First of all, hello, and welcome to Smith.ink, Smith’s new home on the web. If you’re new here, ‘Smith’ is a cartoon strip about a cat called Smith. And that’s really all you need to know. If you really need to find out more, click on the menu in the sidebar or click on the folder icon to the top of the sidebar. To see the 700-odd cartoons that preceded this one visit smithcomic.blogspot.co.uk or www.gocomics.com/smith.

You’ve actually come in at the tail end of a storyline that has been going on since early July. Smith and his sister, Jones, escaped from a cattery while their owners were on holiday and spent most of the summer trying to find their way back home. Now they’ve finally reached home they’ve been rewarded for their efforts by being given ID collars. And they’re not popular. Now read on…