Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 28, 2016
Transcript:
Lupin: Elvis is live, thanking our unexpected hero, the July Bug! Elvis: You know, I've got to hand it to you- SERIOUSLY?!- why? WHY? WHY- JUST GO! Lupin: Really nailed that interview, Elvis. Woman: It felt great to sleep last night! I'm glad you called Quinn Animal Sanctuary. Man: Did you see that owl? He was ancient! I figure he's making so much noise because he's been having a rough time catching food. Beatrix: And then I knocked the top off, and there was SO MUCH LIGHT! Baba Mouse: AHEM. Eh... I didn't always listen when I was young, I guess. Baba Mouse: You're helping me with some of my gardening and weeding, though. Beatrix: That sounds fair! Alice: You did it... Elvis: He is the worst. Puck: And the best. Lupin: Until next year! Terrible friend!
gloriasfig over 8 years ago
Absolutely perfect!
colleen_demaio Premium Member over 8 years ago
OMC. I don’t even know what to say, this is so wonderful.
Brein43 over 8 years ago
OMC, magnificent. Well worth the ride fly extended wait. Sophie with her latest mustard-inspired creation, the July bug tying it all together for us, tabitha and sir fig finally getting some sleep, wicket with a group of retired forest folk, regaling them with his bombastic stories. One question, well, two: what is Tommy doing-us that a furrow from Wickets dive ? And, is Wicket now semi retired to Quinn farms ?
Love, too, the compassionate comment from. The Man, about the elderly owl having trouble hunting.
Just perfect, Georgia.
Brein43 over 8 years ago
Uh, make that briefly extended wait. Darn auto correct.
Brein43 over 8 years ago
Pucky stealing bacon ! Trevor listening to Bea tell of her adventures. Delightful.
colleen_demaio Premium Member over 8 years ago
That beautiful panel of all the rescued wild critters makes me so happy, too. Especially because I love opossums. :)
Denny Wheeler Premium Member over 8 years ago
Gotta love Baba Mouse’s gardening job. I think Bea will help her anytime. Aside from some People, isn’t just about everyone in this episode? And is that Tillie & the Golden Mouse sleeping on the rocks?
bearbri over 8 years ago
So much here. You really outdid yourself. Loved it all, but especially loved the critter tea party!
Georgia Dunn creator over 8 years ago
I wrote this on the site and our FB page too, but I thought I would share it here also:
On Monday, I’m going to begin daily BCN strips! Breaking Cat News every day, in a traditional Monday-Saturday small strips with a larger Sunday strip. And so, as I wrapped up the summer special I wanted to truly go all out and visit each of the characters, with the chaotic help of the July Bug.
Are you ready for daily strips? Am I? We will see! If you are hesitant about change (and who isn’t?) I gently ask that everyone take a deep breath and give me a little time to win you over to them. It may feel very different at first, but I think it is also going to be very familiar too and very fun. And EVERY DAY!! Every single day!
Will I still do bigger web strips from time to time? Very possible! In fact, when I throw in the occasional ‘Our IX Lives’ strips, most definitely. However, I’m going to try my best to pace myself with smaller daily strips. I painted today’s strip in 24 hours–and I am so proud of that, but also, oh my goodness, I’M not even sure how I managed that!
I’m really looking forward to sharing a daily dose of Breaking Cat News with you. I hope you will enjoy it too! Please give the daily strips a little time to warm up, but I promise there will be a news report right away on Monday, with live coverage of developing cat events!
So… August 1st, on the BCN site and GoComics… Daily Breaking Cat News, FINALLY!
marilynnbyerly over 8 years ago
I’ll bet Tommy, being an outdoor kitty, knows that the wooly worm/bear’s color patterns forecast the coming winter so he’s getting the scoop from the source.
Banner Elk, NC, has an annual wooly worm festival with a caterpillar race. The winner’s pattern determines the forecast.
marilynnbyerly over 8 years ago
I’ll bet Tommy, being an outdoor kitty, knows that the wooly worm/bear’s color patterns forecast the coming winter so he’s getting the scoop from the source.
Banner Elk, NC, has an annual wooly worm festival with a caterpillar race. The winner’s pattern determines the forecast.
Mimi Premium Member over 8 years ago
I have never love a comic strip before but this one is so wonderful. OMC!
Georgia – were you a Patriot fan when you were in Boston?
Napoleon Blownaparte over 8 years ago
Alright! I always love Tommy’s appearances!
SunflowerGirl100 over 8 years ago
Awww in every sense of the word. Awww and awesome. Too much to comment on. Georgia, your creativity and compassion for all living creatures is staggering. A wonderful ending and a wonderful way to end the old ways and start the new strips. Looking forward to it all!And ps. You painted this entire strip in 24 hours?!? A stunning achievement.
pam Miner over 8 years ago
That was great! I have a few questions, are there boy mice?Did the mouse wearing the prickles die?A had a little trouble following the plot, so I’m going to go to your site for further enlightenment. I loe your cast of characters and everything is so pretty. Those mice need mouse-men so they can have lots of pinky mouse babies!
