Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 21, 2024

Sir Figaro has the right idea. Observe and report. Unless it turns into a ZOMBIE PUMPKIN! Then it’s every cat for themselves!

How can one know for sure that anything is immortal? After all, time has not yet ended . . . something could still happen to it.

McDonalds will be following the pumpkin closely to find new ways to get a hamburger to last over 100 years…

Hard-hitting investigative journalism.

It will live with the dust bunnies!

Love the field notes journal in the last panel

OT: ESPAÑOL

I’m assuming that Tabitha and Sir Figaro are accomplished, fluent speakers of the feline variety of Spanish (most likely a variety of Catalan.) But Burt, being a barn cat, is not a native speaker. He’s doing a great job with the closed-caption word balloons and snarky running commentary, but he’s really more of an audiovisual dude than translator. Maybe there would be a way to let Tabitha review and edit the tape before broadcast. On the other hand, Burt’s imperfect translations might prompt greater viewer engagement and get some idea whether there’s enough of a Spanish-speaking audience to warrant ads in that language.

One of our baby pumpkins hid till Spring, dried out and became a most excellent rattley cat toy.

Las calabazas en miniatura tienen una vida media radiactiva de 100 años.

Also, Georgia, I’m so curious as to Tabitha and Sir Figaro’s backstory! Their woman seems to be anglophone (I could be wrong) and they live in Rhode Island. How did Tabitha become fluent in so many languages (including iirc, squirrel)? And Sir Figaro only speaks Spanish. Were they rescued from the harsh climate of Patagonia? Did they survive an earthquake in Mexico City? Did they sneak into a baggage compartment in Spanish Sahara? Was their first woman a grandmother from Sevilla who moved into a retirement home? Inquiring minds!

I hope we get future visits with the pumpkin under the couch.

“…tiny ageless solstice squash, Spanish speaking cats!! Weird Science”

¡Muchas gracias Tabitha y Sir Fig para sus reportaje muy informativo! (Go easy on me “star Spanish pupils,” and remember it’s been cincuenta y cuatro años since I studied Spanish II, and my aging eyeballs are having trouble with the pequeño print on my Spanish/English dictionary’s yellowed, ancient, crumbling pages.) May this be the first of many more informative reports. Thank you Georgia for finding a way to include them in BCN again.

Iggy will collect several and place them in a neat row …

Not that the tiny pumpkins aren’t timely and fascinating, but when can we check in on the Tidies and Admiral Crackers?

I can no longer seem to respond to a thread. The comment button changes color but the comment doesn’t post?

OT: Español 2

Ghost pumpkins! Ahhhhh!

Sí. Muy interesante.

Me hopes today the end of this steenky narrow fonts.

So Sir Fig’s going to check the tiny pumpkin like Morgan Spurlock did the McDonald’s french fries in “Super Size Me.” Those things really were immortal.

Slightly OT and belated:

¡Feliz mes nacional de la herencia hispana!

(Disclaimer: I do not speak Spanish, LOL. I apologize if any of that is grammatically incorrect.)

I’m always happy to hear from Tabitha and Sir Figaro!

Investigative reporting. Nice

OT Revised tribute post from yesterday

Sir Figaro is a Scientist!

Is it too late to ask what is going on? ;-)

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Iggy: Looks like we’re in fine shape for creating the interactive tapestry. I heard giggling in the background.

Beatrixia: Next thing, let’s visit Trevor-Hotep at the Cosmo Nursery.

Iggy: Sounds good.

Ora Z: Maybe we can find some pumpkins to roll like lawn potatoes.

Sometime Later

Trevor-Hotep: Welcome! It’s always good to see my Ancient Egyptian friends.

Ora Z: Are your pumpkins ready for rolling and shredding?

Trevor: Why not go over to the pumpkin patch and see?

Ora Z: Hello, pumpkins. Are you ready to roll?

Pumpkin: Hello, Ms Ora. It’s genuinely good to see you.

Pumpkin 2: We like to roll, but would prefer you don’t shred us.

Beatrixia: I can tell you really mean that.

Pumpkin 1: We always try to be honest.

Iggy: I can tell this is a patch of sincere pumpkins.

Pumpkin 2: Just wait until the Feast of Candy night.

What if tiny pumpkins aren’t what they seem? What if they are the food for Roombas from outer space?

I’m surprised Elvis wasn’t complaining about the noise from above (the swatted pumpkins, as well as the cats chasing/pouncing). Maybe that is why Tabitha decided to be proactive and do a special report to keep peace with the other BPH neighbors.

