We're taking our Christmas break now. See you in the new year!

~ Antonella Caputo and Nick Miller, a.k.a. Team Sputnik.

Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:02:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Another Dennis strip, for all of you who've ever seen your cat looking like they're about to throw up while simultaneously searching around for the most expensive, least convenient household object they could possibly throw up over...

Monday, June 25, 2007 12:16:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's another Dennis strip...

I tried to put a collar and lead on my first cat, Monty. Needless to say, it was a disaster. Putting a lead on a cat seems to be a signal that says: "Panic, try to walk in four different directions at once, then sit in the middle of the floor and complain". I tried to take Monty for walkies once, then never again.

On the other hand, we had a cat called Dylan who liked to follow us whenever Antonella and I went for a walk. He'd trail about ten paces behind, stopping passing traffic, trotting in and out of people's gardens as we passed by, investigating, great fun he thought. The trouble is, he never wanted to come home when we did. We became known locally as the couple who shout "Dylan!" a lot. Also, he started following our lodger to work...

Friday, June 22, 2007 10:21:49 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's another Dennis The Cat strip, this time one I did a couple of years ago. Anyone who has ever lived with a cat will instantly recognise this situation...

Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:35:42 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is another randomly-selected scribble from my sketchbook...

It's not really the season for it I know, but it's a sight more festive than the sort of stuff I was doing last year when it was Christmas...

Gloomy as it is, this one must have struck a chord, because it was picked up by the Forbidden Planet blog as well as featuring in John Freeman's Down The Tubes blog. Perhaps I should be grumpy more often.

Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:24:44 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

While I was writing the previous post, an idea occured to me for another Dennis The Cat strip, so I made some time today and drew it...

Here's hoping John Freeman doesn't read this because I promised him if I had any spare time I'd draw a Really Heavy Greatcoat script he sent me.

Friday, June 15, 2007 6:12:57 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

This is a spin-off strip from my regular cartoon strip, The Really Heavy Greatcoat (appearing in Virtual Lancaster, Down The Tubes, Comics International and here, of course). Dennis is an occasional character in the Greatcoat strips, and I decided to give him his own spin-off...

There was actually a real-life cat called Dennis, a big grey-and-white softie who used to use me for cuddles.

He "passed over the rainbow bridge" (died) due to heart problems a couple of years ago, but he'll always be my favourite cat (sorry Maggie).

The Dennis strip doesn't have a home at the moment, although it has occasionally been used as a filler in the Virtual Lancaster and Down The Tubes websites when I don't have time to do a Greatcoat strip. If there's anyone out there interested in buying a cat-related strip for their newspaper, magazine or website, you know where to find me...

Friday, June 15, 2007 10:51:02 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the 8th Greatcoat strip in the 'Student Party' sequence...

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:16:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Really sorry this is a couple of days late. Here's part 7 of the Really Heavy Greatcoat story we're currnetly running. Enjoy...

Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:55:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's part 6 of the Really Heavy Greatcoat "student party" story...

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:25:57 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest in the Greatcoat 'student party' story...

Friday, March 02, 2007 8:22:14 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest episode of the Greatcoat...

There's a bit of a kerfuffle surrounding the Greatcoat strip. For the full story, check out John freeman's blog. The story has also been covered in Forbidden Planet's blog, and also in Journalista, but briefly, last year John set up a page about the Greatcoat in Wikipedia, which was then deleted by a Wikipedia editor on the grounds that it was insufficiently "noteworthy". The decision has been contested, the page has been re-instated but it's status is now open for discussion. If you're a Greatcoat fan, and you'd like to contribute to the debate, please, follow the links to the wikipedia page and add your two-pennorth. John and I would welcome your input.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:42:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

If you have enjoyed this strip, you might like to consider reading other strips by this artist. Check out the TEAM SPUTNIK website www.teamsputnik.co.uk for further details.

Friday, February 23, 2007 7:31:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the next episode of the Greatcoat "student party" saga. Sorry.

By way of explanation, the British government were actually issuing these 'Five-a-Day' leaflets at corner shops and supermarkets at one point. If you're a vegetarian, you may not have noticed. Sorry.

The cat's name is Dennis. He has his own spin-off strip, which I may decide to post later. Sorry.

Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:54:10 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [1] 

I've been working on the Really Heavy Greatcoat 20th anniversary strip all day, but it's going slowly because there's so much detail. In the meantime, I thought I'd start posting a few old strips... 

This is part one of an eight-strip story arc I did last year. The whole eight strips are currently up in John Freeman's website (just click on the links on the home page) and on the LUKO website (ditto). Because the various people involved were busy, and there were techinical problems, this series was never seen as intended, i.e. with each new strip appearing on a regular basis, so I think I'll take the opportunity here to publish a new strip in the series every few days. This is also a naked attempt to get people to visit the blog, you understand.

OK, here's the premise of the strip. The RHG is an old ARP Greatcoat, bought by John from a charity shop. It was worn by a hippy throughout the 'Sixties, and years of having illegal substances stuffed in its pockets led to it becoming self-aware. In other words, it can talk. John and the Greatcoat got up to all sorts of adventures over the years, until John Freeman and I decided the character was getting too old, so we introduced John's student lodger Kevin and gave him the Greatcoat to wear. Now read on...

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:04:47 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]