It's a very special issue all about looking out for the little guy! First, in "It's A Cat's Life", Punkin the cat is looking for a home. The good news is, he finds one. The bad news is, it's Sharon Sampley's! Then, The Trio (plus one) pops in on the land down under, where women toil and men plunder; can you feel, can you feel, can you feel the thunder? Finally, Billy goes to his friends for advice on handling playground meanies in "Bully for Billy".
Issue #: 312
Issue #: 36
Release Date: Mar 21, 2008
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Cold Open 1 (1 p.)
Summary:
Jon and Ben play an April Fool's prank on their big sister.
Cold Open 2 (2 pp.)
Summary:
DNN anchorman Dom Brokejaw introduces this month's stories with a news report about social awareness in the community. He then complains, after the cameras stop rolling, how much he hates doing those kinds of reports.
Notes:
The newsman was first seen on the TV set in "Jiggawatt", but this is the first time his name is given.
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Title: "It's A Cat's Life"
Story (out of 24 pages): 6 p.
Writer: Mencken H. Watts
Penciller: M.S. "Nat" Cohen
Letterer: Jose A. Wheat
Colorist: Newton E. Haas
Summary:
Punkin is tired of living on the street and eating his meals out of trash cans. He wants to find a good, comfortable home. Sharon Sampley happens to be skipping along at just that moment, and comes upon the wayward stray. She falls instantly in love with Punkin and takes him home with her. However, the overly-affectionate but none-too-bright Sharon's brand of TLC--which involves a strict regimen of disgusting canned food, bubblebaths, and diapers--seems to be more at Traumas, Lumps, and Contusions!
Title: "Down Under Blunder"
Story (out of 24 pages): 7 p.
Writer: Mencken H. Watts
Penciller: J. M. Sweet
Letterer: J. Antwon Shea
Colorist: Jack Staten Monahew
Summary:
The Trio of Trouble, along with Angela, is on their way to Branson, Missouri--however, as usual they've taken a wrong turn and come up in the middle of the Australian outback. The first person they meet to ask for directions happens to be a notorious poacher known as "Outback Jack". Disgusted, Angela and the Trio decides to take it upon themselves to bring Jak to justice--Warrior style.
page 10. In the nineties, Paul Hogan starred in three pictures as rugged outback survivalist Mick "Crocodile" Dundee, whom Josh refers to upon seeing Outback Jack's manner of dress. Jack's attitude towards animals, however, does not reflect Dundee's philosophy of life at all.
page 12. This marks the second time Ben has been walked on a leash like a bloodhound; the first was "A Girl and Her Chair".
page 14. All the animals represented in panel 3 are actual Australian species: from left to right, a kangaroo, a platypus, a koala, and a Tasmanian devil.
____________________________________________________ Title: "Bully for Billy"
Story (out of 24 pages): 7 p.
Writer: Jake C. Thomas
Penciller: A. Stone Hackman
Letterer: J. Antwon Shea
Colorist: Jack Staten Monahew
Summary:
Billy is being victimized by Big Mike, a sixth-grader who steals his lunch money and beats him up each day after school. Josh, Jon, and Angela try to help him deal with this big mean nuisance. The problem is, none of them agree on just what to do. Billy gets only more confused--and more beaten up. Finally he realizes the only way to overcome a kid picking on you is to be true, stand up for yourself, and don't let others pressure you into anything.
Note how each of the older Warriors' lessons perfectly showcase their personality: Jon advocates using your wits, Josh says use your fists, and Angela believes in killing 'em with kindness. While on their own each philosophy fails, it's the balance and application of these three together that makes them such an excellent team.
Tony Moneran's picture appears on Jon's chart on page 19.
page 22. The setting for Billy's follow-your-heart revelation parodies that of Scarlett O'Hara's famous iconic realization that "tomorrow is another day" in Gone With the Wind.
One of the kids on the playground (page 23) looks quite a bit like "a nerdy Bart Simpson", as one Smoking Cat staffer put it. This may be an oblique reference to the first-season Simpsons episode "Bart of War", which also dealt with a bully.
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It's a very special issue all about looking out for the little guy! First, in "It's A Cat's Life", Punkin the cat is looking for a home. The good news is, he finds one. The bad news is, it's Sharon Sampley's! Then, The Trio (plus one) pops in on the land down under, where women toil and men plunder; can you feel, can you feel, can you feel the thunder? Finally, Billy goes to his friends for advice on handling playground meanies in "Bully for Billy".
The newsman was first seen on the TV set in 
