Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 18, 2021

Now I HAVE to hear the story of Snowball Taggart’s wild past. Not that we need a flashback-inside-a-very-special-episode-of-BCN, but I feel like there’s a story there.

Well, of course it was Snowball! Brad just doesn’t quite have the smarts to pull it off.

You would think that with his “heart condition” he would know better than to dance around like that! Luckily, we don’t have to see or hear this balderdash over here in the Grumbling Room. (I knew it was Snowball who framed him!)

Psst! Robin, move your queen to queen’s level 4 and you’ll have him!

Those boots would be a whole lot cuter on somebody else’s paws!

Day 3. Throw double six.

Oh, you nasty old cat! Perverting the justice system for your own purposes!

Oh, I hope there’ll be a ‘who shot Snowball’ arc…

Anent TV shows:When I lived in Japan (long ago, now) there were plenty of what I called “samurai soap operas”. These were set in the Edo period, and usually concerned a wandering character who was a master swordsman, and used his skills to bring Justice to oppressed villagers.

China and Korea make a lot of Imperial palace dramas, which always feature impossibly beautiful actresses dressed in breathtaking costumes. Apparently the Chinese government has decided it doesn’t quite approve of the concubine dramas. (Same story – innocent country girl becomes Imperial concubine. Has to learn how to survive and then prevail through all the plots and intrigues of the other concubines.)

I’m sure Korean and Chinese professors of history shout imprecations at the TV when those are broadcast. (“No, they couldn’t have had a love affair! She died of old age two years after he was born!”)

But worth watching just to gawp at the actresses.

The date and Georgia’s signature are facing Snowball. Love the little details!

Love the way Snowball has his feet up on the desk. Yeeny, tiny boots.

Snowball is kind of a girl’s name don’t ya think.

Too bad the season of Meerkat Manor is over.

Those Tiny Boots were made for, Framing Kit!

(gasp!) Unexpected plot twist!

Are there no depths to which Snowball Taggart won’t sink??!!

♪"These boots are made for criming

And that’s just what they’ll do

One of these days these boots are gonna crime all over you"♫

Don’t miss Georgia’s big art sale announcement…right here late yesterday and on FB, Insta and Twitter. It’s on Friday, as in tomorrow.

And her reply to one comment that Lupin is getting stronger every day…Yea!

Bad bad bad kitty cat.

Oh, my. Snowball’s fangs, panel 3. And, is that a bolo tie he is wearing? Is Taggart going all drugstore cowboy? Where’s his hat?

The story continues..

The Evil Sammy the Squeal’s accomplices are finally revealed. It is the Eviler Brad, and the Evilest Snowball McTaggert. Both delight in Kit’s apprehension and incarceration. Little do they know that the mischievous telekinetic kittens have already relieved Naïve Security Guard Bandit of his keys.

Old Dr. Young, and his son, Young Dr. Young are working to free the captured Kit before Sammy the Squeal and his goons can get to him.

But what about Paisley? Will she finally reveal to Bandit who the father of her beautiful telekinetic kittens are?

Will she tell him of her fondness of Mail carrying Postal worker loving Field Reporters for Breaking Cat News? As M. Night Sham-a-lama-ding-dong likes to say, “What a Twist!”

Stay tuned tomorrow when Eviler Brad and Evilest Snowball tell Evil Sammy to finish the job, or they will finish him….can Evil Sammy go through with it?

My Fair Lady: Just You Wait

Just you wait, Snowball Taggart, just you wait!

You’ll be sorry but your tears will be too late

So what if you have all that money

Will it help you? Don’t be funny!

Just you wait, Snowball Taggart, just you wait!

…….

Just you wait, Snowball Taggard, you’ll be sad

When you’re betrayed by that rotten guy named Brad!

You’ll get yours from Dr. Mittens

Or get conked by Paisley’s kittens,

Just you wait, Snowball Taggart, just you wait!

…….

Ooh, Snowball Taggart!

With your nice expensive boots upon your feet!

Ooh, Snowball Taggart!

Just when you want to have a Nom Nom Treat!

They will take your treats away and give you kale chips any day!

Just you wait, Snowball Taggart, just you wait!

…….

One day you’ll regret this, you’re a spoiled brat

Don’t forget Bandit was one who was visited by Cat!

Just suppose he hears again from the Cat of all Cats!