“golpeó un a …” Getting better.

Now the station hears from the tiny pumpkins:

♫ We’ve been yeeted

Been mistreated

When will we be loved?

We’ve been knocked down

We’ve been pushed ’round

When will we be loved?

When cats think we don’t mind

It’s such a crime

It always shakes our world view

It happens every time

C’mon cats, shoo!

When will you decide to?

Why are we still shoved? ♫

/Phil Everly /When Will I Be Loved

Keep a sharp eye on the pumpkin, Sir Figaro. It might attempt to roll away.

Sir Figaro understands; science is the way!

I made it through the night. Shout out to doctors that understand that sleeping pills can be life saving.

Reporters and scientists!!

To paraphrase Adam Savage:

“Remember Orb – the only difference between messing around and science – is writing it down!”

Mis queridos gatos, los plásticos pueden tardar entre veinte y quinientos años en descomponerse, dependiendo de la naturaleza del material utilizado para fabricar el plástico en cuestión. Siendo gatos perderéis el interés en mucho menos de veinte años y no viviréis hasta quinientos años.

Te sugiero que busques otro material más adecuado y posiblemente orgánico para estudiar, y luego vayas a la cocina para ver si se ha caído algo de comida al suelo, o tal vez una atadura de pan o un trozo de cuerda para jugar. Después de todo, solo sois gatos, ¿sabes?

A nicer wrap-up to a week of excellent reporting! I must remember to get some ornamental mini-gourds and pumpkins and see how my clowder reacts.

Yes! Science!

O.T.

All this Español and teeny tiny narrow text. Me is can bearly figaro’s out what going on.

OT: Cat Pictures

This is the kind of news we come to this station for! I expect regular check-ins on Sir Fig and the pumpkin.

OT: A funny thing happened on the way out of the courthouse…

I’m waiting for Puck to present his data with visual aids.

Sir Fig is going to be occupied forever????

Got my copy of Goldie a couple of days ago, and I’m so happy! I had forgotten that Queen Mag’s tribe had featured so prominently in Goldie’s story. (NO SPOILERS HERE!!!)

I really enjoyed this week! It was fun to see this playful side of Tabatha and Sir Figuero Newton. Sweet also to see the diversity of cats and owners in the real world reflected in the small town of BCN. And it was fun to test out my middling knowledge of Spanish (I’m a much better eavesdropper and reader than speaker) before reading the captions each day. I really appreciate Georgia having the courage to try a bilingual strip! Hope we are lucky enough to see the GN crew again soon.

O.T.—informal survey

I see Tabitha is still using her guest microphone. (CN)

…. Oh, gee, here we go again ….

I have a question. It is currently 11:30 where I am and BCN usually releases at 10. Tomorrow’s comic is not showing up. Anyone know why?

Waits what? Where be the Sunday Cat Mews?

Now there only two possible explanations for this gleetch. It was aliens. Or it was gremlins. But then, alien astronut theorists is suggest that gremlins is really aliens!

Well, it’s 0600 EDT and no BCN for Sunday yet. Checked X-Twitter and nothing new since yesterday.

Oops, it appears to just be BCN this time. Probably just forgot to schedule the upload. Otherwise, I hope everything is okay? Just a hint of a worried Puck face..

i’ve just sent Georgia a direct message to alert her. This isn’t her problem, but when she wakes up, at least she’ll have a notice of what’s happening.

Eh the sun is going to sets here but no mew Sunday comics yet.

No Sunday Breaking Cat News?

Should I panic?

I can, you know. I can panic if you think it’s time.

I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but I can let off a high, piercing scream and run around, flailing my arms and totally terrifying the cats.

Should I panic?

There is small a small power outage in the county she lives in. Maybe she has been briefly transported back to the 19th century. It used to be the artists were responsible for uploading their own content. I remember back in the olden days this would happen when she’d occasionally get busy and forget to or had troubles hitting “publish”.

No BCN today? What is Go Comics up to. First they bollix up Ten Cats, and now our favourite strip?

I just checked Arcamax, and no new BCN there either. Hope everything’s okay with Georgia.

Could it be a contrpurrsial mews repurrt was scheduled for today and was cancelled?

Could it be a conspiracy by the rival doggies news channel?

Could it be them steenky gremlin aliens is up to no goods again?

Could it be them steenky cats eating ALF aliens is abducts cats and eats them?

Could it be that finally… finally it be true what Dr. Harwood is has been warning all along?

Could this means that BCN is be finally…. DOOOMED?!!!

