Is Elvis crying? Or is he going back to trying to ignore the existence of ghosts now that Puck is safe and sound.
Oh, and we have ghosts affecting physical objects again. Thrice here as Freddie unlocks the evil steamer, it appears that after the click the steamer lid is at an angle suggesting Freddie is opening the trunk, and then she hold’s Puck in her arms. Who was it that suggested in a reply to one of my posts about ghosts being able to affect physical objects that maybe it had to do with what they could lift when alive? Think you were right.
So Freddie speaks Mouse, or Agatha is a very good mime to convey “Pucky’s in the steamer trunk!”
And it looks like all the cats can see Freddie (Lupin and Figaro saw her in 2015). I wonder what the requirements to see the not quite live residents are?
Oh, forgot in my last post. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERBODY!!!! Wish I both remembered the HTML coding for color and knew if that’s one of the HTML codes that works here, would be nice to have the letter in orange and black.
Oh Georgia, you’ve gone and done it again! You created another heartwarming Halloween story! I’m crying now just like how I cried at the ending of the other Halloween story!
NO Pucky, it is not your time! Oh! All the feels in this one! Now, I’m wondering if Freddie left the door to the dumb waiter opened by accident.. we did see her in the kitchen at the beginning of this. Hmmmm….
I think that Elvis might be crying in relief! Or maybe, just like me, he’s gotten a little something in his eye. Attics can be dusty you know! I’m just (sniff)..so…PROUD and HAPPY!!! (ssnniFF). Way to go team with a special call out to the ever resourceful Agatha! Puck was so brave! Elvis and Tabitha worked together! Pucky is ok!
Heck…sniff…where did all this dust come from? I’ll take a break till I can see clearly again…
“We’d love to have you stay…” reminds me of a story.
I boarded with a widow a few decades ago. One day she said that she had a dream about her husband. He was sitting on the back of a UPS truck. After a brief conversation he invited her to join him. “No thank you,” was her reply. Oh, Puck, I am glad it was not your time, either.
Meanwhile, Megan was giving Tre-C more advanced lessons in Reading Comprehension, and took some time to throw in a few key phrases in Dog (particularly their slang). It all, Megan felt, would help “round” Tre-C out. And oh, how the tabby loved to read. The classics, Sci-Fi, even the occasional Harlequin Romance (“Go easy on those…” Megan would jokingly caution her). And the day to day work went on.
“So you see how the colors appear on the screen, Kitten? You can select different cities and see what the “climate” is in real time. And you know I’m not talking about the weather, right?” “Yeah… kinda figured. But what causes the color changes?” “I can’t explain how the software works, it was a gift, to my specs, from someone I did a favor for. To simplify, it shows the ratio of good vs bad in a certain area. I’ll give you an example- use the scroll and move to a view of DC. What do you see?” Tre-C looked a the map; the question answered itself. “Red. A whole lot of red.” “Exactly! That graphic shows that there is more bad going on in that area than good. In this case, a lot more.” Megan sighed, and for the first time Tre-C thought she looked tired. But Megan immediately perked up, “Now look here.” “British Colums in Canada, and it’s kind of yellowish green. Does that mean there’s more good than bad that’s happening there?” “You’re catching on quickly, Kitten. But there is so much more to what I… we do. Let’s take a break, though. We can pick up something at the “Litter”. Unfortunately the Cat News Network isn’t on the air now- must be some technical issue. You know, ghosts in the machine, or some such…”
Okay, sitting at my desk, grinning like an idiot. People walking by and wondering what I am looking at. Excellent Halloween Special Georgia. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!
I think Freddie has a special connection to the family and cats in the Big Pink House because of what they did in the last Halloween special. Putting Tillie with Freddie forever…Adios Gato Gato…Bye bye Mow Mow!
Georgia set this up so beautifully a week ago when we saw that Freddie could open the Cookie Bunny and swipe a cookie. We got the first clue at the beginning of the month, when we first saw the Cookie Bunny and heard its rattle-rattle. Well done!
