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The subject of collars has been a sore point among our friends in the past; even though Tux and Jazz don’t wear them themselves, they are not against the idea, purely for ornament, but Scatcat thinks it’s selling out. There has even been *gasp!* sarcasm bandied about.

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[mewblood]

New Godspeed Mew page up! Click here to read! #catwebcomic #bosozoku #yankii

[amusinglymags]

Gizmo conquers the dreaded beast of a vacuum #widgettsworldcomic #catwebcomic #petsvsvacuums #amusingmyself #amusingmags #artistsoninstagram #artistsontumblr #artistontwitter http://ift.tt/2jCn86P

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[quadracats]

New story! Seems like it’s been forever (it has) but I’ve now got enough pages done to go on with the story. This one is going to go on much longer than the first three books; my ambition when it’s done, in a year or so, is to be able to publish an omnibus volume. For now, I’ll be updating Monday and Thursday; if I find I’m getting far enough ahead, I’ll up that to three times a week.

As of this book, I’ve been working a little differently than I did before. I did a lot of experimenting to explore some changes I’ve been wanting to make (part of the reason it took so long). I’m now working entirely digitally from the inking stage on (before I was drawing by hand), using Procreate, an app for iPad pro. I absolutely love it. It’s so intuitive, and the Apple Pencil is such a great tool that sometimes I forget that it’s not a real brush/pencil/pen. 

I’m also now lettering digitally — but instead of just writing directly and hoping everything fits, I found a font that looks a great deal like my handwriting and do the lettering layout in that first, in Photoshop. Then I put the image back into Procreate, fade the layer out, and use it as a guide. Why not just use the font? Because there are a few letter-forms that I think make it kind of hard to read, and I like the variations of actual hand-lettering. So this is kind of the best of both worlds.

For this cover I’m afraid I got a little carried away with Photoshop’s 3d effect for lettering; I found it by accident and had an enormous amount of fun with it. This probably won’t be the final cover for the book, so I felt free to be a little silly here.

I’m really excited to be back to doing this. Housebound as we all are right now, it’s good to have a purpose to keep me sane. I hope this brings you enjoyment and some laughs, and helps keep you sane! If it’s been a while since you read the story, why not hit the “first” button and start over from the beginning again?

—Karen

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[quadracats]

From Alien Cat’s journal:

“We are almost back at the quaint neighbourhood my friends Tux, Jazz, and Scatcat call home. Although I’m disappointed not to be starting our tourist business immediately, the trip was not in vain, as it gave my rustic friends a chance to see a bit of the galaxy. And they used up quite a bit of the overstock of tuna paté in ship’s stores; now I have space to stock up on some more tradable foodstuffs here before I return to my regular trade route.”

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[quadracats]

From Madame Gloriana Catsby’s essential book for all cat lovers, One Cat, Two Cats, Three Cats, More!:

“Remember that felines are obligate carnivores. Much as it my be tempting to offer them bites of what you are eating, many human foods are not good for cats. You wouldn’t eat their food, and they shouldn’t eat yours – no matter how much they beg!” 

Aaaand… that’s the end of this scene, so it seems like a good time to take a short break, it being summertime and all. See you in two weeks — next post will be Monday, July 5. (promises, promises, see update below)

UPDATE: Sorry folks, it’s going to be a little while before I can get the next page up. I’m juggling heat waves, health issues, and some other work that needs to be done, and while I hope it won’t be too long, it might be realistic to estimate resuming in September at this point. I won’t set a date, because I hope to get back sooner, but even if so, pages will likely be sporadic for a bit. Please be patient, the story will continue!

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[quadracats]

From Madame’s diary:

“This Alien Cat is creating quite a stir. From what Handsome tells me, this “iZap” device of his is responsible for the rash of takeout thefts around here. Perhaps he doesn’t realize he has to pay for it? Much as I love cats, they can be rather “entitled”. At any rate, someone is going to have to set him straight, he can’t just go around taking whatever he likes, especially now that we can talk to him!”

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[quadracats]

From Madame’s diary:

The wide-ranging implications of our new communications abilities with cats are beginning to dawn on me. I was awake all night, wondering if all felines are affected — will we be able to talk with lions and tigers? —and how people of different cultures will accept it. After all, at one time, people were burned as witches for talking to their cats!

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[quadracats]

From Madame’s diary:

“Rosa in particular seems to have an intuitive grasp of cat communication. I will be interested to see how she interacts with her own cats.”

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[quadracats]

From Madame Gloriana Catsby’s essential book for all cat lovers, One Cat, Two Cats, Three Cats, More!:

Initially, your elder cat may be intimidated by a new kitten. However, he will quickly show them where the line between tolerance and intolerance is. Your job is to supervise until détente is reached.

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[quadracats]

Author’s note: here Madame is quoting more or less directly from her own classic book, Madame Gloriana Catsby’s “Ode to Felines”.

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[quadracats]

From Alien Cat’s journal:

“Since Scatcat was so resourceful in contacting me, and he seemed quite agitated, I revised my plans to explore the large city in the centre of the continent that I had found to have so many delectable takeout opportunities (the primates here seemed a bit overly susceptible to my iZap anyway; I must recalibrate it to compensate). I set course immediately for the coast to find out what he wanted. I really must speak to him about all the space junk flying around up here, though; these primitive cats have a lot to learn about keeping their planetary space tidy. Molly had to clean up quite a number of small robotic vessels before we could leave the area.”

#quadracats #spacecat #aliencat #spaceship #missiles #keepingsecrets #talkingcat #tangledweb #catcomics #catcomic #webcomic #catwebcomic

[quadracats]

From Alien Cat’s journal:

“I don’t know how Scatcat managed to contact me via his iStudy — I didn’t even know it was possible! It must be a new model. I must have a good look at it when next I see him. He couldn’t have picked a worse time, though, even more disconcerting than being interrupted at dinner! Still, these Takeout Planet cats keep managing to surprise me — such cleverness must be due to their primitive circumstances, where one needs to be on one’s toes to make anything happen at all.”

#quadracats #catcomics #webcomic #catwebcomic #spacecat #aliencat #spaceship #computercat #cybercat #alientechnology

[quadracats]

From Madame’s Diary:

“Aside from all the possibilities for face-to-face interspecies communications that have opened up, I am sure there will be some interest in these devices from our galactic visitor. Imagine being able to just think of someone and talk to them instantly by machine-assisted telepathy! Although, I suppose that could create some awkward moments, for humans, at least.”

#quadracats #spacecats #aliencat #catcomics #catwebcomic #webcomic #robotcat #cybercat #telepathy #awkwardmoments

[quadracats]

From Madame’s diary:

“It’s amazing how information gets around these days — not to mention mis-information! The internet is already full of tweets and videos about talking cats, and of course the “experts” are explaining it already. It’s funny to think that no one really knows what is really going on except the humans and cats in this house right now — and of course, that mysterious friend of Handsome who seems to have caused it all.”

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[quadracats]

From Madame’s diary:

Handsome told me about his cucumber experience today. I had to look it up on the internet. His former humans were not very sensitive to his feelings. But… I have to confess, I did laugh a bit imagining all those magnets. A human failing, I’m afraid.

#quadracats #catcomics #webcomic #catwebcomic #humannature #cucumber #cats and cucumbers