Anyone else not a fan of the new character? The duck is selfish and vain, the lizard is helpful and nice, the pug is stupid and funny. All of that worked so well but now we have another stupid and funny? Why not evil? Does this strip even need another animal? The girl adds a new dynamic but I really think this cat was a bad idea.

Anyways, long term fan of the strip and hope you keep on going for a long time. Thank you for all the laughs!

yeah...no, I'm not a fan of Lil'Butter either... to me the character is just TOO dumb and stupid and cats to me jut aren't like that (been a cat-owner all my life and wouldn't have a dog for quits...so yeah, I'm a bit biased)

Cats to me are like Percival in Sinfest.net. Arrogant, cool, confident and full of themselves. Tatsuya gets it just right. Lil'Butter here is just too stupid to have lived beyond a few minutes of kittenhood so Dave here has taken the concept too far for me.

cheers
Sean

Actually, I'm beginning to enjoy the cat. Cats CAN be that dumb. When I was younger, we found farm cats in the baling machine, the corn picker, grain elevator and other implements of a horrible, rending death. We'd have to bang on the machine to make them come out before we could start it. Of course, all sorts of people know cats like to sleep on top of car and truck tires or in the engine compartments of vehicles. My daughter fosters abandoned kittens and cats, and she's had some real knot-heads. One was a bottom heavy little fellow who thought if his head was hidden, he was hidden, even with his oversize rump sticking out, plain as day. Another would not land on his feet and usually fell off the television (the older CRT kind in the wooden cabinet) and landed on his back or side - having rolled over in his sleep. One was fascinated by the garbage disposal and you had to watch as she would try to stick her paw into it when it was running if you turned your back for even a couple seconds. Another liked to take showers with my daughter. Yet another would go nuts chasing soap bubbles and run head first into a wall or door. One used to see himself in the mirror, and he'd get all big and start snarling and hissing and would scare himself and run off, to do it again an hour later.

Most cats aren't as smart as they let one. Small brain pan, I guess. :-)

I totally agree, i really dislike Lil Butter. Even the name is really just ridiculous. I haven't found any of these 'lil butter is dumb' strips funny. I get it, he's a dumb cat. We already have a dumb animal character, but at least Oso's lack of wits can be adorably funny. Lil Butter jut feels like a larry the cable guy style of humor. You know, "it's funny because he's dumb!"

The most interesting parts of beloved characters are the ones that play with your expectations. Maybe we should give Kellett should slack and allow him to tell the story. Right now, yes... he's a dumb cat. But I think about Flaco -- he's gone beyond our first impressions and we love him for that.

Besides, everyone needs a Curly Howard as a foil. Lil Butter is Sheldon's Curly. "Wo-wo-wo-wo, nyuck-nyuck-nyuck!

While I'm not in love with the name, I think Lil' Butter is adorable, probably because she is so similar to my own cat.

I had hoped he'd be more the type to grin evilly at Arthur and Flaco then switch to "big-eyed kitten" mode if a human entered the room. But since they seem to be friends, I hope A and F can teach him to be a little smarter in general.

I would like to give Lil Butter time - I HAVE known cats that dumb (I also own three pugs...) but who knows? I had one cat that was just a total air head about 95% of the time, interspersed with flashes of brilliance. Lil Butter may surprise us yet.