Cats always land on their feet?

Originally published 1 September 2010

Yes. If they’re allowed to. Setting the template for several other stories over the following couple of years, this sequence ended with Smudge’s wall.

Pdoyyynng

Originally published 30 August 2010

An example of cartoon physics - I’m not sure that Jones would make that much of a difference to be honest. Anyone care to draw a moments diagram showing the forces involved?

Pinging the branch

Originally published 27 August 2010

Occasionally I have nothing to say except this this today’s cartoon. This os one of this days.

This is today’s cartoon.

Ha

Originally published 25 August 2010

This is essentially an old joke wrapped up in new clothes which acknowledge exactly how annoying that old joke was in the first place. Note the ’sound’ effects in the third panel - ROTFL ROTFL. I like doing silly stiff like that.

Cling

Originally published 23 August 2010

Note Smith’s prehensile tail.

You can tell I’m writing these blog entries against the clock before flying off to the States, can’t you? I’ll be flying back today, arriving at Heathrow tomorrow around noon.

n n n n n n n n

Originally published 20 August 2010

There are some stimuli that just can’t be resisted…

The Comet of the Century?

Remember the fuss that was being made about Comet Ison earlier this year? It was going to be the comet of the century. Its tail was going to be so long it would wrap three times around the planet. It was going to cause the end of the world and a plague of frogs. It was going to outshine the moon and be visible during daylight. It was possibly going to very bright. It was going to look not quite so bright but pretty bright nevertheless. It was going to look like a dim hairy star. It was going to look like a big smudge. It was going to be visible to the naked eye. At the time of writing (15 November) it might possibly be visible if you have very strong binoculars, a tripod, and a place to view it from which is at least 100 miles away from the nearest light source.

Nevertheless, lets pretend all that never happened. This strip was inspired by Smudge and Cholmondeley’s reaction to fireworks whenever they saw them through the front room windows. They loved them and tried to paw at them before they fizzled out. This was based on me imagining what their reaction would be to a comet which just hung there in the sky, the way that comets do. Well, the ones that can be bothered to put on a proper show anyway.