Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 05, 2020

SUNDAY FUNDAY TIME!

Has Sophie . . . er, the Great Unknown . . . actually managed to unite Goldie and Lupin?

Stay tuned!

Sophie – ahem, I mean, this mysterious Sophie-shaped stranger – is really getting into this!

(“The feeling of unease in an elevator”, indeed. Snort!)

I just noticed her ankh has cat ears. Lovely!

Nah, don’t dial it down, Soph. You’ve got it just like it is.

She’s a trouper alright! Go, Sophie!

Yikes! When Georgia drew this, did she know what was coming?

me wondering what the hellCreator aaaaaaah another day of making cat wrestling comics

Poll put answer in reply sectionHow many animals can you name

“You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits.” (From the original intro to “The Outer Limits”)

I just can’t get enough of Burt’s handsomeness!

Look how gracefully she floats down that laundry chute using the sheet… She’s awesome!

A common enemy? Hmmm …

I spy 4 Robber Mice, enjoying the show!

She’s like Undertaker during The Ministry.

NWO!

Has anybody heard from chefz lately? I miss him!!!!

Whoopee! Existential dread! Wrestling needs a lot more of it.

El Punto Rojo is in the background. Now we have two Mysterious Masked Moggies.

Wondering how La Dama Dragón is going to take to another lady cat in the mix!

Oh, she’s GOOD!

Bring back the three stooges!

“I…am DARKWING CAT!” Or maybe Darkpaw…

Sophie’s skirt is a little scary. Something freaky old woman would wear in a horror movie.

Sophie, you have really upped the drama and the outfit design! Now you know how to fit in!

From Barry Manilow: I Write the Songs

I’ve been around forever,

And when we don’t get along,

I am the unknown you do not know,

I’m an Artist, and I fight the wrongs!

…….

I fight the wrongs that makes the cats all grieve,

I fight the wrongs that you all misperceive,

I fight the wrongs that make the Orb Friends cry,

I fight the wrongs, I fight the wrongs!

…….

I show that we all have a mission,

And we all can play a role,

Now when you see me here,

I play my part,

Watch my drama unfold!

…….

I fight the wrongs that makes the cats all grieve,

I fight the wrongs that you all misperceive,

I fight the wrongs that make the Orb Friends cry,

I fight the wrongs, I fight the wrongs!

…….

My art can make you sing,

Or you imagination all take wing,

And I unraveled some towels

To show what I mean,

Art is for us all,

Don’t worry if you can’t draw!

It’s for you, it’s for me,

It’s a meowing symphony!

…….

I fight the wrongs that makes the cats all grieve,

I fight the wrongs that you all misperceive,

I fight the wrongs that make the Orb Friends cry,

I fight the wrongs, I fight the wrongs!

I Am an Artist, and I Fight the Wrongs!!

Did anyone notice the cat ears on Sophie’s ankh?

I wonder if the typo in the last frame is intentional.

She’s the terror that flaps in the night?

Lupin toe beans!

Wearing that boa, tux, hat and glasses Puck says maybe dial it down?

She is the existential dread in the middle of the night when a cat notices that the food bowl is half empty!

Sophie’s giving us fang! And look at her eyebrows, floating over her cat hat (with ears) in the last panel. Go Sophie!

Backs of two cat heads! Goldie and Lupin?

I love that little “click” insert. It’s so Old Skool comics.

Unite? No no no! This is cat wrestling! We don’t need no uniting. There’s got to be conflict and they have to keep beating the snot out of each other!

Was that Natasha clicking the light on to begin Tusslemania in panel 1?

Georgia has outdone herself on this one…awesome job. 1 question. Will there be a Tusselmainia or a Huggy love fest ?

How beautifully, felinely, timely, Sophie! And I see the Robber Mice In the balcony (a.k.a. laundry shelf).

I just heard a bell go “TONGGGG” in the background and then everything became dark!

And Sophie steals the show – say to go, Sophie!

Do the Sunday newspaper folks know who all these cats are?

Woo-hoo, Sophie!! Existential dread – I think a lot of us are feeling that right now.

Cool entrance! Now we just need to come up with a cool entrance song. Any suggestions?

I love the high 5 between Elvis and… I want to say Sir Figaro Newton? Is Elvis the lefty, or puck though?

You are an unmitigated, bloviating bag of hot air! :-p

“When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly.” – Patrick Overton

Daaaaaaang! Our girl Sophie knows how to make an entrance! Woo hoo!

“This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”*

*Franklin D. Roosevelt – First Inaugural Address.

Words true then and true now. Please be safe everyone and hug your cats.

Magnificent Entrance!!!!

Sophie girl, you have got class! And you are spot on for these uneasy times, too!

Is that a record number of cats together in the last panel ?

“All will love me and despair!”

“I am that undigested bit of beef, that blot of mustard, that crumb of cheese, that fragment of underdone potato.”

