Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 13, 2024

They need a gantry to get her out of the pantry…

NOW ARRIVING ON PLATFORM NUMBER ONE! EXPRESS TRAIN TO GLITTERTOWN! Actually, i’d prefer they give it more of a Pink Lupin effect.

Glitter incoming!

Never make Natasha angry.

You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.

They deserve a ticket to Glittertown! Sure hope Gutter tears up that pantry and bites a hole through EVERYTHING!!

Re: The Missing. Still no word. I feel so desperately worried. :( All I can do is hope and pray and send you good thoughts to the Universe that nothing bad has happened to our dear friends. @Scaeva, I sent you my email in yesterday’s thread. Please let me know if you need me to resend it to you.

Phase two begins…

It’s a different type of cliffhanger. We have to wait two days for the trip to Glittertown.

I was wondering how long it would take them to play the “rabies” card.

a little confused about the signature area today. “population 2” and “s12”? presuming 7-13 is the date. does population 2 mean the tidy people? or gutter and sophie?? maybe it will make some sense after i get some sleep. see you in a few hours.

Are the Warrior Mice peeking in a skylight? They can be seen in the upper right hand corner of panel 3. I’m just not sure if it’s a skylight or a window. If a skylight, did Tidy Man and Woman not have the skylight alarmed? Or did we decide that the alarms would not be operational due to the blackout?

To quote another heroic mouse “Here we come to save the day.”

It’s really interesting that Gutter not only understands what the woman is saying, but is attempting to talk to her. .

Drop the glitter bomb! Teach them a lesson!

Lipps, Inc.: Funkytown

Tidy People made a move to a town that they’ll regret

A town with a population of two that they’ll never forget!

Well we’re gonna sprinkle glitter, sprinkle glitter

The room will sparkle, gonna sparkle!

…….

You bought a ticket to Glitter Town!

You bought a ticket to Glitter Town!

You bought a ticket to Glitter Town!

You bought a ticket to Glitter Town!

…….

We’re gonna take you to Glitter Town!

We’re gonna take you to Glitter Town!

We’re gonna take you to Glitter Town!

We’re gonna take you to Glitter Town!

…….

In my area, animal control is not legally allowed to do anything to native wildlife other than release it on the same property, unless someone has been bitten.

And, even though Tidy Woman locked the pantry door, we know one of the mice (Natasha?) can pick locks.

Oh, don’t look so smug, Tidy Woman. You’ll be getting yours soon enough. You’re gonna be GLITTERED!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Happy Healthy Hospital Pyramid

Iggy: Alright, kitties. Who needs to march to the litter room on the right?

All: Me!

Iggy: Here we are. Then we’ll line up and march to the Catfeterira.

Sometime Later

Iggy: Let’s go to the Catfeteria! Did everyone wash their paws?

All: Yes!

Iggy: Very good. Now let’s go to lunch. They’re having fish sticks and Nommy Nom Spider Treats for dessert.

All: Yay!

Kitten Ivory: Can we go outside after lunch?

Iggy: Yep. But you’ll have to leave your cuddly starfish in doors.

Kitten Cleo: Why?

Iggy: Pink Lupinium has a special glitter game for you.

All: Yay!

The mice have lots of experience dodging brooms so the woman won’t be able to shoo them into anything. Natasha needs to use her spiky coat to finish the tear Gutter started in Sophie’s cage.

I hope Sunday is Glittertown. It truly needs all the space.

These people have sealed their doom.

Have I mentioned my forebodings about this situation?

Animal control? Ya steenky aliens. It time to calls the men in black.

Plenty of glittery references today. No one has mentioned Gary Glitter. I remember the 1970s.

Mice of the world, unite- If you’re looking to save- their lives! Kick em out! We are a part of the Glitter Nation! Whoo!

Sophie (not) Home Alone horrified face.

The secret mission has been uncovered; now, the battle to save Sophie is just beginning. I can hear the strains of “O Fortuna” (for you fans of the movie Excalibur) rising in the background. All strength and honor to our band of heroes!

Ordinarily a pantry would be the last place you would want a typical raccoon. Gutter, however, is no ordinary raccoon; he is a knight on a mission and will not be distracted from his purpose.

Was Sophie declawed by whatever meanie-headed human had her before Tommy’s Woman? If not, she could be finishing what Gutter started and making enough of a hole to escape that cage.

Not to be confused with Flavortown…

Wow, this is getting very tense. Who are these people? They stole a cat and report a rabid animal, which is instant death. I can’t wait for this to end.

