Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 16, 2021

Another lovely night sky by Georgia. Definitely need to magnify this one.

I’m sure my other half will spot the rotary phone quickly. We can’t go into an antique store without him dialing every one he sees. On the plus side, if I can’t find him, I just have to listen for the sound of dials spinning.

SUNDAY FUNDAY

I love that they are watching the BCN newscast on the portable TV!

A scavenger hunt! For those enlarging their screen to read the search list:

Orange milk crate

5 cans

Rotary phone

Old TV

Wind chimes

Trumpet

Tennis racket

4 Robber Mice

Paper lantern

Lamp

Bike wheel

6 baby raccoons

2 drawers

Kaleidoscope

Thimblefist & Homestyle

Now we know what they do!

I hope this was as fun to draw as it is to look at. Round of applause for Georgia!

Had to laugh at the apron – “Guess what? Chicken Hut!” :-)

“Don’t cook tonight, call Chicken Delight!”

https://youtu.be/HENrL3cdNAg

Took me a little bit to find the lamp (torchiere). But what’s inside the lamp that looks kinda like Puck in a ruffled collar/coffee filter? I love that ‘Guess What? Chicken Hut!’ bucket.

Apparently they make look-and-find puzzles. Has anyone found Waldo lately?

I only see 5 baby raccoons. Got everything else. It is making me a little crazy.

Is there a, uh, “swimmer” heading to the “fertile crescent moon”?

Fellas, your kingdom is complete rubbish…

Looks like the aftermath of a game of Mouse Trap.

Only thing missing from the picture was Waldo.

Dang it! Can’t find the 6th baby racoon.

Eh, they is poor and hungry and just wants to eats food.

This could/should be a calender page!

I see that the raccoons are helping increase the viewership and ratings of BCN! I can not remember the last time I have seen a rotary phone that is not in a museum either. Nice nostalgic Sunday cartoon with a scavenger hunt list to boot. Also love how the people are perplexed about their garbage can being rummaged through!

I’m missing one baby raccoon and one can, but I don’t care. What a joy to look at Georgia’s beautiful watercolors.

What an outstanding piece of Sunday comic artwork. Back in the day, as many of you will remember, the Sunday comics took up four to six pages and the strips were huge and many of them quite detailed like Prince Valiant. I miss those strips.

Thanks, Georgia. The was a lot of fun and beautiful to see.

P.S., I still haven’t found that last robber mouse!

Relaxin’ in her high throne

Mags has a cozy place to spend the night

Sandman is callin’

Seems she can hear his voice, “oh yeah, girl, sleep tight”

A starry night by Georgia

It’s a starry night by Georgia

Cat, I believe it’s peaceful all over the world

I feel like it’s peaceful all over the world

Fireflies a-flashin’

Flickerin’ as they do in magic flight

A robber lady on a sax

Seems to play a soulful refrain in moonlight

But it’s a starry night by Georgia

Such a starry night by Georgia

Cat, I wish it could be peaceful all over the world

I feel like it’s peaceful all over the world

How many times I wondered

It seems that life’s a game

No matter how you look at it or think of it

There’s something for everyone just the same

Findin’ joy in all that we can

Happenin’ at random or unfoldin’ to a plan

Late at night when it’s time to rest

I think of creatures I love best and I feel fine, I feel fine

‘Cause it’s a starry night by Georgia

Baby, it’s an amazing scene by Georgia

Cat, I believe it’s peaceful all over the world

(Tony White – Rainy Night in Georgia / Brook Benton)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU

Found everything but Waldo.

Love the tinfoil on the TV antenna!

What about:

4 Calling Birds

3 French Hens

2 Turtle Doves

Oops – wrong season! :-)

Ah yes, we had a family of trash pandas living under our back deck last summer. It was Trashy, his girlfriend, and their baby Teddy. Yes, we named them.

I want Raccoon Palace blown up to an 8 foot wide wallpaper! Chicken Bucket Dress is incredible. Their electrician should also get a round of applause. (One robber mouse at the lower left is either fixing or preparing to steal a light bulb.) Not sure what that is in the upper right by the Moon; looks exactly like a spermatozoon.

Well, as they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. :)

I wonder how much time and effort went into this strip. Georgia, I really appreciate your expertise.

Beautiful artwork

Sorry, no dad jokes or puns here. Just want everyone to have a great week!

I loved that! Thanks for the search fun, Georgia!

They must have studied at the Sam Rodia School of Art.

I found them all!

I almost missed the raccoon sleeping in the dishpan by the hubcap.

I don’t remember which Robber Mouse is which by color, but if the one in the lower left steals / unscrews that bulb, will the entire string go out???

I wonder if Georgia will eventually publish / post a solution drawing for us on Facebook / InstaGram; with everything circled???

Over on Facebook, Georgia has a quick video of her inking in today’s comic. Here’s what she wrote about it "A video from a few weeks ago when I was inking/painting today’s Sunday strip! Many of you may recall when I first shared this, but I thought it would be fun to post again today! This video is shot at 2x speed. This Sunday probably took about 7-9 hours, start to finish. About an 1-2 to sketch, and then it was inked over an evening and painted over another, along with the 6 daily strips that week—which likely took about 5-6 hours themselves…I have “ink nights” and “painting” nights and all seven weekly strips get done together each time. Each evening work shift is around 6-7 ish hours. I know I spent a little extra time on this one because I was having a lot of fun with it! Hope you enjoy it today!

I’m including the can Homestyle wears towards the can count since I’m including the cans Mag wears for her chickadees.

I loved the I Spy books!! This is more like an I Spy book than Waldo.

Thank you Georgia for the beautiful artwork (that evokes a warm spring/summer night) and the scavengers list. (and the visual pun).

The main thing about raccoons is keeping them out of the attic.

Recycling.

I prefer Kentucky Fried Pizza.

I got my first COVID shot yesterday!!!

I love racoons.

This is simply wonderful, Georgia! Well done.

I love your art! It reminds me of something from my childhood, some book, some art, I can’t remember what, but the light, the wordless sense of parties. I love it.

Found everything! :D

I never found the 6th little raccoon.

The raccoon taking a bubble bath! And the baby and the older one eating popcorn (out of a colander) while watching BCN! There’s a second colander in front of the (box spring?) with the baby raccoons; they obviously haven’t figured out what to do with that yet.

Wonder what the bundled purple stuff in the milk crate is. And what is Thimblefist cradling? (Could be a cell phone?)

Mags’ lawn chair/throne’s fabric pattern, and the pattern of the planting pot with the lookout-raccoon! Obviously, the trumpet is for calling emergency scatter. Though how he’s supposed to keep watch with a kaleidoscope as a telescope…

I’m very glad that Georgia did not do the astronomy-ignorant thing of putting stars in the dark part of the moon.

they do cool things

Tell you what, they are GENIUSES