Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 14, 2022

This just in: orange Tupperware is bigger on the inside! Rejoice! It can hold more cat food!

Apparently, there CAN be such a thing as too much food (at least, according to Puck).

OMC!!! The looks on Elvis and Puck’ faces are a study in horror!

What’s the problem? You just have two day’s food instead of one.

And Lupin goes “ ding”.

I was right. Again.

Elvis is getting too old for this.

Elvis, you might as well join in. You’ll be blamed anyhow.

The solution is to invite more guests. I wonder if the raccoons are free tonight. What could possibly go wrong?

Because there is no really good sheltered space to put the dry food bowl in our new house, it is not unknown for someone to trip over or step in the dry food, leading to a nice mess. Sparky just eats it off the floor. This was discovered accidentally when I didn’t have time to clean up a spill, then when I did realized there wasn’t nearly as much food as there’d been that morning.

So in short, I don’t think the guests are going to mind the serving method.

Yikes! Elvis is so shocked he can’t even poof into a sunflower!

If you can find a way to get Trevor in the house, he can help clear up some of that extra food!

With apologies to @Scaeva, I am going to light the fuse once again. 19 comments (I counted 21 but the counter from Go comics says 19).

Lupin Toe beans and open paws in the last panel.

Where are our SQUEEEEEE and Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Friends ?

@fuzzybritches Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

@anomalous4 SQUEEEEEEEEEE! (10 e’s)

@DeerOrchid SQUEEEEEEE! (7 e’s)

@cat19632001 SQUEEEEE! ☺ (5 e’s and emoji)

@220jo Squeeeeee!

and our @Kaylin Hee Haw friends?

For my friend, @Scaeva, I’mm’a gonna stop now, after today.

It’s the fangs of dismay in panel two!

They didn’t prepare it, they knocked it over.

I agree with Lupin. You never want to the those hosts. You know the ones I mean. Who only get a little bit of chintzy food which it gone within an hour or two so there are only the crumbs of off-label snacks in the bottoms of the bowls.

Poor Pucky!! And I don’t believe I’ve ever seen Elvis so distraught. Can’t feel his tail indeed!

I took a shove, I took it down

I climbed a counter and with paw unwound

I launched a container with my swift-kickin’ skills

Now the landslide is all around

Yeah, the landslide will bring us down

- Stevie Nicks – Landslide

And this is a bad thing because . . . ?

I have a suspicion that the People will be returning before the party is ready to start……

OR all the guests will overeat and then…..uhoh……

Puck – “We went too far.”

To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm – “Yeah, but you cats were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should.”

Pucky was never meant for a life of crime, and Elvis is going to need sedatives.

Hopefully a certain extremely fluffy outdoor cat can help with the mess. I love that there is still a tiny ding in the last panel. Elvis, if there were any way for you to leave that bell at the scene of the crime, you might yet escape.

I remember when Vlad had knocked over the bag of food, he more than happily tried to “clean” it up by trying to eat it.

OT: Sano part 2

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the local marketplace

Alice-Ata: Do you have Thomios’ menu?

Agnes-Ata: Right here. They’re having their Ham and Bacon Makes the World Go ’Round feast tonight.

Alice-Ata: Good. We’ll start with the appetizer ingredients and then look for the main entrees. What kind of dessert goes best with bacon?

Violet-Ifa: Everything’s better with bacon.

Ta-Natash: I know Titania’s hive’s been busy. I’ll bet they have plenty of honey for honey cakes. Oh, there’s Titania now.

Titania: Yes. We have plenty of honey if you would like to steal, that is obtain some. You might want to visit awhile with Melpomene, she could do with a bit of cheering up.

Agnes-Ata: No problem. I’ll head over there right now.

This just in: Lupin ate all of the cat food!

OT: Pepper Update

The occasional “ding” of Lupin’s bell cracks me up Every. Time. <3

OH, the kitty cat HORROR!!

Has anyone else noticed a new issue with GoComics only showing “featured comment”? I can open show all, but if I click on a response flag, once I’ve opened show all, I can’t find whatever was replied, esp. if it is inside a string. I can’t figure out how to put back “show all” as the default. Any geniuses out there? Thank you!

Semi-OT: The famous Jim Cat-tore, reporting on the weather:

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Prepared???? not much preparation went into that feast!!!

’ A Bite Too Far ’ … (to eat it all)!! …

Hmmm … Reminds me of a film!! … :)

Unsurprising. We all know that the contents of any container quintuple in amount when being spilled.

OT – Meredith Mae settles in

Of course Elvis is terrified! How do you expect a few cats to clean up that big mess!

delicate operation: failed?

Must … invite … more … guests.

Details always make me fall in love with this comic…amongst all the panic and horror of the last panel…the tiny little Lupin “ding” in the corner!

Ah, poor Puck! Don’t worry Sweetie, your TALE IS STILL THERE

…just shove it under the fridge for later…

Oh, My, GOSH

That is SOOOOO MUCH

ding

Ding?

A hearty squee to you.

Oh no, what a catastrophe!

I’ve never seen cats eager to share their food with others! (ding) My cat Donna just dinged you all.

Poor Pucky! He’s such a good boy that being naughty doesn’t come naturally to him. Unlike some cats we could mention…

I LOVE the tiny “ding” :D

Uh oh…. Puck might be going over to the Elvis side because of this.

Time for Elivs to go lay down.

I contacted GoComics support. Here is the reply (emphasis mine):

“We’re sorry that you’re experiencing this issue with GoComics.com!

We are aware of this issue and are working with our tech department to try and correct it as quickly as possible. Please also take into account that all website encounter technical issues, however, we are a small, family owned company with a small staff and we’re working as quickly as we can to resolve the problem."

How does the above jive with this, from their “About” page (emphasis mine):

“Andrews McMeel Universal is the largest independent syndicate in the world and a leading digital entertainment provider of humor, comic strips, political cartoons and gaming content for print, Web and mobile devices. …"*

Turns out it does. They have approximately 100 employees, which makes them a pretty small company. As for “family owned,” well, sorta, but close enough for government work.

However, the real gem I found:

Andrews McMeel UniversalKansas City, MOSoftware Engineer II/III$61k-$81k yearly est.

As of 3 weeks ago. This might have a lot to do with the current problem. One hundred employees probably means they don’t have a lot of redundancy in any department. Let’s hope they find a really good one.

OK, so maybe I’m slow. Why can’t El Biff feel his taiI?

RE: comments problem: Could it be the size of the comments section on BCN? I clicked on a Chuck Draws Things notification and it took me right to it. Still not working for BCN.

Awwww !!!! Pucks face !!!

Elvis in panel 3…