And learns about your nasty scheme, you prat!

Cat: I have chosen you to go and set things right with your brother and friends

And will show Snowball the means don’t justify the ends!

Bandit: Alright, Cat, I will do what ever you ask me to do,

But what about Paisley and her beau?

“Don’t worry about that!” Cat replies. “You are in for a great surprise!”

And again, Snowball Taggart, you’ll get yours!

You’ll get more than you ever bargained for!

So you enjoy your boots and hat,

While you can, you spoiled brat!

Oh, ho, ho, Snowball Taggart!

Down you’ll go, Snowball Taggart!

Just you wait!

i was right yay

In case anyone missed yesterday’s announcement from Georgia: "I had already been kicking around the idea of doing an originals/prints sale this year. With Lupin’s unexpected health scare and veterinary stay, it’s definitely happening and SOON! Friday, in fact, at 5pm Eastern time/2pm Pacific time at my Etsy shop! Link here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeorgiaDunnStudio I will post many reminders and links between now and then!To cover Lupin’s vet bill specifically, I’m creating a limited run print from this painting! Yes, 2021 will have a new limited edition print and you’re looking at it! “Get well, Lupin!” will have a run of 66 prints! Usually there are only 50, but 66 and the sale of the painting will cover Lupin’s vet expenses! This print will be $50, signed by me, and first come first serve. (…So, the first person to buy a print gets 1/66, the second 2/66, and so on.) And then that’s it, it will never be printed again! I’ve done a few limited edition prints in the past and they always sell out FAST! They’re a fun BCN collector’s item to own, often with a story behind them like this one. I had originally planned this sale to cover my taxes, yearly attempts at retirement and savings, Christmas, etc. And so, in addition to “Get well, Lupin!” prints, I will also be offering 25 original daily BCN strips, 4 original Sundays, and 2 full pages of dailies (so, a page with four dailies.) These are all original ink and watercolor paintings, they are the literal strips that were scanned and sent into your newspapers for the actual comic run. Dailies will be $250 each, and the Sundays and two full sheets of dailies will be $1,000 each. I have not sold any original BCN strips since 2019, and I don’t plan on selling any more for a spell. These sales are SO MUCH FUN and also SO MUCH WORK and I am JUST ONE PERSON putting these orders together and mailing them out safely. I will also be selling 20-25 original BCN paintings, (calendar pages, promotional paintings, etc)

No wonder this bad bad bad ol’ putty tat is a crook crook crook crook crook International Crook!

Georgia, how is Lupin doing?

I don’t know, but maybe Brad needs to be worried. I am sure Snowball covered his tracks really good and might have a back up scapegoat in case Kit somehow is able to prove it wasn’t him and Brad would be the logic suspect to have framed Kit.

OT: Help wanted in Raleigh.

That vile/evil bandit! Is Snowball Taggart possibly going to be the next Bond Supervillain?

Puss in boots?

You have to admit, even though he is evil, those boots are cute.

Brad: Worst comb-over ever!

Boss Puss in Boots? And his nefarious lackey Brad “Tux” Cowlick…? (I still think cat soaps would be about litter, kibble, dogs, naps, and who is licking who’s head)

Snowball’s prancing gesture reminds me of Charles Durning’s dancing in the musical number “Sidestep”.

OT: Onyx update

I think I am going to have to wander over to the Grumbling Room for a bit . The cuteness level from yesterdays kittens and todays little boots is getting too much for me. But I’ll make sure that no one there has to accidently watch ONL. I’ll stand in the doorway in case anyone wants to know any detail. Just in case. Besides I have to keep track of the big game. It is a good thing I have the requisite eyes in the back of my head so I can watch both sides at once.

And I hope sweet Lupin is doing well?

Totally Off Topic: I just wandered back over here from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and I’m ashamed to admit how long I hovered over BCN wondering why the “hover over” didn’t appear. (NB: totally NOT complaining about poor overworked artist not including a “hover over”.)

Darn, Brad was a red herring. Or is that orange tabby?

SNOWBALL, YOU BASTARD!!! YOU"LL GET YOURS YET!!

Been loving all the Nancy Sinatra references. And now the song is once more stuck in my head.

OT:

Isn’t that Angora’s dad? And the guy he really wants her to marry?

Someone needs to give him the boot.

Notice how soap operas play “fast and loose” with English grammar (both characters).

there goes my theory