Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 19, 2020

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    dmah Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I always wondered if it was possible to do yoga in a hammock … :)

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    Sue Ellen  over 4 years ago

    Oh my CAT. A rare Tommy poof siting.

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    Sue Ellen  over 4 years ago

    Is the boy using a paintbrush as a microphone? Does that mean he knows that the cats are reports and he wants to be part of the team?

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    serenasakitty  over 4 years ago

    Tommy’s got a PUFFY TAIL

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    DennisinSeattle  over 4 years ago

    Elvis does not like being ignored!

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    Georgia Dunn creator over 4 years ago

    I want to add early in the comments:

    Yes, Tommy’s woman really did this. And yes, the hammock is AWESOME.

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    Colorado Expat  over 4 years ago

    OT – Public Broadcasting archive…

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    rydiacaller  over 4 years ago

    I love Tommy’s big gold scaredy eyes and poof tail.

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    catmom1360  over 4 years ago

    One of the few times where Tommy’s not smiling.

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    Robin Harwood  over 4 years ago

    Once in the purple banana, cats and women are doomed.

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    DennisinSeattle  over 4 years ago

    These Women spent all day yesterday spilling tea, and now they are on the phone?

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    maggijoseph Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Oh to have a purple banana to retreat into right now!

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    More_Cats_Than_Sense  over 4 years ago

    Just love Elvis’ expression in panel #10 mid shout :-)

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    David 42  over 4 years ago

    PSA: The woman will be having Story Time livestream on YouTube this coming Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm EDT (4pm PDT).

    Details in tweet https://twitter.com/breakingcatnews/status/1251636716013711360?s=20

    BCN YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UConVUemvpqRjmkjKVVwSicA

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    WelshRat Premium Member over 4 years ago

    One day, the conversation will be easy…

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    Well, I guess there isn’t much to do than lazy around on a hammock these days.

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    We bears do well in a hammock.

    https://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/2020/04/18

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    What, no Sunday Funday today?

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    Pet  over 4 years ago

    Thepurplehammock :))))

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    cat19632001  over 4 years ago

    What does Sophie think of the purple banana?

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    cat19632001  over 4 years ago

    Careful Tommy. Treat the purple banana gently and it will be nice to you and not dump you on the floor.

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    dadoctah  over 4 years ago

    My guys are such wimps. They tried once to get into a porch swing and freaked out in perpetuity because it had the audacity to move.

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    luandwill  over 4 years ago

    Love the boy, his paintbrush, and the girl’s remarkably “rosy” cheeks:)

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    FrannieL Premium Member over 4 years ago

    That is sooooo like a child/cat to have ‘questions’ when the mom is on the phone or in the bathroom or has her hands full, etc.

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    ladykat  over 4 years ago

    Oh my – today, Tommy is not just his normal floofy self, he is poofed!!! As for Sophie, I think she will eye the purple banana thoughfully, and then turn it into some of her found object art.

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    azevedan  over 4 years ago

    I note that the children’s paint spread to their faces!

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    cat19632001  over 4 years ago

    Tommy handles a hard hitting news exclusive report and then bravely goes to save his Woman. Brave, brave Tommy.

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    cat19632001  over 4 years ago

    Tommy doesn’t just handle puff pieces. He’s there on the front lines to bring CN viewers reports as they happen.

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    cat19632001  over 4 years ago

    I love Elvis reaching out in panel three to grab his interviewee’s attention.

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    Michael G.  over 4 years ago

    Well, at least Elvis is taking this new phase in his generally calm, stoic manner.

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    Miss Mina  over 4 years ago

    The Boy and The Girl in panel 9!

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    prrdh  over 4 years ago

    ‘Hammock legs’…it occurs to me to wonder if anyone ever got motion sickness from a hammock.

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    willie_mctell  over 4 years ago

    I think Tommy’s getting fluffy(er.)

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    Jayneknox  over 4 years ago

    Banana. LOL!

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    thecatlady3410  over 4 years ago

    Amazing

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      over 4 years ago

    The purple banana looks very appeeling.

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    Kitty Katz  over 4 years ago

    And now, the conclusion of “Meanwhile Back on the Nile”

    Agnes-Ata: Your Majesty, Queen Mags sends her sincere thanks, and wishes to present you with a gift of trash from their finest dumpsters.

    Queen Catshepsut the Golden: I will send her a message of thanks. Always did love her bling. Sophititi, I assign you to create fine bling from this wonderful trash.

    Sophititi: It will be my pleasure, your majesty. And I understand there’s going to be a wedding in the near future?

    The Queen: So says our ancient soothsayer, and what she says, goes!

    Lupinium: Iron Glove is working on the wedding bells, Sophititi. What can you add to that?

    Sophititi: I’ll think of something. And it will be wonderful.

