Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 19, 2023

All hail!

Also, kind of glad the heir to the throne isn’t the kit trying to grab fire.

She does have a regal air (sp?) to her. I also see the way she is similar to Bea. Baba will protect her from the lawn potatoes.

Very glad to see that raccoon royalty is a matriarchy.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggghhhhh.

[Pauses to draw breath.]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggghhhhh again.

[Recovers breath again. Marches sternly to blackboard, raps on it hard with pointer.]

Second conditional form!

“If the moles CAME for any of them, it would most likely be this one.”

No “would” in the “if” clause!

[Muttering] Don’t they teach anything in schools these days? It isn’t difficult.

If those are her grandkits, how can Princess Mag be the sole heir? What are the rules of succession for raccoons?

I love the way Princess Magazine looks at her paws in panel 3 as Queen Mag says “The future of the raccoons rests in her tiny paws.”

Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war!

Or maybe release 1 hungry Owl.

Or enlist the help of a local clowder of fuzzy chainsaws (a.k.a., feral cats).

When the hay field next door was cut in the fall, my fuzzy chainsaws and the old “retired” Feral Tom Cat (who always scoffed at my feeble attempts to TNR) would disappear from the barn, engage the thundering herds of fleeing mice and chipmunks, and return to the barn the next day looking like they were the film extras playing Colonel Kurtz’s men from the movie Apocalypse Now.

And I would also find a mouse offering by my front door — not sure if it was a snack for me or rent for another year of room and board in the barn.

Even though they had canned food for breakfast & dinner (and unlimited kibble (which the trash pandas and possums would help themselves too), my girls loved “Fast Food” (mice, chipmunks, moles/voles, and an occasional stupid bird). They had plenty of energy to “Sport Hunt” every morning, evening, and night.

So she’s the pull out supplement?

Right shoulder. “Yeah, I’m real precious. Riding in a soup cat like an idiot.”

Left Shoulder. “I’M precious, gran’ma!!?”

So classy

Is her dress made from magazine pages?

So the question is……which magazine?? Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Rolling Stone, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest, Tiger Beat??

And she looks at her cute lil’ hands….CUTE METER ALERT! THE SQEEES WILL START RAINING DOWN! GET TO YOUR SHELTER!!

Here in the UK, there was a girls’ comic called Princess Comic. It was a little before my time. It later merged with a comic called Tina and became Princess Tina.

Has Mag even noticed that she’s lost one of her kit epaulets?

Princess Magazine looks a bit confused by it all.

Baba has a very important task.

Does anyone else take “issue” with that name? :D

Makes you wonder how Queen Magnet got her name….anyone recall a backstory about how King Old Boot named her?

Royal succession, kingdoms in peril, court intrigue. To really appreciate Shakespeare, you need to read it in the original Racoon.

This is the best written and best drawn strip on Go Comics. Please stop over analyzing. My own opinions of course.

New character! Old Mag looks so affectionate in the final panel. The moles do not strike me as particularly knowledgeable about raccoon royal houses, but I suppose it is always necessary to protect the heir.

Old Mag’s name is Magnet, so I guess the name is not carried on fully. There could be worse choices than Magazine!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Nile Harbor

Iggy: Thanks for taking me out on your fishing run, guys.

Fresh Water Cat: It’s our pleasure. Can always use an extra pair of paws when we’re fishing.

Salt Water Cat: And I think we’re going to have some good luck on this run.

Iggy: Do you feel lucky, guys? Do ya?

Small Voice: I know I do.

Fresh: Tash! How did you sneak aboard?

Tash: I’ll never tell!

Salty: Do you see the school over there?

Iggy: Not Diem Carp!

Salty: No, but something just as nice. Perfect perch!

Fresh: Looks like Sue Chef is gonna prepare a feast tonight.

Salty: Too bad we can’t get some to Floof and Thomios at the culinary school.

Tash: That shouldn’t be any problem.

Ah yes Princess Magazine. A little known fact about Princess Magazine, she is the founder and original editor of Better Mole and Gardens. In this months issue there are wonderful articles such as:

12 recipes for the tastiest mole ever.

Mole skin lamp shade ideas.

How to get mole blood out of the carpet.

Love her dress of magazine pages. The raccoons can be so odd.

I like Magazine. I think she will want to stay with Old Mags instead of staying with Baba Mouse.

Some of you that get out more often may know this: Is this story arc following another pop-culture event, like Star Wars?

My question about Princess Magazine is: Is she fully loaded?

The second panel slayed me! :) (The moles come for us all eventually, Grandma!)

Magazine certainly has the potential to be a great queen.

I’m sensing a Ninja reference here, appropriate since the raccoons are masked masters of stealth and subterfuge.Like the ninja of Edo Japan, the leader of the clan would be the most capable that the clan follows by mutual acclamation. In this regard Mags would be similar to the military leader,perhaps with the respect of the Shogun. Look at how the raccoons are attired with tools/weapons on their backsand the respect shown to Mags by the other animals. Meritocracy rather than primogeniture however the pool of candidates comes from a bloodline.

She looks like she understands her responsibilities.

Learn to Speak Cat also has a mole theme today.

https://www.gocomics.com/learn-to-speak-cat/2023/07/19?ct=v&cti=2205726

I love the 50-comment thread about raccoon lines of succession.

BCN now has a fandom in the fullest sense of the word.

And, if Princess Magazine is fully loaded, what caliber is she?