I had a feeling they would report poor Gutter as a rabid animal. Perhaps when their white carpeting and upholstery are all glittery, they will be the ones who are frothing at the mouth.

Poll: What would the orb think of a BCN tv show or movie?

Malvina Reynolds: Morningtown Ride

Tidy Whitey humans thought that they meant well

Not realizing they’ve become the cat people from heck!

…….

Searchin’ findin’ rescue, Sophie’s friends all say

It’s time for Glitter Town Many Miles Away!

…….

Gutter shows his courage, almost for the win

Now he is trapped and his troubles all begin!

…….

Searchin’ findin’ rescue, Sophie’s friends all say

It’s time for Glitter Town Many Miles Away!

…….

Alice, Vi, Natasha, Agnes all await

All ready to deploy a most sparkly fate!

…….

Searchin’ findin’ rescue, Sophie’s friends all say

It’s time for Glitter Town Many Miles Away!

My anxiety has been really high every day reading this. When Gutter sliced the crate was the first time it started to drop and I thought, "Oh good, maybe a minor chase, a bit of glitter, and they’re out of there. Not this. I’m in a knot again. This has been a tough storyline for me.

Raccoons have a lot of dexterity in those little paws. I’m pretty sure Gutter would have no problem opening that door!

Oh no! The word rabies is bringing up the childhood heartbreak of…of… Old Yeller.

Warrior Mice are about to wreck heck on Glittertown!

Now Ya done it! The Glitter bombs are comin’! Go Robber Mice!

Funny raccoon related story. My Cousin had a raccoon problem at the house she used to live at with her 3 kids. They were a real problem. She had put something on top of the trash cans to stop them getting in. But they turned their focus on the rest of the property causing all kinds of damage etc. She finally decided to call a truce. She left the trash can lids so that the raccoons could help themselves, and in return the raccoons only took trash from the cans. Remarkably making much less of a mess than before. She looked at the entire situation as the raccoons extorting her. LOL As in…… That’s a lovely house you got there…. Shame if something was to happen to it. Bottomline is they found a way to peacefully, somewhat, coexist. And, Raccoons are much more clever than humans.

Called it! Get in there, Natasha!

Okay but how would you react if you saw a one-eyed raccoon in your home in the middle of the night with the power out?

These people need a good glittering

The last time I read the lines, “You’re making a mistake…You’re making several mistakes,” it really didn’t go well for the people being told that.

The last place you want to trap a raccoon is a pantry. Think of the mess Gutter could create: flour, sugar, rice, pasta, cereal, etc., everywhere! That and the glitter? Yikes!

The only satisfying resolution to this arc is for these two to be arrested and spend time in jail. I know that’s mean spirited of me, but I really cannot stand this woman, and the man’s indifference is just enabling her. Them being covered in glitter is a decent option B though.

What??.

Things are about to get distinctly UN-tidy.

Lock a raccoon in your pantry, and there will be no food left when you open the door again.

And Sophie has definitely dropped little Starfish Squeaker though I’m sure she would never forget her first friend in that house. I do hope li’l Squeaker doesn’t get too much of the glitter.

OT: Happy Birthday, Mom!

There’s only one place worse than Barrytown…

I’m not one to act unkind, but your house will look strange

If you treat Gutter like a clown, you’ll surely feel our rage.

You acted like his enemy

And locked him in a big pantry.

But he has got some company

He’s not there by himself;

You’ll mess with someone else —

Beware, the Glitter Fairy’s come to you from Glittertown.

Don’t think that just ‘cause he’s locked in, you have had the last word

Your pantry might acquire a big, stinking raccoon “curd.”

And you’re way out of line

For saying, “This cat’s mine”

Just ‘cause she looks so fine.

And you’ll be standing there

With glitter in your hair.

From bombs you cannot parry — and you’re off to Glittertown.

In the beginning we recall the way you grabbed our girl

And locked her up far away from her very own world.

Let us go or you’ll look strange to others you may meet

You’ll be wearing glitter while you’re walking down the street

And they’ll all scream and laugh and shout

Every time you walk out

You’ll look strange without a doubt

‘Cause glitter won’t erase

From all over your place.

Sparkling like the Good Fairy came to you from Glittertown.

PLEASE CALL IN THE MOLES! GLITTERBOMB THEM SHOW NO MERCY

Glittertown! BRING IT!

Wow, big mistake. Never lock a raccoon inside your house. Lock them out.

“Glittertown” Sung to the tune of "Funky town’.

Gutter should have a lot of fun destroying the pantry. How dare those people assume he’s rabid???!!!!! I hope the inside of their house is completely glittered and they have to toss everything and start over again! I can’t think of a single redeeming quality they share.

