Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 25, 2020

I love this one! I’m printing it out and putting it on the fridge along with my leaves and pumpkins! Is that the robber mice wrapped in TP in panel 5? Where’s Tillie?

For some reason, my brain is having Elvis doing a voice impression of Alfred Hitchcock.

This is so adorable! Makes me think of the one with Pucky embarrassed to be awarded a sticker for going potty. I love when the children and the cats are in cahoots!

SUNDAY FUNDAY

All we need now is Alfred Hitch-cat.

I would love a kitty haunty-house!♥

Just want to send out hugs to all, and an extra hug to muffi, Kitty Katz and piwismom. (BTW, sending super strong good vibes to you piwismom, for your Monday appointment).

Good EVENING.

“Ah, ze Children of the night! Such noises zey make. Especially Lupin. Seriously, dude, qviet down!”

Elvis did not feel heard the first time around.

“The kitties of the night. What music they make! WROOOOORW!”

Meanwhile, back on the Nile’s toilet… (Sorry, Kitty Katz!)

There’s a certain cosmic symmetry in a cat mummy costume made of TP – what else are you going to do with it after the cat’s unrolled it all onto the floor?

HAIL yes, Pucky!

On the contrary, Woman, evidence suggests he can. You just don’t want him to. That’s different.

The cats and boy are having a great time in their haunted house. Goldie is in her element as the kitchen witch, and Puck is killer as the mummy! Elvis is sort of a cross between Dracula and Alfred Hitchcock, and Lupin….makes a great brave but misunderstood Creature!

Somehow, I hear Goldie’s “Hearty Cackle” in a cheerful tone!

Also, is that a salt lamp there next to her?

Elvis the prince? But Elvis is King!

I live the salt lamp in Goldie’s witchy kitchen! And the amythest crystal!

But Mommy. Puck’s a Mummy!

Elvis sitting on a bag of potato chips?? Potato crumbs.

The cape and ruff really suit Elvis. And he wears them with such dignity!

And here, I, still dressed in a little brief celebrity, offer the final part of what some may want to read about.

Looks like another TP shortage in the offing.

looks like the bcn crew are preparing for flying puck day. ( ps. the creature of the laundry lagoon is my favourite :) )

Aha, I spy the infamous orange Tupperware canister in the pantry.We just took all our old TW out of the cabinets last weekend and I’m getting ready to donate or sell it. My old arthritic hands have a tough time opening/closing them now. :-(

I wonder if the Egyptian symbols spell out an actual message.

I want to get in the Halloween mood but the weather here in my part of Florida has reverted to the hot humid summer pattern after a nice cool down almost a month back, the fronts that do make it to Central Florida dry the air out a bit but do not cool us off too much and it gets humid soon after.

Such is life in the sub tropics and don’t look now but another storm is forming south of Cuba and looks like its gonna make it into the Gulf, looks like it will stay west of Florida and the weather gurus have this one headed for the Northern Gulf as they have had forecast so many times already in 2020. As bad as it has been for many of us, it has been particularly bad for people over in Louisiana east to the Pensacola/Destin area :(

Awwww…real life Elvis needed some a hug. My heart is melting!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGtGSf6J3Rn/

I left my proper job and told my colleagues I was going to be a professional comedian. They all laughed at me. Well they’re not laughing now!

Two panels of Pucky Mummy Toe Beans!

Does anyone recognize the spices that Kitten Witch Kitty Goldie has hanging from the ceiling?

Alright… show of paws… how many of you instinctively read Elvis’ last line with a Transylvanian accent?

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: In celebration of the Day of Spooky Things, we will have a haunty house at the Great Pyramid.

Beatrixia: Ooh, can we decorate the place like it says in the ancient scrolls?

The Queen: Yes, and you can also dress up any way you want to.

Lupinium: I want to be a creature from the Nile, like the dreaded crocogator!

Elvis-Anum: I’ll be the mythological Papyrus Cat!

Puckmosis: The Papyrus Cat is not a myth!

Sophititi: I will create a tapestry of the legendary wolf fashions.

Tabith-Isis: You mean the line of Wolf Wear?

Thomios: We also need food for the Feast of the Campfire!

Arachna: I’ll make my famous apple spider. And we need some more of everything.

The Queen: Excellent! Let us see it Dunn!

OT. Yen

Why can’t the Boy wrap Pucky up in toilet paper? We get to see Pucky Chest Patch! :D

Does the woman really have flying pucks inside the pantry, or is that part of Elvis’s tableaux?

“Kitchen Witch” is what Dwight’s aunt called Angela when she went to give her a bath

aw heakyah

Okay, I read Georgia’s wonderful strip and enjoyed it very much. Jumping ahead just a bit, I was in the water-closet doing my business when Belle came strolling in. By the way, as a side note she is our overnight bathroom decorator. She proceeds to give me ankle reinforcement and I suddenly had an idea, why not wrap Belle up in a little TP, just like Pucky and show Marie? She would get the BCN reference immediately.

Two more observations to relate.

Cats, or at least Belle, do not wish to be mummies. And, Bactine Antiseptic still stings when applied to scratches, just like when we were young.

OT: anyone else get notifications from 4 months ago? LOL I love re-reading my birthday wishes all over again from June, but why would gocomics notify me of them now?

The People paid premium prices for that TP, child. It is not for wrapping kitties!

Pucky toe beans twice and floof! Also is one of the Robber Mice dressed up as a cat mummy??

The Pucky as a mummy panel is so wonderful! I love the canopic jars and the hieroglyphics on the toilet. (Did you know I studied to be an archaeologist?) And yes, Puck, you were killing it!

