Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 18, 2023

Wicket? Something both Queen Mag and Baba have in common. But what side would he be on? Maybe someone can dig around and find out?

Hahahahaha! I was just hoping that one day Wicket would make it into the newspaper strips! There’s something about a good villain who’s just fun to boo.

According to Dr. Scuttles, whom I no longer have access to thanks to the “improvements” over at Twitter/X, said that Wicket had been talking a lot to a small mammal that had been brought in. With what has he been filling his head, and more importantly, WHY?

I hope Georgia finds a way to include a little of the backstory of Wicket and Baba for the newspaper readers.

And here he comes Wicket the Wicked. Hopefully Georgia can include the story of the Owl and the Pussycat. I’m curious to know how Old Mags knows him.

The true villain emerges from behind poor Molepolian.

Every time Wicket gets mentioned, Baba looks like she bit into a big lemon.

Aha! So, Wicket is the mastermind. The plot thickens…

So, does Wicket finally get his comeuppance?

I can’t wait until tomorrow! This is getting good!

Well owl be darned. Is that not that same owlful creature we is once knows?

Wow a mole whos a mole is part of an undergroundunderground resistance

He’s still alive? I thought that old reprobate had gone to join the choir invisible long ago. It looks as though his festering urge for revenge is driving these evil machinations.

I love Mona’s cute little nose, especially in panel 4.

By the clipping of his crown, something Wicket this way comes.

My honest reaction when Wicket: sun1-98.userapi com/c812124/u33100735/docs/fbc1e0538ed4/ (add a dot before “com”)

Piecing the past together, bit by bit. Baba be not happy…

This is now getting ugly.

Aww, Mona’s li’l red revolutionary kerchief.

Montague Mole’s insanity being the result of an accident with a lawn mower reminded me of the factors behind Hitler’s insanity. Hitler went mad just after the end of the First World War. He was recovering from temporary blindness from poison gas but went mad after hearing the news that Germany had surrendered to the Allies. He had believed that Germany could still win that terrible war. His madness would, of course, lead to an even more terrible war.

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They are many. They are Legion.

Does Queen Mag know about Baba Mouse’s past with Wicket the Owl? Well, she will soon. And it doesn’t look good for the old bird…

Aah!

Brave Mona wants a revolution

Well, you know

Montague wants to rule the world

Tries to stop mower pollution

Well, you know

We’d all like a safer world

But when he’s all about destruction

Don’t you know that Mona had her doubts

Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right?

All right

All right

We hope she’s got a real solution

Well, you know

We’d all love to hear her plan

It may involve some retribution

Well, you know

She is doing what she can

But if she wants a world with no minds that hate

All we can tell her is, it’s been one long, long wait

Don’t you know it’s gonna be all right?

All right

All right

We’d like to see land restitution

Well, you know

And health for poor Montague’s head

We hope for peaceful resolution

Well, you know

We better hope Mona’s message spreads

If Montague goes carrying pictures of Wicket owl

He ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don’t you know it’s gonna be

All right

All right

All right

- John Lennon – Revolution

Panel Five “Ah, HA!”

Where did the kits go? Baba was cuddling Spork as if she wasn’t going to give him back.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: All is ready, Your Majesty. We can start any time.

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Thank you, Puck. Elvis, I leave the running of the administration in your capable paws.

Elvis-Anum: I will not disappoint, Your Majesty.

The Queen: Lupinium, I understand you wish to come part way with us.

Lupinium: That is so, Your Majesty. I’ve been invited to the Owl Temple to participate in their one-on-one Hoops Tournament.

The Queen: I understand Wicket is still a formidable opponent.

Lupinium: Yes, Your Majesty. Although he coaches now.

The Queen: Alright, let’s go to the stables for Kara and Vann, and we’re off.

At the Owl Temple

Wicket: Welcome, Your Majesty and honored guests. Lupinium, are you ready for the Hoops Tournament?

Lupinium: Yes. I’ll give them a sound thwumping.

Wicket: Meanwhile, I would like to invite you all for a sumptuous lunch featuring food from where we know not.

The Queen: Our ladies have been busy, I see. How can we refuse?

Note: In this timeline Baba-Stet and Wicket had their Owl and Pussycat fling, but parted amicably. They remain friends.

But the important question is … does the Wicked Wicket have an heir?

Whoa! The plot, thickens! I am going to make some popcorn!

