Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 27, 2024

But it wasn’t a dream. It was a place! And you, and you, and you, and you were there! But you couldn’t have been, could you?

Oh, good! Maybe I got my wish from yesterday and there are no recordings of this event. Plausible deniability can save Elvis’ dignity!

Ohhhh. it’s the BPH version of Campfire Tales! With kitty cocoa? And now, back to our story…..

Was the heater in on it?

Lupin toebeans, 1st and last panels! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Tortimer has survived, it appears, as he is next to Iggy with a single yellow card on him, like those Iggy was using to decode the alien message.

I’ve been wondering if this would turn out to be a, um, space heater-side story or real events. Turns out it’s both!I’m still trying to figure out if Lupin is unaffected cause he’s deaf or because he’s not REALLY an adult. I’m probably over thinking it, but the kids’ hearing would be better than the adults. Not sure at what age feline hearing peaks, but for humans it is around 10-12 years. So I would tend to think the kittens would have better hearing than the adults, so it would be something they CAN hear keeping them sane…. But then there’s Lupin…. I’m over-thinking this, aren’t I?

And now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the rest of the story. Take it away, Lupin!

OMG. The floor is so clean. It is practically a different color.

I can only imagine the combined story-telling style of Lupin and Ora Zella, constantly interrupting each other…. and poor Iggy wouldn’t be able to get a word in edgewise!

Lupin, the calm and rational voice of reason. That alone is enough to make me think it’s a total fantasy!

Lupin the “calm and rational voice of reason”…those are some words I never thought I’d hear. I love the telling of this “the truth is way stranger than fiction” tale around the space heater!

I’m glad Tortimer is safe, too.

Okay, we’ll be quiet so you can finish. But hurry up because I want to know what’s going on. Now!

Sunday Funday

I’m going to miss wonky-eyed Elvis. He seems more mellow when his volume setting isn’t turned up to eleven.

Wow! Plot twist!

Lupin, in any fireside story, you have to keep things within believable limits. Zombie cats, fine. Killer roombas from space? A-OK. You as the calm and rational voice of reason? One step too far…

“Face High Five” in panel 5 – oof, that’s gotta hurt!

Avalanche!

Where are the children? Are they safe?

(adds FACE HIGH FIVE to list of BCN quotes she wants to use IRL)

“Why are we okay?” And why is the carpet so clean?

What? All this just a tale? There never was steenky robot aliens from outer space? Certainly not what the alien astronut theorists was gonna suggest.

I love the look of happiness on Elvis’s face in panel 6. Another giveaway that this story didn’t happen.

Aaarrrggghhh! Cliffhanger!

Who is saying “Nooooooooooooo….”?

Elvis, will you never learn, OZ has serious tortietude and you are about to get her ’tude unleashed on you.

Shakespeare: The Scottish Play Again

Is this a doorknob I see before me?

The handle toward my paw? Come, let me clutch thee!

I have thee not, and Lupin is in my way

Am I not, as always, being sensible?

And shall I high five the visage of Lupin as he stands in my way?

On the other side of the door the roombas await

And I will evermore deny that this e’en happened.

Loving this!

Sence the cats are not allowed to go outside (because of skunks) have Goldie check the door knob for paw prints. If there is such a thing.

“I know you’ve had your mind disrupted by an alien robot vacuum signal …”

A sentence I never thought I’d read.

I didn’t see this coming but I love it.

OTP:

Wow, excellent writing. We never knew all this time that this was a retelling of the actual story. I thought it was being told in a linear narrative.

Shouldn’t Tortimer have a mug of Cocoa or WD40?

spoiler alert. (not really)

so, it seems we all survive.

good to know.

Like I said a few days ago, eating a whole quart of ice cream before bedtime is never a good thing.

in my dreams

i am drowning in a sea of Roomba’s.

my head held just below the surface of the machines

and all i have to breathe through is a straw

I would’ve thought Lupin referring to himself as the calm and rational voice of reason would short-circuit Elvis’ mind. I love the face high five and Elvis’ pose in the roomba flood.

I’m waiting impatiently for the denouement!

Happy to see Tortimer is still there!

“The calm and rational voice of reason” is not a position I’d want to be in. As I’ve said quite often: “If I’m the adult in the room then we’re in serious trouble.”

Oh yeah, those are the expressions of disbelief I expected!

It’s weird seeing Lupin be the voice of reason here.

Fantastic plot twist!

Happy Funday everycat X

Very angry kitten. “face high five”! Lupin FANGS!!!!!! Very rare.

I just looked at yesterday’s strip. Puck was also reaching for the door knob. Where is he in thefirst panel?

♬Bless the cats and the children

Give them shelter from the swarm

Keep them safe,

keep them warm ♬

From a structure point of view, this is a very good idea since kids and soft-hearted adults read this comic. The scariness becomes much less scary because we know it ended well for everyone, but we still want to know what happened. Well done, Georgia.

What????

I figure that this is a good place to ask. Will a Roomba® pick up pet hair? Is there one that will do the job better?

OH my CAT!! What just happened? Was this (previous stuff) all a story-telling, under the blanket fort, experience? I thought we were in current time, who knows anymore, yikes what kind of mind-blowing is this?

Yes, please finish the story. We have to know how it ends!

Nice combination of the Halloween BCN tradition and the past weeks arc!

Elvis is talented. Locking him in the bedroom when guests come requires actual locking.

OT-Pixie and Brutus

Oh my goodness!!!

OT:OW My Toe!

Panel six, doesn’t Elvis look like he’s about to crowdsurf the Doombas? LOL Who wouldn’t pay to see that? Seems more like a Lupin move though.

I like this reveal.. also elvis you were brainwashed at the time bud. Anyou

is that just a yellow sticky note of Iggy’s on top of Tortimer or a bandage or something else???

I just noticed no one is still in their Jammies. I wonder how much time has passed since Elvis opened the door and they all got comfy for the report on the Doombas?

I have the strangest feeling the tone of Lupin’s dialogue may have been edited.

OT: a kitten named Scooter

Did anyone notice that the three who were asleep/mesmerized are on one side of the space heater and the ones who experienced the episode are on the other? I have to wonder what the People Kittens are telling the Woman.

OT: WHEELS UP 8:48 P.M.

On the edge of my seat here…oh, and please pass the cocoa

Panel 6: body surfing in the Doomba mosh pit.

As Dr. Ryan (the medical one) said, “Pictures or it didn’t happen.”

Ooh! Story time!