Thursday, September 22, 2016

When A Cat Toy Sparks A Bunch Of Strip Ideas

I've been making little cat toy witch hats and did up a few in brown with bent tops to be Harry Potter 'Sorting Hats', did up more as brown wizard hats, and then gray for Gandalf The Gray.  All for selling at various events (everyone likes low cost cat toys!).
 
Well, looking at the finished ones gave me the idea of the human in my comics tossing a few to the cats to test out, and the little guys having fun with things till they get into the inevitable argument.  The Sorting Hat made the rounds with being held over every cat's head in the strip - Slytherin and Ravenclaw being favs.  Griffendor was an 'aww nuts!' one, and Marcus got the Hufflepuff, at which point it became very apparent that he had not read the books or seen the movies.
 
The black witch hat and the Gandalf hat ended up with two of the little guys arguing whether Dumbledore or Gandalf was stronger at which point things started going downhill between them.  A wand (toilet brush) is no match for a staff (broom).  Ahh well.