Good morning and Happy Hallowe’en, orbsters and orbabies! I am imagining Elvis’ “wait” in a soft whisper, and then he and Tabitha holding their breath while they wait for Freddie to open her trunk, and then Elvis crying tears of joy in the last panel because his dear friend is safe. And where, in blithering blue blazes, are Lupin and Sir Figaro Newton????!!!!!!
I love Tabitha’s approach; when in doubt, just keep stabbing! Hahaha! Yay! Freddie to the rescue! It makes sense, if she can open a cookie jar she can open a trunk lid. Puck looks so content in the last panel when she is holding him.
Way to go, Freddie! Her love for felines saves yet another kitty – even from beyond the grave! Georgia, this is an EXCELLENT Halloween story, kudos and hats off to you!
I thought about sharing my own personal “it’s not your time” story, and maybe I will someday, but this strip also reminded me of this song. It should be criminal that this song – and, come to that, this artist – didn’t make it past country radio’s gatekeepers:
Just celebrated Samhain with a gift for myself of a BCN mug from Zazzle. I got the “Joys of Reading” mug in frosted glass. Looking forward to many cups of morning tea while catching up with BCN.
Thank you Georgia….Thank you for the perfect happy ending on this Halloween which would have been my Mom’s 105 birthday…..We lost two kitties this year…my beautiful little Ester at 22 and sweet Gracie way too soon at 15….your story line has been a wonderful diversion and has really touched home….Again..Thanks !……….k
Also, today seems like the day to mention that my much-loved and much-missed Smoke, who passed away a few years ago, came to visit many times after her death. I used to feel her hop onto the bed and curl up right where she slept every night, against my stomach (our current beasties, Finn and Molly, were not allowed in our bedroom at night at the time, because they didn’t let us sleep). And a few times I saw a little black cat perched on the windowsill waiting for me when I was coming home from work. We’ve moved a few times since then, and she doesn’t visit anymore. I hope it’s because she’s satisfied that the kitties we have now are taking good care of us, and not that she can’t find us since we moved away. I hate to think of her looking for us at our old apartment and wondering where we went.
I don’t typically comment on the strip, but the look on Pucky’s face in the last panel is making me cry. He looks so happy to see Freddie, it’s like she’s his person, too.
Ms. Dunn, I absolutely LOVE your comic strip! I just started reading it in the last 2 weeks & it is wonderful, in fact today’s brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much!
Lily.spokescat over 6 years ago
Saved by Freddie!
Sue Ellen over 6 years ago
Freddie to the rescue—still saving kitties from the after life. Puck is safe in her ghostly arms! Standing ovation!
CrazyPri over 6 years ago
:’) I always cry at happy endings!
Rosette over 6 years ago
Thank cat it’s not his time! Also, look how horrified Elvis is!
over 6 years ago
Puck is finally saved! This calls for a celebration!
Also, Happy Halloween!
Lily.spokescat over 6 years ago
I think Elvis is reverting back to “I don’t see Anything!”
Olive O'Sudden over 6 years ago
I love a good ghost story, by which I mean a story featuring good ghosts, and there are few ghosts more good than Tillie and Freddie.♥
Cleementine over 6 years ago
So, five transparent kitties, plus Freddie, plus the mouse.
fullmoondeb Premium Member over 6 years ago
Hooray! More cookies for Freddie as a reward for her wonderful act in saving Puck.
fullmoondeb Premium Member over 6 years ago
Also, hooray for Agatha, looks like she went to tell Freddie.
knight1192a over 6 years ago
Is Elvis crying? Or is he going back to trying to ignore the existence of ghosts now that Puck is safe and sound.
Oh, and we have ghosts affecting physical objects again. Thrice here as Freddie unlocks the evil steamer, it appears that after the click the steamer lid is at an angle suggesting Freddie is opening the trunk, and then she hold’s Puck in her arms. Who was it that suggested in a reply to one of my posts about ghosts being able to affect physical objects that maybe it had to do with what they could lift when alive? Think you were right.
Sionyx over 6 years ago
So Freddie speaks Mouse, or Agatha is a very good mime to convey “Pucky’s in the steamer trunk!”