I love how good natured Puck is about being wrapped up like a mummy!!!

Slow down, and see our cast

It’s Pucky-ween time at long last

Just kickin’ it in our scary duds

Having some fun and feeling spooky

Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling spooky

Good evening peeps, what’cha knowing

Come and watch our cat eyes a-glowin’

Ain’t you got no time for us?

Doo-ait-n-doo-doo, feeling spooky

Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling spooky

We got no leads to check, no thoughts too deep

We’re horrifically haunty to ruin your sleep

Let the nighttime drop all its darkness on us

Boo! we love you, all is spooky

(Paul Simon – Feelin’ Groovy)

Isn’t a kitchen witch supposed to keep pots from boiling over? Doesn’t seem to be working for Goldie.

No “I’m a boy!” this year? Oris that yet to come?

Is Elvis wearing a puffy shirt?

I would totally go to a “kitty haunty house”.

I want to give a shout out to my wife Marie. As some of you know, our son Macgregor has been attending a Ballet Conservatory for the last 3 years. We basically kiss him goodbye in August and don’t see him until 2 weeks in December. Even this year, he is in a bubble at his school, and fingers crossed, all are safe.

Since Mac has been going away, Marie has sent him a fall and winter Box Of Awesomeness! She came up with this idea when Mac first left for training. She includes simple toys he use to enjoy, Knick/Knacks, pictures…just whimsical stuff. In the one going out this week, he has a coloring book and crayons, cassette tapes (Mac is very 1980’s retro) and even a tin of Bob Ross Happy Little Tree mints (Altoids shaped like trees). In addition to decorations for his room for Halloween, Thanksgiving and a little of Christmas for December. Basically, you never know what you will find in one of Marie’s Box Of Awesomeness.

I would have never thought of this, and Mac looks forward to them each year. Alexandria is going away to college next year and can’t wait to receive her own Box. It is a testament to the kind of mother She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed is, and that is why I lover her very much.

For some reason reminds me of my gray-and-white cat who was six months older than the tabby. Any time I left the house, I would tell him, “You’re in charge.” (He was a very responsible cat.) I especially remember one day when he was sitting on the front porch when I told him “You’re in charge.” I could see him smiling to himself in the sun “I’m in charge.”

There’s a recent ad for some dog treat that shows how to turn your dog into a mummy for Halloween. Cut up an old sheet in short strips, soak them in tea to make them look old, then tape them onto the dog’s rain coat. I seriously doubt a cat would put up with that.

I think I like Lupin as the Creature the best. I had a ‘cast off’ model of the Creature from the Black Lagoon that my older sibs didn’t want (not cool enough?) as a kid. It didn’t seem all that scary posed in a RAWR! stance. And then when I saw the movie (sliced and diced on TV) the creature wasn’t all that scary either (the monster wasn’t hurting anyone – just being a monster). And then as an Adult when I watched the movie on DVD (along with lots of other horror movies) it’s the Creature I still like the best (The Creature was just misunderstood! I was on his side!). and thank you Del Toro for the Shape of Water…. loved it!!!

I really like this one.

would the creature of the laundry lagoon also be a bit of a chaotic netural?

What’s the significance of the symbols on the pot?

Puck went along with it.

Today is:

Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. Day: In honor of the first African-American general in the US Military. You can read about him here: https://history.army.mil/html/topics/afam/davis.html. His son Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. had an even more distinguished career in the US Army Air Force (he commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen) and USAF. By all that was ever holy, I’m proud of these Americans.

Punk for a Day Day: If you must. I’ll pass. “Punk” used to be a serious slur in my parent’s generation. So I think instead, I’ll celebrate Puck for a Day Day! He’s a good example to all of us.

International Artist Day: GEORGIA, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Okay, now that’s done, it’s also a good day to celebrate your other favorite artists.

National Greasy Foods Day: I’m reminded of the line from “Bedknobs and Broomsticks”—"No fried foods? ‘Ow do you keep your ’ealth?" I’m celebrating with bacon and bacon-fried eggs (every Sunday).

World Pizza Makers Day: It is an art form. Some take the artistry to the point of what I consider silly foofaraw: kale and arugula? What’s next, Brussels sprouts? I know of at least one place that has lutefisk pizza on the menu … I’ll stick with the more traditional ingredients, thank you. Even though we don’t have a proper pizza oven, my wife makes a fantastic “garbage can pizza” (lots of different ingredients. The crust is an engineering marvel to support them all.) Unfortunately, we finished the last of it on Friday. Sigh.

This seriously needs to be a print, and I agree with Puck here. Not just Puck is killing it, but they all are. I hear Elvis as Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee.

Of corpse you are, Puck.

Listen to them. Children of the Big Pink House. What purrs they make.

Pucky just loves dressing up! I do love how the boy helps him out!

OT: Birthday boodle…

Is anyone else having trouble getting the days comics? No matter what time I read them I get yesterday’s strips and have to move ahead for todays.

Elvis’s Count Dracula costume is aDORBaBLe

New Instagram from Georgia

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGyTrEEpJXo/?igshid=ansi3kf2uno1

All four cats, squeeeeeeeeee!

Well … Mummies do kill, so Puck makes a point!! :)

CUT!!! That’s a wrap…

oh my cats, i LOVE it!

kitty haunty house is the best!

Aww Love this so many fun costumes:)

OMG – waaayyyy too cute!

Love the canopic jars in the bathroom!

so simple, yet one of, if not the best strips ive ever read in this! thanks georgia!

I would totally go to a “kitty haunty-house”.

Yes, yes, we get it Elvis, you’re Count Dracula. :/

Heh… “Killin’ it”!