Wednesday, May 20, 2015

CATMAN AND SUPER SUMIE MEET ROCKET MAN

CATMAN AND SUPER SUMIE MEET ROCKET MAN

On November 6, 2013, Yves Rossy of Switzerland, also known as "Rocketman" flew around Mt. Fuji - something that did not go unchallenged by Catman and Super Sumie.  Rossy vowed never to fly around Fuji-san where he was openly ridiculed by the flying, kitty crime-fighting duo.




Tuesday, March 24, 2015

A FRIEND IN NEED

And now boys and girls, another story from CATMAN COMIX (tm) entitled "A FRIEND IN NEED" featuring MY NEIGHBORS THE NEKOJINS (tm) and introducing Nomi (tm).



It's a bright, warm, sunshiny, summer morning - school is out and it's time for fun - but something strange and possibly sinister lurks in the shadows.


All the Nekojin catkids are on their way to the park for "Free Lunch Day", including Vinnie, Frannie, Zoe, Emily, Annablelle, Hello Snake, Baby Nekojin, Theo, and Ashbury. But as they head along their way, someone is watching watching watching!


Yep! It's "Free Lunch Day" at the park. Free lunches for all the neighborhood kids that want one, and safe, fun playtime for everyone! But that strange "someone" or "something" is still lurking nearby, unnoticed by the catkids - they're having too much fun!


The "lurker" makes its move...




And then makes it's quick getaway!


In a far corner of the park...




But the theft of the lunch does not go unnoticed!


Oh oh! The jig (or lunch) is up for our little thief!




So, after lunch (actually several lunches) it was playtime for everyone!


Until...


So everyone, including the poor, unwanted, homeless kitty headed off to the Nekojin's house (not very far away) to see what Mr. Nekojin had to say...










Neither the little kitty nor Mrs. Nekojin were any two pleased about the immediate plan...






Annabelle wasn't to please either!




Later, after "Nomi" had had her bath, there was a family meeting in the kitchen...




So Mr. Nekojin went down the the backyard to have a talk with Nomi.


Things worked out pretty well...for everyone I think.


Mr. Nekojin has a heart of gold - always ready, willing, and even sometimes able to help someone in need. Mrs. Nekojin however, is a practical sort, which is why she is really in charge of things around the Nekojin home.


(Previously, Binbogami, the Japanese poverty spirit, had moved into the Nekojin's attic, followed by three apprentice poverty spirits as mandated to every family under Abenomics. Mr. Nekojin didn't think his wife knew about the living arrangements....but she did! Anyway, the next day, Nomi, Bin, Bo, and Gami moved into their new room that Mr. Nekojin had fixed up just for them.


And the "senior" poverty spirit, Binbogami was delighted as were the rest of the catkids!


Yes indeedie! Things worked out really well. The catkids had a new sister, the Hairy Pitter kids had a new cousin, and Nomi at last had a real home and family.



La Fin




A FRIEND IN NEED is Copyright 2014 and 2015 by Aoi Tokugawa, Hayato Tokugawa, Catman Comix and the Kitty Mafia Art Worx. All rights reserved. NOMI, A TOHOKU TALE is Copyright 2014 by Aoi Tokugawa, Hayato Tokugawa, Catman Comix, the Kitty Mafia Art Worx, and Shisei-Do Publications. All rights reserved.


























Thursday, March 12, 2015

LUDWIG VAN NEKOJIN

LUDWIG VAN NEKOJIN AT HOME WITH THE KIDS



SUPER SUMIE AND THE GECKO

We have a guest in our house, a little lizard, a gecko, that we regard as possibly a household protective spirit. Be that as it may, it is also a constant source of fascination for Super Sumie, particularly when he (or she) is catching a few rays from the sun on the window.








Copyright 2014 by Aoi Tokugawa, Catman Comix, and the Kitty Mafia Art Worx. All rights reserved.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

A RETRO CATMAN ADVENTURE: CATMAN V. THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY II

CATMAN V. THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY II 
(A Retro Catman Adventure From October and November 2013)

NSA Denies French Spy Reports


AMERICA SPIES ON FRANCE..."No we didn't!" - Monsieur L'Inspecteur en chef Catman is watching the watchers!


US SPYING ON FRANCE AND GERMANY? Catman and Professor Nuts continue the investigation...which takes them to the very top of the French icon, the Eiffel Tower, where the now Catman-Clouseau finds a clue and more than he bargained for!


THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Hot on the US spying case, and a possible rogue NSA, the now Catman-Clouseau encounters two prime suspects in Paris.