10:15am EDT. I am now officially in BCN withdrawal. Might have to read Good As Goldie again.

It is now 10:17 EDT and still no BCN! I need my daily dose!

Whelp! I am joining in the panic and withdrawal symptoms! WTF GoComics! WE NEED OUR SUNDAY BCN!!

No Sunday comic!?

No BCN? I read BCN on purpose. The other comics are just there. What a BUMMER! Oh, wait. Did I say that in my outloud voice? Not the way I want to start my day, she said, selfishly. Hope everything’s OK with Georgia.

Me hopes this just some technical difficulties. And until BCN is back online, enjoys today’s FREE RANGE and OFF THE MARK, for some aMEWsing Cat Mews. They is both right here on Go Comics.

Nothing. Not on Arcamax, nor did Georgia post the strip on facebook etc. Not yet anyway. Hope all is well with her and her’s.

No Sunday strip? No Sunday strip?! How can this be?! Who could have done this to us?! What are we going to do?!

Hope everything is all right and this is just a weird oversight. We need our BCN!

Why isn’t there a Sunday Fun-day today or any comics yet for today that matter?

I remembered our local library has images of the local newspaper online and just spent way too much time finding it — it was totally worth it (hope it shows up here soon though)

ABBA: SOS

Where is the comic strip? It seems so hard to find!

I looked on several sites, but it seems quite out of mind!

What happened to the strip?

I miss it really now!

It really is so nice, the strip is always good!

…….

So I am waiting, still contemplating

SOS!

I miss my Elvis, Puck, and Lupin

SOS!

Today is gone, I will try to hang on!

Tomorrow’s on, till then I’ll try to hang on!

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone

Our hearts aren’t warm when you’re away

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone

we hope you’re not gone too long

‘Cause our crew’s missing today

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone

Only darkness here today

Ain’t no sunshine when you’re gone

Big Pink House just ain’t a home

‘Cause our crew’s missing today

(Bill Withers)

Bummer

I do have to say that our newspaper in Sioux City—the Sioux City Journal was running your Sunday only feature until a couple of weeks ago when they purged all of the current comics in favor of adding “Comics Kingdom” to their website. Over 100 comics on the web for subscribers only, probably a package buy with all of the Lee Enterprises newspapers nationwide. Many are new, many are old (Mary Worth, the Phantom, etc.) most are weird—aimed at teens/young adults. Few are created by women! It’s sad…

OT: Photo editing advice

Just mentioning, you should be able to read BCN on FB without creating an account or anything, just like any other public website.

And, if worse comes to worst, flip to pages 36-37 of “Good As Goldie” for the station’s “Technical Difficulties” graphics!

Fellow Orbsters, if you have a facebook account, you can view the strip on Georgia’s facebook page. She went to some effort to post it cel by cel for us! Thank you Georgia!

Definetly isn’t the best feeling when you wake up and the BCN strip is the same as yesterday’s

The Sunday strip is also posted panel-by-panel on Georgia’s Instagram. Yay!

And for everyone looking at this page on Sunday, Sept 22nd: Happy Hobbit Day!

If you go to the About tab, you will see a Facebook link. That should take you right to Georgia’s page. There will be a logon screen but just click or tap the X and you will see the regular screen. You can tap or click on the +5 and the entire set of cels will come up.

It’s the “Glitch-Witch”! She shows up from time to time just to wreak havoc on unsuspecting comic readers and writers. Kind of like the June bug but far less useful or entertaining.

On Facebook minutes ago, I came across today’s BCN, which Georgia had taken slides of in order to post there. She posted a bit over 2 hours ago.

Gosh, I have enjoyed BCN so very much so far in September! Well, I enjoy it always, of course, but the cuteness levels have been off the charts every single day! I haven’t yet stopped grinning over Tabitha’s therapy suggestion chart, Puck’s pacifist moon, teaching the next gen of leaf battlers, Ora Zella’s Sherlock outfit, the closet disaster (been there.) Every single day has been awwww/squeeeee/rotfl -worthy. I have loved so much seeing Tabitha and Sir Fig, who usually look pretty serious, being thrilled over the tiny pumpkins this week. Thank you, Georgia and Orb, for being here! We may not have the Sunday comic yet, but so lovely to have friends to share our love of cats and Georgia’s talents!

Every time I try to post my page renews without post! Help!!

OT: Easter egg lantern . . .

Thank you, Georgia! With seven weeks to go before I don the elf hat again, it was good to have a chance to refresh my knowledge of Spanish.