Gloria Fleming over 8 years ago
LOVED IT GEORGIA!!! mustard art work, elvis trying to get the interview, Beatrix with Trevor & Baba, the Porcupine, Tillie & The Golden Mouse, and of course BUZZY MOUSE!! I have read all of the comments on all sites and haven’t seen it asked yet, so guess I am the only one who doesn’t get what is around Elvis’ neck in the last panel????
deadheadzan over 8 years ago
Georgia, I am in awe of every single panel! Guess who will be buying a print of this? I’m so happy that we will be having daily cartoons.
Sulu Tiger over 8 years ago
Where I grew up in upstate New York, (very rural, lots of open spaces), we called them Wooly Bears and we used them to try to predict the harshness of the coming winters. Thanx Georgia for going daily and thank whoever was smart enough to recognize your talent and offer you this opportunity. Of course I am being selfish here as now I can get my BCN fix daily.
RH3 over 8 years ago
I am glad to see Wicket getting some decent treatment at last.
Don’t approve of even ghost cats consorting with mice.
cp.mitch61 Premium Member over 8 years ago
This has been, and will continue to be, my favorite strip!
coffeemugman over 8 years ago
@ Georgia DunnFantastic story arc Georgia! Did you remember to breath? I am ready for daily chaotic fun adventures!
ctlum over 8 years ago
Georgia, congratulations on daily BCN! Your artwork and your imagination in creating all these wonderful story lines will one day very soon make Breaking Cat News as well known as Garfield, I just know it!!! On a side note, I just purchased a tank top with your Pile of Cats illustration on it; I can’t wait to wear it and promote BCN!
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 8 years ago
Happy. Triumphant. Love the series of vignettes at the end… like a curtain call for the cast of a play, the coda to a wonderful film. The huge assembly of carefully crafted characters, each contributing to the overall enchantment, makes me think of Robert Altman’s directorial stylings in “Nashville.” (It had over two dozen principal characters, every one unique and unforgettable.) For a while I’ve been thinking about how great comic tales are like great movies. But when a comic is the creation of one writer/artist, that individual is the costume designer, cinematographer, set decorator, lighting technician, scripter, director, the whole creative team in one. And especially, in the creation of the facial expressions and body language, the comic creator is acting every role, male, female, animal, human, ghost, spirit, hero, villain. Academy Awards all around! What a dazzling spectacle and (simultaneously) what an intimate story. Brava! And,P.S., I’m excited about the new direction you’re taking with the strip. I’d be especially happy if this leads to BCN appearing in newspapers.
David Jones Premium Member over 8 years ago
We love the idea of daily strips, with a bigger special one on Sunday. Pogo and Calvin and Hobbes were our beloved ones. BCN will join our special list of honor. Thank you, Georgia. Hannah and David
hfelder7219 over 8 years ago
I’m really glad to see the People again. And the baby isn’t a baby any more!
bonita.eley over 8 years ago
Wonderful!!!! First time I have shed tears over a comic strip – just love this!!!!
prrdh over 8 years ago
Is that Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle clapping? How did she make it across the Atlantic?
roberta.forbes.pyle over 8 years ago
I love to view this strip on both Go Comics and the BCN home site, just to read all the different comments! PRRDH, I think hedgehogs are European in origin, but I have heard of some people keeping them as pets. Maybe when this old lady reached retirement age her people sent her to Quinn Farms. (Or, like the elderly gentleman cat in the Shelter Special, she outlived her human friend).
dogday Premium Member over 8 years ago
I’m so relieved! This did look like a wrap-up, and Steve Boreman just wrapped up Little Dog Lost, so I was a little anxious. Just a warning, Georgia: It’ll be YEARS before any of us are ready to let go. YEARS. and YEARS. and really long YEARS!!!
dogday Premium Member over 8 years ago
Georgia, the scene of the rescue picnic could be straight out of “Wind in the Willows”, still one of my favorite books.
lopaka over 8 years ago
I see that Wicket and the other bird are banded
auntzy over 8 years ago
Thank you, for bring me such joy! I am printing out some of your comments and placing then in to the new book (BCN) book I just bought.
djreader09 over 3 years ago
i love how it went from just normal news to a all out showdown love the series purrrrfect job!!!!!
Solarbear Premium Member almost 2 years ago
The transition was successful! You’ve reached a whole new group, and expanded the Orb significantly. Thanks for sharing your wonderful art with us!
farnhazenbrep 4 months ago
In the panel with the mice, the horn that was full of the Golden Mouse’s ashes looks like an antique gunpowder horn, made from an oxen horn with metal and leather appointments. I know, because my Dad, who was a collector, had one. They were used to pour gunpowder into muzzle-loading rifles, which my Dad also had.