Fun trivia: I remembered last night that the space between comic panels is called the “gutter”.

…so Gutter has a very apt name for a comic strip raccoon! Kudos Georgia on excellent naming!

Originally, the cry, “Havoc!” meant, “break open the chests!” or commence plundering.

HAVOC!!!!

I had a random thought about Sophie last night. Remember back when Buzzy Mouse was stolen from Puck? Remember the point he got to where he just LOST it? Everyone has their breaking point, and I just wondered if we were going to see Sophie’s. She’s so touched that she has so many folks caring about her – and now those folks (!) are being threatened. Yesterday and today we’ve seen her absolutely horrified! I’m interested to see how she reacts.

We’ve got glitter! So much glitter! It’s so sparkly and shiny and bright,

And we pity Tidy People and their house tonight

They’re not charming, so we’re arming, it’s alarming the glitter they’ll feel,

So much glitter, that we hardly can believe it’s real!

See that pretty cat in that cage down there?

Who can that attractive cat be?

Such a pretty face, such a pretty dress, such a pretty smile,

that’s the one we’ll rescue, Sophie!

We’ll be cunning, they’ll go running,

As we’re gunning our glitter to hurl

For it’s time to help rescue our Sophie girl!

Have you seen that pristine white carpet

The tidiest one on the block?

They’ll hate it the minute we bomb it

And soon they’ll be in an advanced state of shock

They think they’re so clean

We think they’re so vain

Soon they won’t be clean, they’ll be merely insane!__________________________We’ve got glitter, so much glitter, that the craft store should give us its key,

Our committee has been organized to get her free

We are ready, and so steady, and our plans are so funny and fine

And the Tidy People’s housekeeper will just resign!

See that pretty cat in that cage down there? (What cage down where?)

Who can that attractive cat be? (Which? What? Where? Whom?)

Such a pretty face, such a pretty dress, such a pretty smile,

Now it’s time to rescue Sophie!

With our glitter, so much glitter,

We will bomb them and upend their world,

For it’s time to bring home our Sophie girl!

—h/t Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story

Isn’t Animal Control Sophie’s Woman?

So I’m predicting a few more days of chaos before animal control shows up, and then the animal control will be Sophie’s Woman. Happy ending? Well, eventually sure, but at this point I’m concerned clueless woman try refusing to give Sophie up. When this began she struck me as well intended but not knowledgeable. As the story went on and we saw more of her personality though, she now strikes me as the willfully ignorant type. The “I know better than everyone even the professionals” kind.

Georgia, there’s a typo in panel four. The spelling is “y’all”, not “ya’ll” – the apostrophe goes where the missing letters are, as usual, and the contraction is short for “you all”.

Team Warrior Mice FTW!!!!

Looking forward to seeing those jerks get their comeuppance on Monday.

Hopefully when animal control shows up, someone will recognize the lost cat from (I imagine) the posters all over town.

Even though these people think that they are doing right, they are HORRIBLE people.

If it were up to me, there would be a good portion of itching powder mixed in with the glitter.

GLITTERTOWN almost looks like GUTTERTOWN, which could also be appropriate.

(I grew up when comics and newspapers used ink that could smudge, and the Comics Association banned the word FLICK!)

So they do have the number for animal control, which should be the first call after picking up a supposed stray—or visit the website, where pictures of lost pets frequently occur. Thus, the case for theft of valuable property could be made. Where I reside, any pet animal is considered “livestock,” and the theft of same a major felony. I’ll bet a good prosecutor could also make a case for illegal trapping of a wild animal, a misdemeanor. Of course, the prosecutor would drop the lesser charge for a plea of guilty to the felony. Then they can go and be neat and tidy in the slammer. In the immortal words of a certain famous duck, “They’re dethpicable!” (And a salute to Mel Blanc!)

RABID???

>:-( !

Isn’t “Animal Control” in this town Tommy and Sophie’s woman??

Thank heaven, mouse backup has arrived. The poor humans have no idea of what’s in store for them.

We need a map of the locations of Cheese Town, Butter Town, and now Glitter Town!

“Animal Control is on their way !” in what alternate universe?? Where I live you can’t get any help for a cat 80 feet up a tree ! A rabid animal would have to be dispatched by a deputy sheriff.

Stuff is getting real!

OT: GSD MOM IS ALRIGHT!!!!!!!ღƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃ♡ƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃ♪

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HUZZAH! We’re finally back on line!

Best news ever! We have missed you so much. Huzzah indeed!