Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 19, 2023

Change of plans…..!

The truth has been revealed!

The enemy is known!

The correct battle lines have been drawn!

Is this the last turn of the story? I surely hope not, this is fun.

Sunday Funday (Saturday Edition)

I think Wicket didn’t realized that he dug his own grave. It’s one thing to anger Baba, but it’s another thing to anger Mags, especially when he put her grandkids in danger.

I’m betting Girl Power will take down Wicket and his lawn potato followers. There has to be a BIG turn yet to come.

I feel like we’ve crossed over into an entirely different strip that GoComics doesn’t otherwise carry….

The look on Baba’s face in panel 2! Hahahahaha!

The enemy is identified and must be destroyed!

OT: Yogi Bear

From Mona’s expressions when she speaks of Monty, I think he had been much loved and respected. Such sorrow.

Wicket is supposed to be an owl, but I think he’s really a loon …

Well owl be darned. He a bad owl’d wicked Wicket ain’t he.

But fiendish mastermind Ernst Stavro Wicket is safely esconsced in the Quinn Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. They will need to find someone who can infiltrate the centre in order to thwart his dastardly schemes. I can only think of four people who could do that.

“You realize of course, this means war!” B. Bunny

This is getting good. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

Mags tells Gutter that “We’re fighting Wicket” without further explanation. This implies that the raccoons already know who Wicket is. Has the Queen told them of her previous experiences, or have the [collective] had direct exposure?

As usual, I’m slightly confused. Wicket healed enough to run away with Baba and then abscond for 25 years. How and why is he living at the Quinn Refuge again?

The staff person caught him in a net during the Golden Mouse story arc just a few years ago, see…

Ooooooo! I can almost feel the heat of anger, coming from, Old Mags! Sound the trumpets! We are off to WAR!!

I have been wondering how Wicket communicates with Montague. Did Wicket just set things up and let Montague go off to do his worst? Or is he still somehow “pulling the strings” from a cage at the Rehab Center? Well I guess we wait and see.

Zedd, featuring Foxes (Louisa Rose Allen): Clarity

High dive in a field of moles where the tunnels make us fall

No fear when we go to fight, we’re together one and all!

Raccoons, Opossums, and cats will no longer flee in fear!

There will be no turning back now our enemy is clear!

…….

‘Cause you are the enemy; and I’ll gather all my friends!

Fighting relentlessly, there’s no way that we won’t win!

…….

If Montague is acting insanely, now we know the remedy

If Wicket is behind all this we can plan with clarity!

…….

Fight on as we make new friends with a common enemy!

Maybe all the moles will realize what they now refuse to see!

One owl is behind it all, Wicket’s who we must defeat!

All for one, and one for all we will gain the victory!

…….

‘Cause you are the enemy; and I’ll gather all my friends!

Fighting relentlessly, there’s no way that we won’t win!

…….

If Montague is acting insanely, now we know the remedy

If Wicket is behind all this we can plan with clarity!

I think it’s gonna be sad

I think it’s today, yeah

Montague is acting quite mad

He’s ranting away

He’s got a Wicket to guide

And Baba is fit to be tied

But Mona is there on their side

The chickens don’t care

- Paul McCartney / John Lennon – Ticket to Ride

Thanks again to christineracine77 for her great misheard lyrics inspiration!

I am thoroughly enjoying this story. Would it not be wonderful if a Producer were to see this storyline and want to make it into a movie?

The dual expressions of distaste say it all. That crafty owl is an entirely different enemy from a mad mole king.

Just struck me, Wicket-Wicked! Wonder if that is a valid connection.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: This has been a most enjoyable luncheon, Wicket. My compliments to chef Packer.

Wicket: Thank you, Your Majesty. And please accept these delicacies on to enjoy on your trip to Afar. Give my best to Queen Mags.

Queen Goldie: Thank you, Wicket. Now we will take our leave of you.

On the oPun Road

Puckmosis: We’re coming up on the Midnight Oasis. Kara and Vann, do you want to bed down here for the night?

Kara: Yep. It has been a long day.

