A teal striped cat in a top hat hosts a tea party with four Victorian-dressed humans in a dim catacomb setting.
A comic panel from Mad Mondays depicting a teal cat in a top hat leading a tea party with four well-dressed guests in a gothic catacomb tavern. The moody, warm-toned artwork blends Victorian style with humorous dialogue, teapots, and teacups, creating a whimsical, darkly stylish mood. Keywords: Mad Mondays, tea & tales, catacombs, comic strip, Victorian, steampunk humor.

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@CaylaCatz · 6/15/2026

Tea with Alice and the Cheshire Cat Special Guests: Edgar Allen Poe and Thomas Dunn English Maybe I should have had these two flinging tea at each other. These two were literary rivals who hated each other. English wrote a novel 1844, with a character Marmaduke Hammerhead. Hammerhead is the famous author of "The Black Crow" and would say "Nevermore". An obvious stand-in for Poe, Hammerhead was "depicted as a drunkard, liar, and an abusive lover." Poe had his revenge. Lifting the catacombs scene straight out of 1844, also taking the coat-of-arms out of the story for his character Montresor who murders his rival in "The Cask of Amontillado". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado

A teal striped cat in a top hat hosts a tea party with four Victorian-dressed humans in a dim catacomb setting.
A comic panel from Mad Mondays depicting a teal cat in a top hat leading a tea party with four well-dressed guests in a gothic catacomb tavern. The moody, warm-toned artwork blends Victorian style with humorous dialogue, teapots, and teacups, creating a whimsical, darkly stylish mood. Keywords: Mad Mondays, tea & tales, catacombs, comic strip, Victorian, steampunk humor.

Tags: Mad Mondays, tea party, catacombs, comic strip, teal cat, top hat, Victorian era, steampunk, humor, dialogue bubbles, teapot, gothic tavern, dark humor, next Monday, whimsical illustration

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archangeltara

Cayla what is the link to your Ai storyteller? Did you join this challenge? I want to give your heart on yours Best of Luck in advance mine is https://creator.nightcafe.studio/g/select/post/PKvowLNbnLdV0K2iVjgK

panos

Oh, catfights (see what I did here? 🙂) between authors are always funny!

monkeydude69

So inventive. How do you get the individual speech bubbles? I always find those tricky to place with prompts. I'm assuming you use design studio maybe to get all the panels? Good stuff

legion

I really like that story, and also the one about the black cat.