My friend tipped me off that goats were becoming quite popular. I had a look through all my pictures and discovered that I'd only ever drawn one goat before, the image above, which was originally used for a Valentine-themed caroon book. The book never made it to publication...evidently it was a bit too cynical about the whole romance thing....
Goats have a reputation for butting things, and in this case it's a fishing cat. I did an earlier book of fishing cartoons, as well as several book featuring cats, so the idea suddenyl came to me of combining the two.