Korky the Cat a mute character, he started speaking in No. 149, 5 October 1940 (see image for his first words as he tries to help some hungry dogs). The 1950s saw the introduction of his 'Kits', Nip, Lip, and Rip. Artists were: After 1984, Korky still continued inside the comic, however, and a picture of him remained next to the Dandy logo until 1998. When Robert Nixon took over drawing in the Dandy issue dated 1 November 1986, some changes were made. Korky, whose look had remained virtually the same since the 1940s, now looked noticeably different, particularly in the case of
I Want to Draw a Cat For You promote it, and, on the show, persuaded Mark Cuban to invest $25,000 in the idea. Gadlin stopped accepting orders for the company in January 2015, saying that “The project has run its course.” However, as of November 2015, his website still exists, and he is accepting orders for custom drawings for $29.99. I Want to Draw a Cat For You I Want to Draw a Cat For You was an online business owned by Steve Gadlin which charged customers $9.95 in exchange for custom drawings of cats that Gadlin would draw to the customer's specifications. Gadlin first came up with