    The Queen: So be it. And now, I understand a banquet has been prepared. Thommios, bring us our meal.

    Thommios: Uh, there has been a problem. There was a fire in the meat store room. Burt-Ra has put it out, but I fear some of the meat has been a long time in the smoke.

    The Queen: No matter. Waste not, want not. Bring on the feast!

    Puckmosis: (Bea, did you make sure of the koffee?)

    Beatrixia: (Yes, Lupinium has his decatf).

    The Queen: The meat is delicious. What do you call it, Royal Chef?

    Thommios: Oh, uh, hmm….

    The Queen: So be it. We will call this delectable dish….HAM!

    Stay tuned for further adventures of our cats’ ancestors. See ya real soon.

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    KL  over 4 years ago

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA! The woman is trapped in some sort of banana. LOVE IT!

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    marilynnbyerly  over 4 years ago

    Let me get this straight. She got rid of the CATS’ couch for a purple banana? Worst human ever!

    I recommend a Pawley’s Island hammock which has wood bars on each end so you don’t end up in a cocoon. My brother could share his with his golden retriever. Plus, you can get a freestanding frame so you don’t need trees or walls to attach it.

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    Cassia  over 4 years ago

    Sophia, Tommy Bee, oh she wanna hold thee

    In a purple ’nana, come on pretty mow-mows

    Comfy, relaxy, tho’ the hammock’s a little wiggly, she won’t shake ya

    Off the front hallway, there’s a place like Kokomo

    It’s where she wants to go to get away from it all

    Cat bodies in her hands, swayin’ together cuz life can be grand

    She’ll be falling asleep to the rhythm of a steel drum band

    Just like in Kokomo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP07Oyr7enQ

    Kokomo – The Beach Boys

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    Sue Ellen  over 4 years ago

    What’s next? One of those basket chairs that hangs from the ceiling?

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    mistercatworks  over 4 years ago

    Cat-sized hammocks are apparently very comfortable (for cats). Lacking that specialty item, my cats use “director’s chairs” with the arms folded down.

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    Georgia Dunn creator over 4 years ago

    I shared this story and some photos on my Twitter in February, and thought I would talk about the hammock today here too. In real life, Sophie was declawed by her original owners before she came to live with Tommy and his Woman. It has given her a lot of difficulties and pains, including little bone spurs (ouch!) and she would express this pain in the early days by peeing on soft furniture.

    (Possibly expressing pain, marking territory out of fear from pain—while the reason can’t be fully known, this problem develops sometimes with cats who have been declawed. Tommy’s Woman works in rescue and had seen this happen with other declawed cats. She was prepared when she adopted her that Sophie might understandably struggle with this painful condition.)

    When this began happening, Tommy’s Woman put her giant purple couch into storage—and replaced it with a GORGEOUS wall to wall purple hammock. Here are some photos of the Boy swinging the Girl in it during a visit to Tommy and Sophie’s this summer.

    I have laid in this hammock, it is like swinging on a dream.

    She keeps it by a set of windows to lay and rest and watch a local groundhog she’s grown fond of go about his daily business in her and the neighbor’s yard. (He has not been seen yet this year! Please join us in our hopes that he will return!)

    And so, while I have often drawn a Big Purple Couch for Tommy’s home in the comic, in real life Tommy’s Woman has this gorgeous, incredibly cool hammock set up, and she lays in it with soft pillows and big fuzzy blankets.

    Sophie is lucky to have a person who understands cats the way Tommy’s Woman does, who would happily toss the couch for a hammock.

    Every cat should be so lucky, but especially cats who have had something painful happen to them. Poor Sophie had a few things occur in her life that made her road a little harder and rockier than other cats.

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    Eric S   over 4 years ago

    Are we expecting kiddo number three?

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    Mx Crazy Cat Person  over 4 years ago

    I have really enjoyed the draw along and the "practice"streams that Georgia has been doing. Here is a link to the instagram post where some of the draw along participants have shared their work and it is so good.https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IxOq5pbmY/

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    Mad Carew  over 4 years ago

    I love the toddler’s attempt to get the woman’s attention.

    and the paint job he’s applied to his sister.

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    Taracinablue  over 4 years ago

    Lol, Tommy’s eyes and floofed tail. Don’t remember if we’ve ever seen him floofy before =P

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    lisav1124  over 4 years ago

    Georgia’s fur kids are just like human kids trying to get her attention while she’s on the phone. I think all parents have gone through this.

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    XboxKing  over 4 years ago

    “WHOA, BANANA! EASY, BANANA!”

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    Fennec! at the Disco  8 months ago

    Maybe the Woman should pay attention to why the Boy, with paint brush in hand, is calling for her? Hint: check his little sister’s face in the penultimate panel. (He’s so proud of his artwork!)

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