WHILE PROFESSOR NUTS REMAINS IN PARIS, Catman shadows his prime suspect all the way to Berlin and with the benefit of his enhanced cat vision and cat hearing, catches the culprit red handed!



HAVING CAUGHT HIS PRIME SUSPECT RED-HANDED, Catman and Professor Nuts catch the 'red-eye' back to the US. Nuts continues on to the super-secret Catman lair on Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, while Super Sumie joins our intrepid flea-bitten hero in Washington. Together they gain entry into the HQ of the National Security Agency (don't ask how - it's complicated and would take a lot more pictures) and begin to investigate.


HAVING TRACKED THEIR PRIME SPY SUSPECT BACK TO NSA HEADQUARTERS, the fearless felines, Catman and Super Sumie, split up to investigate. Deep within the NSA building, Super Sumie once again encounters the suspect.


AT THE SAME TIME THAT SUPER SUMIE is following their prime suspect through the rows and rows of computer banks used to spy on the world, Catman, on a different level of the NSA stronghold, makes more amazing discoveries!
What is it that Catman has discovered? Are more dastardly deeds afoot? Tune in next week. Same cat channel to find out.


In our last episode, Catman, peering out from a darkened doorway into a corridor of the NSA building, made a surprising discovery, enough to evoke his worst expletive, "Holy catcrap!" Our intrepid caped crusader closed the door to the darkened office and turned on the light, only to be surprised again!


IN AN OFFICE, deep inside the National Security (spy) Agency, Catman confronts a mysterious woman who looks like Natasha Fatale, but due to copyright restrictions is not Natasha Fatale but is instead Natalya Alexandra Simonova, and who was lying in wait for our intrepid hero. Watch out Catman!



IN AN OFFICE, inside the National Security (Spy) agency, our beloved Kaped Kitty Krusader continues his conversation with the nogoodnik and femme fatale, Natalya Alexandra Simonova..."Don't listen to her Catman! Don't do it! She's trouble! She's not your species! You'll live to regret it...if you live!"


FROM AN OFFICE DEEP WITHIN THE NSA, Catman calls Super Sumie on her official wrist radio.


WHEN LAST WE LEFT OUR KAPED KAT KRUSADERS, Catman had made an important discovery and radioed Super Sumie, via their official Catman wrist radios. He would have used his smart phone and maybe Facebook or Tweeeeeter, but the NSA tracks those signals. Anyway, he requested Super Sumie to go back into the matrix and to meet him in the basement. So that's where we find our tiny kitty in blue tights, plummeting downward through the very bowels of the NSA to rendezvous with the Catman.


SUPER SUMIE exits the NSA matrix tunnel and enters the super-secret basement where she at last meets up with Catman and an unexpected surprise.


CATMAN TELLS SUPER SUMIE what he discovered about the NSA leadership.



CATMAN AND SUPER SUMIE BEGIN TO SEARCH the basement level of the NSA building for the nerve center of the domestic and foreign electronic spying operation when they spot a strange, eerie glow from the end of a matrix corridor. Immediately our intrepid heroes leap into the air and jet towards it. But are they jetting to their doom. Standby!


CATMAN AND SUPER SUMIE FLY TO THE VISION at the end of the corridor and are amazed at what they find - the heart, the brain, the mind, the soul of the NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY!


DEEP INSIDE THE MONOLITH CHAMBER Super Sumie makes a sudden, ominous discovery.


SUDDENLY CATMAN AND SUPER SUMIE have company! Things are looking desperate!


SUDDENLY THERE IS A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION OF ELECTRICITY! What's happened. Are our furry flea-bitten heroes ok?


WHEN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS come back on, a shaken and upset Super Sumie sees a scene of devastation...and the villainous National Security Agency spies have fled the scene. She calls out to her heroic companion...


ONCE AGAIN OUR MIGHTY FLEA-BITTEN FELINE HEROES ARE TRIUMPHANT. With all the red tape of the American bureaucracy, it will take weeks if not months to repair all the damage and for the NSA to start spying on us again.


(These episodes of Catman Comix were published in October and November of 2013 as a serial.)










This cartoon is intended as a political and cartoon parody. The figure of Simon Bar Sinister is from the cartoon series “Underdog,” Copyright Total Television. The figures of Natashia, Boris, and Fearless Leader are from “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show,” Copyright Jay Ward Productions. The story line and all other characters are copyright ©  2013 and 2015 by the Kitty Mafia Art Worx™, Catman Comix™ and Hayato and Aoi Tokugawa, all rights reserved.