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Illustrated adventures in domestic danger.

MURDERCAT
Episode 1: "The Morning Routine"
7:00am. Murdercat sits innocently. Nothing suspicious whatsoever.
Human reaches to give morning pets. Cat does not approve of morning pets.
DANGER DETECTED
EXTREME CLOSE-UP. The eyes have made a decision.
CHAOS!!
What followed cannot be accurately depicted. Suffice to say: chaos occurred.
Murdercat: unbothered. Human: definitely bothered.
MURDERCAT — ALWAYS WINS —
THE END. Episode 2 continues below. 👇
MURDERCAT
Episode 2: "The Laser Pointer Incident"
2:30pm. A quiet Tuesday. Then: a red dot appeared.
Murdercat crouched. The universe held its breath.
TARGET ACQUIRED
Millennia of evolution, condensed into one moment.
POUNCE!!
Twenty-three pounces. Seventeen near-misses. One overturned vase.
??
Murdercat: 0. Red Dot: 23.
MURDERCAT — THE HUNT CONTINUES —
THE END. (For now. The red dot remains undefeated.)
MURDERCAT
Episode 3: "The 3am Situation"
z z z 3:00
3:00am. The household sleeps. Murdercat is wide awake. There is no reason for this.
...
No laser dot. No human. No reason. Just a calling — ancient, unstoppable, deeply inconvenient.
THE ZOOMIES APPROACH
EXTREME CLOSE-UP. Something has awakened. Science cannot explain it.
ZOOM!! 3:07
Three laps of the house. Two flights of stairs. One bookshelf now horizontal. For no reason.
3:14
3:14am. Human: awake, confused. Murdercat: deeply satisfied. Mission unclear but complete.
MURDERCAT — THE NIGHT BELONGS TO HIM —
THE END. (He'll do it again at 4am. And 5am. And also right when you fall asleep.)