SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — If there is one state that is known for famous rodents, it’s Florida. However, in Lakewood Ranch, a new cartoon rat has burst onto the scene.

Indeed, Cage has often drawn inspiration from unlikely places. In last year’s Longlegs, for instance, the actor was inspired by Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits, and by his pet cobras.

Sheffield, UK punks Rat Cage have a pair of ferocious new songs out today. A-side “In The Shadow Of The Bomb” is relentlessly intense; imagine one of those cartoon brawls often depicted as a ...