And it looks like all the cats can see Freddie (Lupin and Figaro saw her in 2015). I wonder what the requirements to see the not quite live residents are?
knight1192a over 6 years ago
Oh, forgot in my last post. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERBODY!!!! Wish I both remembered the HTML coding for color and knew if that’s one of the HTML codes that works here, would be nice to have the letter in orange and black.
skykey over 6 years ago
Hooray for ghostly thumbs! Oh, and thank you for telling Pucky he’s not going to be “joining” you… :-O
enigmamz over 6 years ago
Yaaaayyy!!!
mcclanahan2828 over 6 years ago
Greetings and big smiles to all of you! I’m new here and just want to say how much I love this strip, and certainly this arc.
tkstuber over 6 years ago
How VERY sweet!!
McColl34 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Agatha did know somebody with thumbs! Go Golden Mouse!
McColl34 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Looks like Freddie is wearing fuzzy slippers. Might as well be comfortable if you are going to be hanging around for decades!
ctlum over 6 years ago
Oh Georgia, you’ve gone and done it again! You created another heartwarming Halloween story! I’m crying now just like how I cried at the ending of the other Halloween story!
catmom1360 over 6 years ago
Sweet Puck safe again and in the arms of A GHOST!! And, we again have the pleasure of toe beans.
Strob over 6 years ago
They still have to get back down to the kitchen. Safe trip!
Robin Harwood over 6 years ago
I knew everything would turn out all right. Said so all along.
GreasyOldTam over 6 years ago
Why isn’t Puck falling through Freddie’s arms?
cat19632001 over 6 years ago
I’m definitely not ready to loose Pucky toe beans yet.
Courage the Cowardly Dog! over 6 years ago
The last frame is the sweetest thing that I have ever seen in a comic. Superb work there Georgia!!
cat19632001 over 6 years ago
Is Puck going to model his new clothes?
cat19632001 over 6 years ago
“Stab, stab, stab” – yay, the pointer didn’t break. Now Puck can make a trunk chart and be able to point out the relevant details. ;)
cat19632001 over 6 years ago
My goodness. Is that a smile from the Crabby Tabby?
tkstuber over 6 years ago
Freddie saves another one!!
Lady Bri over 6 years ago
NO Pucky, it is not your time! Oh! All the feels in this one! Now, I’m wondering if Freddie left the door to the dumb waiter opened by accident.. we did see her in the kitchen at the beginning of this. Hmmmm….
shirins Premium Member over 6 years ago
I think that Elvis might be crying in relief! Or maybe, just like me, he’s gotten a little something in his eye. Attics can be dusty you know! I’m just (sniff)..so…PROUD and HAPPY!!! (ssnniFF). Way to go team with a special call out to the ever resourceful Agatha! Puck was so brave! Elvis and Tabitha worked together! Pucky is ok!
Heck…sniff…where did all this dust come from? I’ll take a break till I can see clearly again…
Ruth Brown over 6 years ago
“We’d love to have you stay…” reminds me of a story.
I boarded with a widow a few decades ago. One day she said that she had a dream about her husband. He was sitting on the back of a UPS truck. After a brief conversation he invited her to join him. “No thank you,” was her reply. Oh, Puck, I am glad it was not your time, either.
WelshRat Premium Member over 6 years ago
Ghost Mouse saves the day by getting someone who can save the day! Puck, floating in a sea of spirits.
Kitty Katz over 6 years ago
And though we would love to have you stay,
But it’s not your time today,
Though you know that we all love you,
And if any trouble should arise,
From both sides of the skies
We’re all coming to the rescue
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on “we,”
That’s what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
We’ll be on your side forevermore,
‘Cause Pucky, that’s what friends are for
Puck: Oh you came and rescued me,
Friends I only now can see
I don’t know how I can thank you
And now, for the times when we’re apart,
I will always know I have,
Friends on both sides of the rainbow,
I’ll keep smiling, keep shining,
You know you can always count more (that’s for sure)
That’s what friends are for.