O.T. Georgia posted this serious essay on face book. Here is the opening: "I don’t get serious here too often, but I wanted to share a corrected version of this meme that has been floating around. If you haven’t seen the original of this meme, you may have seen sentiments like it. The idea that if you’re not finally writing your novel or making your best art or jump starting a new career with “all this free time we have right now”, you’ll never make it. It’s SO unfair. If you have a dream and something like this has popped into your feeds lately to make you feel bad about yourself and your efforts, I want you to listen to me instead.Please give yourself a lot of patience and grace during this. This isn’t a vacation, it’s not a golden opportunity; it’s a crisis and you’re doing your best. The memes pushing us to discover our new career or who we really are while we hunker down and ride out a pandemic need to simmer down and build a blanket fort. Just do your best to get through this and be good to yourself. “If only I had the time—“ Watching thousands of people die all over the world and having everyone vulnerable you know on a chopping block suddenly is not the quality time to yourself to that everyone hopes for. "

What an entrance!

“I am the night! I am vengeance! I am Bat-Cat!”

Yaaay! El Punto Rojo made it! In the last panel standing next to Triple B!

Where is Tommy Bee?

That fourth panel is one of my fave of all time. The contrast of emotion shown is wonderful. The reader can make thier own interpretation in many ways

I think old puck may be a little overcome by the unfolding of events. Remember Puck its all theatre. Or is it?

I hope she is good

I am the terror that flaps in the nightI am the pebble that gets in your shoeI am the robocall interrupting your dinnerI am [Disney IP]

Anyone else notice that The Great Unknown has her hat pulled down over her good eye?

Does anyone know if chew toys for cats are a thing?

And if so, do they come in specific shapes? Like, say, the shape of a computer cable?

That was very astonishing, Sophie. You rock!

Oooooo, an Uber-villain!

OT – cats licking painted walls/doorways/windows, etc

Sophie just took BCW to a whole new level of greatness.

I would give today’s strip a ‘super heart’ if I could! Clicking the usual heart to love the strip just doesn’t seem like enough. Sophie is brilliant!

Has anyone heard from Shaunmunn? I hope she’s OK in all this.

“Maybe dial it down” BWAAAHAHAHA! Oh, Puck… <3

I LOVE IT! Sophie has the best character!

Girl can make an entrance!

Well, she certainly found her groove guickly.

Today is Go For Broke Day. But why gamble? So I will change it to Gopher Baroque Day, with the music of P.D.Q. Bach performed by Peter Schickele and the National Gopher Sackbut Symphony.

I love in panel 4 how happy Lupin and Goldie are at Sophie’s appearance and participation.

I’m loving Shopie’s Undertaker.

Lupin toe beans!! And I love The Great Unknown’s fangs.

My god, I was joking the other day when I paraphrased the line from the song The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom of the Ring. But does this intro feel like Sophie is going for the Phantom of the Ring to anyone else?

OT: Espresso…

Re "existential dread and cats: When my brother was in 7th grade he was drying his hands in a bathroom at school. He noticed that they’d switched to even cheaper paper towels and said, “These new paper towels aren’t very absorbent.” A boy asked him, “How come you always use those big words?”

BCW

On cheesecake night we snuck right down

To laundry room ring

That voice that calls to us and speaks the deed

And do we see again for now we find

The Phantom of the Ring is there

Inside our minds

PHANTOM

Tussle with me this time

On cheesecake night

My power over theater grows stronger yet

You turn from me to glance behind

The Phantom of the Ring is here

Inside your minds

BCW

Those who have seen your face

Draw back in joy

We are the mask you wear

PHANTOM

It’s me they see…

BOTH

Your/My spirit and my/your art in one combined

The Phantom of the Ring is here

Inside our/your minds

Robber Mice

She’s here, the phantom of the ring!

BCW

She’s there, the phantom of the ring

PHANTOM

Tussle, my Angels of the Laundry Room

Tussle, my Angels

Tussle for me

Tussle, my Angels!

Tussle for me!

LOVE the natural born Drama Queen! <3

What an allegory

Georgia, your imagination knows no bounds! Your story lines are complex and fascinating. This one is a prime example: Sophie coming out of her shell at Tusslemania. I read Take it Away, Tommy! and LOVED it. Best stories ever. I also left a glowing review on Amazon, also. Am really looking forward to your new book that will be coming out in the fall. Stay safe, everybody.

YAY for Sophie…..er I mean the Mysterious Stranger.

Aside for being uber dark and heavy (yayyy) the entrance is AWESOME. Just like WWC with the dramatic drop from the ceiling. Lowered into the ring down the laundry chute.

AWESOME!!!!!

I LOVE how Sophie is owning her character!

Let’s face it, when Sophie says Theater , she means Theater .

I´m getting a ¨phantom of the opera¨ vibe from Sophie.

I am… Darkwing Duck! Oh, wait.

I wish I knew what all the “I am the…” statements are reminding me of (and it’s not “the way, the truth and the life” nor “The Walrus, goo-goo-ka-chu”)

I spotted a whale in the Bay this afternoon! Woo Hoo!!!

Sophie, you remind me of a female, philosophical version of Darkwing Duck! :D (ahem), singing ♫: Daring cat of mystery Champion of right Swoops down from the shadows! Her dark cape owns the night! Somewhere some kitties mewl But they don’t know where it’s at! (Four, Three, Two, One!) Darkmeow Cat! These petty squabbles bring forth Sophie’s intolerance! Darkmeow Cat! Let’s get dangerous! Darkmeow Cat! ♫♪ :D