1995 Cognoscenti vs Intelligentsia

In 1995 I stopped drawing Superheroes because an interest in spandex-clad musclebound fools was not wholly compatible with the life of a teen-age lover man.

Cat Flap was the comic that I drew to while away those summer days, a heady mix of sitcom-style action, bizarre fashions and loads of tiny, unreadable dialogue.

This was where the characters you have come to know and...know... were born in the firey kiln of cutting edge indie comic. The main character was Kristie, a whiny woman with a peculiar haircut, who is reunited with her childhood friends Rick and Holly.

In this never before-shown series of lithographs, see the blueprint for Britain's most powerful, sexy web comic emerge. i think the stilted, halting dialogue adds a certain je ne sais quoi. Pinteresque!

To the left, witness three splendid characters who never made it to Bobbins. I can't remember their names but... er... what was I saying again?

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