For good times, and for bad times
I am on your side forevermore,
‘Cause that’s what friends are for,
That’s what friends are for.
Dionne Warwick and Friends: That’s What Friends are For
skykey over 6 years ago
Meanwhile, Megan was giving Tre-C more advanced lessons in Reading Comprehension, and took some time to throw in a few key phrases in Dog (particularly their slang). It all, Megan felt, would help “round” Tre-C out. And oh, how the tabby loved to read. The classics, Sci-Fi, even the occasional Harlequin Romance (“Go easy on those…” Megan would jokingly caution her). And the day to day work went on.
“So you see how the colors appear on the screen, Kitten? You can select different cities and see what the “climate” is in real time. And you know I’m not talking about the weather, right?” “Yeah… kinda figured. But what causes the color changes?” “I can’t explain how the software works, it was a gift, to my specs, from someone I did a favor for. To simplify, it shows the ratio of good vs bad in a certain area. I’ll give you an example- use the scroll and move to a view of DC. What do you see?” Tre-C looked a the map; the question answered itself. “Red. A whole lot of red.” “Exactly! That graphic shows that there is more bad going on in that area than good. In this case, a lot more.” Megan sighed, and for the first time Tre-C thought she looked tired. But Megan immediately perked up, “Now look here.” “British Colums in Canada, and it’s kind of yellowish green. Does that mean there’s more good than bad that’s happening there?” “You’re catching on quickly, Kitten. But there is so much more to what I… we do. Let’s take a break, though. We can pick up something at the “Litter”. Unfortunately the Cat News Network isn’t on the air now- must be some technical issue. You know, ghosts in the machine, or some such…”
skykey over 6 years ago
British Columbia, dammit!
SometimesKate over 6 years ago
I’m sniffling.
Wrenster over 6 years ago
Those are tears of joy!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 6 years ago
And, hopefully, Pucky, it won’t be your time for a LONG time now.
rs0204 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Okay, sitting at my desk, grinning like an idiot. People walking by and wondering what I am looking at. Excellent Halloween Special Georgia. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!
rs0204 Premium Member over 6 years ago
I certainly hope we have more of Hepburn & Tracy…err, I mean Tabitha and Elvis. Well done you two.
rs0204 Premium Member over 6 years ago
I think Freddie has a special connection to the family and cats in the Big Pink House because of what they did in the last Halloween special. Putting Tillie with Freddie forever…Adios Gato Gato…Bye bye Mow Mow!
andycat Premium Member over 6 years ago
I adore this conclusion! Thank you for the stories this October.
Miss Mina over 6 years ago
Georgia set this up so beautifully a week ago when we saw that Freddie could open the Cookie Bunny and swipe a cookie. We got the first clue at the beginning of the month, when we first saw the Cookie Bunny and heard its rattle-rattle. Well done!
ladykat Premium Member over 6 years ago
Good morning and Happy Hallowe’en, orbsters and orbabies! I am imagining Elvis’ “wait” in a soft whisper, and then he and Tabitha holding their breath while they wait for Freddie to open her trunk, and then Elvis crying tears of joy in the last panel because his dear friend is safe. And where, in blithering blue blazes, are Lupin and Sir Figaro Newton????!!!!!!
I AM CARTOON LADY! over 6 years ago
Way to go Freddie’s ghost thumbs! I’M LOVING THIS SOOOO MUCH! Happy Hallowen!
TammyHarris-Dearhouse Premium Member over 6 years ago
I love Tabitha’s approach; when in doubt, just keep stabbing! Hahaha! Yay! Freddie to the rescue! It makes sense, if she can open a cookie jar she can open a trunk lid. Puck looks so content in the last panel when she is holding him.
davanden over 6 years ago
If Freddie could handle this, why did Tillie summon the mortal cats to help?
tatempleman over 6 years ago
Way to go, Freddie! Her love for felines saves yet another kitty – even from beyond the grave! Georgia, this is an EXCELLENT Halloween story, kudos and hats off to you!
