung fu cat, with a sideways attack style, leading with one of his back paws to where his opponent's belly was just a second ago. Bella prefers stealth, and gets her wallop in and runs away again before Billy even realises he's been attacked.

Suddenly...

Calm.

Calm.

Calm.

MAD CATS!

Calm.

Gznp!

While the cats are having their mad moments, I'm making them make random noises like their brains have short circuited. It helps to convey the ragged, jagged mad action you get when a cat gets like this.

However, I can't help wondering if it's all a cover for some other nefarious purpose. Billy and Annabelle have developed a taste for nocturnal papier mache. Annabelle's job is to pull old newspapers out of the recycling bin and onto the floor. Billy then has the task of hurling himself at the newspaper and sliding it towards their water fountain. The net result of this is that Linda and I wake up in the morning to find a mass of sodden newspaper on the living room floor.

Fdxgt!

I enjoyed drawing the caffeinated Smith so much that I thought I'd involve all the cats in the fun. Once again, this is Billy and Annabelle making their influence on the strip apparent. The next few strips are no so much written as transcribed from the mad things they do when they have their mad moments…