BoMH! BoMH! Back of Mole Head twice!

Wicket is the puppetmaster, pulling the strings.

THe plot thickens- way better than TV!

This is brilliant! Now we have a reason for Montague’s behavior and it ties back into the deep history of BCN. I love this comic!

The expression on Baba’s face does not bode well for either Wicket or Montague. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes when she catches up to them.

Aha! The plot wickens—I mean thickens!

Could Wicket have spread misinformation years ago, causing the old-Possim / Raccoon War?

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The Owl and the Pu$$y-cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea-green boat,

They took some honey, and plenty of money,

Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

And sang to a small guitar,

“O lovely Pu$$y! O Pu$$y, my love,

What a beautiful Pu$$y you are,You are,You are!

What a beautiful Pu$$y you are!"

II

Pu$$y said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!

How charmingly sweet you sing!

O let us be married! too long we have tarried:

But what shall we do for a ring?"

They sailed away, for a year and a day,

To the land where the Bong-Tree grows

And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood

With a ring at the end of his nose,His nose,His nose,With a ring at the end of his nose.

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“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

Your ring?" Said the Piggy, “I will.”

So they took it away, and were married next day

By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince,

Which they ate with a runcible spoon;

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

They danced by the light of the moon,The moon,The moon,

They danced by the light of the moon.

Wow. Been awhile since I last thought about THAT owl…

Next time on BCN… A Montague montage with hooters

So Mag is still sweet on Wicket?

A relevant tweet from Dr. Scuttles, back in the spring: April 27

The hour grows late. That Man has gone to bed. The ticking of the clock in the kitchen and my talons clicking on the kitchen tiles… A letter from Wicket arrived today, and I’ve just had the chance to open it up and read its (too many) pages.

That good news Wicket was annoyed about back in November is about to come to pass, and of course he is still complaining about it. That is about a page and a half of the letter; Wicket lamenting his good fortune. …Typical of him, really.

He spends all his letters complaining that the QWRC won’t let him fly as far as he’d like, keeps too close of an eye on him, and won’t let him eat what he wants to eat— But clearly, he should’ve been careful what he wished for, not that he’ll ever see it that way.

His friend has recovered to the point that they were able to leave the QWRC, which is wonderful news. Though Wicket is a bit sly about it and I don’t understand why. It seems they are they have plans to keep in contact, at least (less letters for me I hope!)

For once, he seemed to have no complaints about this. Wicket seems very excited for his friend to go out into the world and all that the future holds for them! A lot of positivity and excitement there.

…Suspicious, but ok.

So a mole who’s a mole is part of the underground Underground. Reminds me of the time I was shanghai’d in Shanghai on a junk full of junk.

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…I think that happened twice.

Interesting. Is that owl evil?

If looks could kill, Baba Mouse would be a great candidate.

Wicket is their Moriarty.

Uh-oh…

I gotta admit.. this twist FLOORED me. I did not see Wicket being involved coming AT ALL, let alone being BEHIND this, as I figure he didn’t just talk montague into some ideals.. he sent him after the big pink house and the racoons. We still have no idea what went on with him and mag, so he could want revenge for whatever happened there (which was likely his fault), and as for the big pink house that’s where he suffered his embarassing defeat and everyone present helped make sure it happened. And it also hurts baba for rejecting him since our big pink house cats are like family to her. It also makes me fear the barn is the obvious next target and was simply saved for last.

Sorry they couldn’t do more for him at Quinn.

I see on X (i.e., The Artist Formerly Known As Twitter) that BCN is a Ringo Award Nominee for Best Humor Comic. Voting “is restricted to comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally.” So that leaves me out. But the winners are scheduled to be announced September 9. Good luck, Georgia!

Montague must have been even more out of it than we thought if he hung around with Wicket. A sane mole would make sure to avoid owls, among other birds of prey, for self preservation.

It’s sort of nice to know that Montague isn’t inherently evil, that it was a bump on the head that caused his unsocial behavior, aided by some evil whispers that preyed on his infirmity.

But I guess Wicket was just born bad.

Wicket huh? Real owls are dumb as bricks. Quite possibly the least intelligent of all raptors. Biologist professor friend of mine told some of the funniest stories about just how not smart the owls she was studying were.Which is why I always get the giggles thinking of them as being the symbol for intelligence.

Now we know why the first mole attack captured the birdbath!

A-Ha!