Denny Wheeler Premium Member over 6 years ago
And indeed Agatha did bring a fetch. :)
Denny Wheeler Premium Member over 6 years ago
A great Samhain to all, in and out of the Orb.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 6 years ago
Happy, Happy, Happy Halloween!
New client today. Twice, two hours a shift.
After the 2nd shift im going to visit my client that fall a lot.
He fell Monday evening and was taken to the hospital by an ambulance crew.
They show up, even if the Fire Department doesn’t.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 6 years ago
All my clients today get a full sized candy bar.
Catmom over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween to you all, and to all of your furbabies as well!
Denny Wheeler Premium Member over 6 years ago
Well, we now know for sure: the gang lives in the Big Pink Haunted House.
momma-tink over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween everybody. And Georgia, oh, sorry, Bert, what an amazing reconstruction job on that lost tape ;)
jonesbeltone over 6 years ago
Tabitha is smiling! And Elvis is crying! Tears of joy?
Susanna Premium Member over 6 years ago
If you missed it, the boys pajama pins are now available individually.
jomlongo over 6 years ago
Wow!
Venetus Alpha over 6 years ago
Too many Ghosts, Right? Too many Ghosts, anyone? Anyone?
Venetus Alpha over 6 years ago
(Puff) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
skipper1992 over 6 years ago
I thought about sharing my own personal “it’s not your time” story, and maybe I will someday, but this strip also reminded me of this song. It should be criminal that this song – and, come to that, this artist – didn’t make it past country radio’s gatekeepers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPYHEpVJq84
redwolfio over 6 years ago
welp looks like they can rest in peace
la_momcat over 6 years ago
Is Tabitha tickling Pucky’s toe beans with the pointer??
diskus Premium Member over 6 years ago
Elvis is overcome with release of the motion, the dam broke. of course don t expect him to admit it later. Mr cool
1heartbooks over 6 years ago
Happy halloween everyone
StackableContainers over 6 years ago
I was thinking they would have to find a way to get the woman to go to the attic. I didn’t think the spirits could actually grab and move things.
AStarofDestiny over 6 years ago
Ahhhh, that is PRECIOUS! Happy Halloween everyone!
Grace Premium Member over 6 years ago
Just celebrated Samhain with a gift for myself of a BCN mug from Zazzle. I got the “Joys of Reading” mug in frosted glass. Looking forward to many cups of morning tea while catching up with BCN.
Jan C over 6 years ago
What a sweet ending to this story.
StuartVanOnselen over 6 years ago
I love the thought that there’s such a warm welcome waiting for the boys when they eventually cross the rainbow bridge.
Georgia Dunn creator over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween, everyone!!!
Natarose over 6 years ago
Finally free!
kennnyp over 6 years ago
Thank you Georgia….Thank you for the perfect happy ending on this Halloween which would have been my Mom’s 105 birthday…..We lost two kitties this year…my beautiful little Ester at 22 and sweet Gracie way too soon at 15….your story line has been a wonderful diversion and has really touched home….Again..Thanks !……….k
chuckydoodle over 6 years ago
And the same back to you and yours
Felicity Pearson Premium Member over 6 years ago
YOU MADE ME CRY (again!)
MichaelE.Myers over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween from Michael Myers. (REALLY! I have the best name for today)
Amanda Lee over 6 years ago
awe :) that is so sweet
judyuinms Premium Member over 6 years ago
Yay! Puck is saved! Thanks, Georgia, for the great new Halloween story.
jwarrenphd over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween to You and your family Georgia. happy Halloween to Elvis, Lupin and puck too!
Katzi428 over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween to the whole BCN Mega Orb!!
betsypoe over 6 years ago
I am weeping. In part thankful it’s not Puck’s time. In part because it was time for one of my boys a couple of weeks ago.
Mary Ellen over 6 years ago
Awwww, this made me tear up a little.