Thomios: And I think I see our friends the Spice Merchants.

Azibo: Greetings and salutations, friends! Do I have the privilege of addressing Queen Catshepsut and her royal entourage.

The Queen: Yes, friends Azibo and Amen-Thief.

Amen-Thief: Once I was known by that name. Now that I have changed professions I am called Amen-Merchant.

The Queen: Very well. I greet Azibo and Amen-Merchant.

Floofnet: And I hope you have many new spi…uh herbs and flavorings, that sort of thing.

Amen-Merchant: That is so. And I see you have two of the best bargainers in all the land.

Thomios: We are going to the Ceiling Can Be a Floor Culinary School in the morning. Why not join us?

Azibo: We would be honored.

Found it! A Brief History of Mouse and Wicket June 27, 2016"

I hope we get to hear the backstory of Mag and Wicket.

Such a brilliant twist. It also explains how someone so goofy planned all this.. he didn’t: Wicket simply gave him the ideas and created his own proxy king. The question now is HOW do they stop Wicket when he’s safe in the rehab center without injuring themselves?

“By the pricking of my thumbs . . .something “Wicket” this way comes . . ."

Why is Wicket after them?

BoMH and BoRH in 1 strip! I am fascinated by Gutter’s Back of Raccoon Head. Clearly he is standing guard, possibly armed, and now I know how he keeps that magnifying glass on his eye.

Call me when it gets back to BCN.

That owl is going to get plucked.

This story line reminds me of Swan Eaters. Hard to follow and neveer quite made sense to me.

Cue that stereotypical soap opera organ!

Whatever happened to the REAL Breaking Cat News???

I think Wicket is due for a dressing-down.

Montague may have suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of the lawnmower incident.

The war is on back on.

The owl ventured out from his shelter perch

to search the forest floor.

To get some fresh air and exercise

and some fresh food for to score.

When all at once he saw a raccoon

who looked just like the winner.

Thinking if he acted swiftly enough.

He would have his dinner.

The raccoon was foraging near his home

amongst the trash and clutter.

But then he saw the shadow appear

and heard the feathers flutter.

He knew right then to make his escape,

that he must keep his cool.

And foil the owls stealthy attack

and make him look the fool.

The owl came in fast and low.

His tallons as sharp as steel.

The raccoon he feigned a sharp right turn,

then pulled a fast left wheel.

The owl flew past just a glance away

disgust upon its face’

The raccoon ran home into its burrow,

relieved to win this race.

And so it goes, the quest goes on.

Today the raccoon is the winner.

The owl went back to its perch

with the mole he caught for dinner.

It’s Wicket which is the enemy?

Dramatic Cliffhanger Music!

Wicked Wicket is in deep kimchi. The ladies are on the warpath. The worst thing you can do to a male is give him over to vengeful females.

Judging by his name, Wicket must be pretty nefarious.

GASP!

This is better than My Nine Lives!

Question: Is Wicket sticky, and is there a cricket bowler available?

Perhaps you can take this conversation to another site. I hope you get well soon and wish you success. A lot of people here don’t know your story and this is a lot of comments under a comic that is totally unrelated.

I wonder if there will be help from those on the Other Side. Maybe a golden mouse will step in.

So that’s the sticky Wicket, eh?

This is worse than I feared.

Just what type of owl is Wicket? – I’m just wondering. … :)

You know, if you reverse one teeny tiny bit of the Great Consonant Migration, the T to D in this case, Wicket really does have a perfect name.

Talking of Queen Mag and the raccoon kits— besides Gutter and Junk, are there any other male raccoons in Mag’s colony? Is the kits’ dad— the mate of Mag’s daughter, that is— in evidence?

I’ll have to go back to the beginning of Goldie’s arc to see more of the raccoon pack, but do we have any indication of how big the colony is? How many ‘subjects’ does Queen Mag, and Great Boot before her, actually have? Thanks!

Strange – my reading of “Duncton Wood” portrayed owls as a mole’s worst enemy. Montague must have really had his wits addled by his lawnmower accident!