Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 08, 2010

Bad situation there, Reggie boy…… That cat’s armed and dangerous.

All cats are armed: digitally, dentally and chemically.

My cats include sonic warfare in their arsenal

She has a sling shot and she’s not afraid to use it. Proceed with great caution.

That cat’ll pop you one.

The cats are worse than the Russians. Worse than the East Germans.

I am guessing the cat landed in Reggie’s yard by using the slingshot to pop balloons, after crossing the fence. So that cat is on a mission. And you are the target, Reggie!

Cleo is competing in the backyard Olympics. In gymnastics, of course!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Nicely done, Cleo!

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200708

Well – let’s be fair here: for a dog (let alone a basset), Cleo’s performance is extraordinary. But from a cat’s point of view she still has a lot to learn.

Cleo will beat the cats at Triathlon for sure – they won’t even have started yet when she crosses the finish line.

Unless, of course, this: https://cattime.com/cat-facts/2022-cat-breeds-love-water

So this is the neighborhood Olympics?

With all her talents, I thought maybe Cleo was in the trials for the real, Tokyo ones….. but they’ve been postponed till 2021.

Even on GoComics, and as far as I know, it’s no different on Sherpa… ie, in the

July 7th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

 

Cleo has fine gymnastics form, for a basset hound….

You’d think after all that TV watching and pizza, she’d be out of shape.

But maybe toting a bazooka, chasing squirrels, and even reaching across Claude for popcorn, keep her limber and fit.

Or maaaybe… it’s cos…. it’s a cartoon…. and that’s just how it works in cartoons.

If that’s the reason…. how can I get into one?

 

BTW… to those of you who read the comments on the 2020 Ballard Street, (which is currently featuring the 2003 Ballard Street… )

The other day I commented there on what I believed to be a very early appearance of Fly-Kitty-Fly, before he owned any mechanical flying devices …

I posted a couple of his later strips, one with his XTI propeller, and one with his little plane.

 

I said I’d also found another early one, but declined to show it because it was soon to appear for us in the 2010 Ballard Street pages, where we comment on “Cleo and Company.”

Well…. this is it.

Another glimpse of the young Fly-Kitty-Fly, I do believe… back when he was still just figuring out aeronautics,

and jerry-rigging any sort of equipment he could find, to try to get himself airborne.

wondering if the cats are racists? seems to me like discrimination against the pooches…

they would be racists if they discriminated against other cats…..interspecies discrimination is acceptable.

after all, humans definitely discriminate against cattle, pigs, sheep etc.

I hate to say this, but I’m with the cats on this.

Reggie’s okay for the moment…the weapon isn’t loaded.

 

The mysterious @katina.cooper will NOT like this.

Love her “Cleotard”.

Good Morning Ballardeers! 41,117th Q day. Weather lady says going out today will be like wading in the deep end of the swimming pool. Oh boy

Y’all grab your SCUBA gear. (((((HUGS)))))

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

I thought Cleo’s form deserved a “12”! Good job, Girl. Extra belly rubs for you tonight.

It takes a whole lot more than that to impress a cat. Cleo does rock that outfit, though.

I’m surprised that the evil cat in the center didn’t destroy the signs that the dogs have since he thinks that he is the boss of the judges.

That is a nifty piece of animating there guys. :D It gets a big like from me.