Mary Ellen over 6 years ago
Also, today seems like the day to mention that my much-loved and much-missed Smoke, who passed away a few years ago, came to visit many times after her death. I used to feel her hop onto the bed and curl up right where she slept every night, against my stomach (our current beasties, Finn and Molly, were not allowed in our bedroom at night at the time, because they didn’t let us sleep). And a few times I saw a little black cat perched on the windowsill waiting for me when I was coming home from work. We’ve moved a few times since then, and she doesn’t visit anymore. I hope it’s because she’s satisfied that the kitties we have now are taking good care of us, and not that she can’t find us since we moved away. I hate to think of her looking for us at our old apartment and wondering where we went.
kittengirly over 6 years ago
mountaingreenery. over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween. What a lovely story. May it be many years before Puck, or anyone else, joins the crew at RCO network.
tad1 over 6 years ago
Hooray! :)
Quazar_Zeus_Jolie Premium Member over 6 years ago
OMC! Elvis with his paws to his eyes in the last panel. Tears of relief. Made me tear up too!
gohugacat over 6 years ago
I don’t typically comment on the strip, but the look on Pucky’s face in the last panel is making me cry. He looks so happy to see Freddie, it’s like she’s his person, too.
Kitsrulz53 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween to all here also. It’s such a loving community. I miss our twitch chats/drawing.
Lauren Kramer over 6 years ago
This actually made me tear up. Yay for Freddie!
laurie.lynne over 6 years ago
d’awwwww
willie_mctell over 6 years ago
The ghost mouse brought Freddie.
anomalous4 over 6 years ago
What a purrfectly wonderful way to end Pucktober…
anomalous4 over 6 years ago
p.s. LOVE Freddie’s fuzzy slippers!
kittylover.truitt over 6 years ago
AWWWW! This is my new favorite story :)
SheMc over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween to you too Georgia, also to the kitties & kiddies & also your man!!!
up2trixx over 6 years ago
The look on Elvis’ face in the last panel
kangtourcat Premium Member over 6 years ago
Thank you Georgia, the Sunday space heater stories and the daily adventure helped make this month that much better. Werefloof, LOL!
Chris Sherlock over 6 years ago
Kudos to Freddie for the rescue and to Georgia for a great story!
CDS Cartoons over 6 years ago
Happy Halloween. Very original way of doing Halloween.
pchemcat over 6 years ago
Elvis’ expression in panel 4 is priceless!
GSD Mom Premium Member over 6 years ago
Happy Howl-o-Ween, everyone!
BillJackson1 over 6 years ago
GoComics puts some strips on the front page, and today there are Halloween comics. When I just logged on (6:06 CDT) the top; ’toon was Swan Eaters.
crochetwhitethings over 6 years ago
Everybody loves Puck! :3
Trespassers W over 6 years ago
Wow. 345 likes! 369 comments! If the GoComics server crashes, at least we know what caused it!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Oh God, that is just so great. I doubt if anyone reading this has a dry eye.
louieandjim over 6 years ago
Ms. Dunn, I absolutely LOVE your comic strip! I just started reading it in the last 2 weeks & it is wonderful, in fact today’s brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much!
Teto85 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Every day the Mrs and I fall further in love with this strip. There is a reason why it is at the very top of our feeds.
Jax Emerson Roland I over 6 years ago
And here I go crying at another holiday special
Fastfur07 over 6 years ago
That’s part happy, part really creepy….
Transcription over 6 years ago
Tabitha: Nothing is working! [STAB STAB STAB]
Elvis: …Wait.
Freddie: [Click]
We’d love to have you stay. But it’s not your time.
scaeva Premium Member over 6 years ago
Believe it or not, I missed this yesterday. Elvis crying with relief just melted my heart.
DebraD1 over 6 years ago
I am glad Puck was OK, but why didn’t Freddie save him earlier? Would have saved me days of distress….
Hat Guy Pip over 5 years ago
@Georgia Dunn: Is there any reality to this story? Maybe Pucky didn’t climb all the way to the attic, but was the pink house owned by this kind woman?
215617 about 4 years ago
from what i see, elvis’ expression is saying: “TOO MANY GHOSTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” and yet, he is still dignified.
Fennec! at the Disco almost 2 years ago
Elvis in the final panel!
MoultonFamily 2 months ago
Sis: Elvis just discovered how many ghosts were in the house