I saw a star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went by, Too burning and too quick to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold, Good only to make wishes onAnd then forever to be gone.
-Sara Teasdale
So glad our furry friends at BCN are not like that star sliding own the sky.
I can vouch for lookouts! Every night when my raccoons head out, one stays up on the corner of the roof or in the crook of a tree as a lookout, until everyone is safely under the fence.
Love the beautiful night sky. And the moon is once again in the proper phase – waning gibbous. I am so taken by the attention to the smallest detail in every strip.
I believe I see actual constellations in that beautiful sky. I’m not good at ID-ing them, but maybe I see Orion, possibly Casseopeia’s chair…? Would like to know the one next to the moon with two large stars.
I want that last panel blown up huge and on one of my walls. It’s SO breathtaking. The shooting star is magical amid the watercolour black-blue sky. I love that Georgia painted the seas in the moon. ❤
The quiet after the battle has ended. That’s when you try to make sense of your victory and count your loses and decide if it was all worth it. I’ve been there too many times.
It all comes full circle. At the beginning, Queen Mag looked out over her kingdom as the raccoons retreated to the forest, vowing to come back. She now looks again over her kingdom, and all is right again. Her vow to return and reclaim the dumpster and fields has been fulfilled.
Serfig-Aro: Welcome, sports fans, to the Lawn Potato Championship Game between the Harsh Browns and the Mash Spuds! The officials are on the field with the team captains. The Mash Spuds have won the toss and have elected to defer. The Harsh Browns will receive. Here is the kickoff.
Queen Lisa: That was a most enjoyable ride to the stadium. Please send Avenger and Emma a bucket of the finest oats with King Monty and my compliments.
Puckmosis: With pleasure, Your Majesty. I will order a bucket of Trevor-Hotep’s Cheery Oats for each of them.
At the Half
Serfig-Aro: The score at the half of this hard-fought game: The Mash Spuds 17, the Harsh Browns 15. Now for our halftime show: Lupinium and his tumblers featuring Diana Filly!
King Monty: They are very good. Avenger and Emma must be very proud.
Queen Catshepsut: They are.
Puckmosis: Has anyone seen Elvis? He was supposed to meet with his great-grandparents, the retired ambassadors to Afar.
Queen Cat: I believe he has gone for a dignified lunch.
At the Punn State Creamery
Nana Siamese: Oh, look. They have your favorite flavor, Elvis. Super-Dee-Duper Swirl.
It is unfortunate that light pollution is limiting the number of stars you can see in the night sky. How many of you have been in enough darkness that you can see a portion of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy? I have. And it is a breathtaking sight.
I must be catching a cold . . . not sneezing, but as I got to the last panel, tears slowly emerged from my eyes. Ms. Dunn, thank you for the best story ever!!
Passed out raccoon in the first panel is hilarious, while the last panel is both beautiful and poignant. Wonder what the shooting star represents in this story arc?
<== the reward of patience is patience – St. Augustine (I think it was Robin who introduced me to this quote … if not this one, it was another, similarly-themed St. Augustine quote)
Details: what other cartoonist would bother to create patterns on fabrics, two different ones at that, for couch and mattress?; Gutter’s “thumb” pointing back to “all around”; @thelsrc pointed out the accuracy of the depiction of the moon; in the last panel, the peace is so pervasive even Gutter appears to be sleeping, save in the knowledge of Queen Mag’s oversight. [Sigh of content.]
Meanwhile, Puck is preparing to save the world from falling leaves, Elvis is happy his family is safe, and Lupin is planning his annual assault on the Thanksgiving turkey and the space goo.
It took me 3 reads to see the raccoon in the bottom right corner in the first panel. So only Princess Mad Mag. is missing. Presumably with Bea doing “barn stuff”.
Thank you so much to everyone for your kind comments and your excitement and reactions throughout this longer tale! It will likely be the longest single story BCN arc we’ll see in newspapers. I wanted a war correspondence story and I wanted it to be a significant historical event for all of the characters. So that we would all experience a bit of BCN history in our crew’s generation together! My hope is that it will be a standalone book one day. It was a huge undertaking to weave in so many characters and different elements, but I’m really proud of how it turned out. I hope you have enjoyed it! For folks who missed the regular broadcasts, thank you for hanging in there for all of us who enjoyed this one. Slightest spoiler, after two more strips next week, BCN will return to its regularly scheduled broadcasts on Wednesday!
Thank you so much for reading and enjoying my stories. You all make storytelling an absolute delight, I can’t believe how lucky I am to have folks who relate to these stories, and I needed this story this summer!
Of all the characters I could have spent this season of life with, I’m grateful it was Old Mag and Baba Mouse. Our girls.
Georgia, this was a very fun story arc! I loved the longer story as much as I love the dailies. Very timely too. If only the world could find peace as your characters have here. Thank you for your humor, your perspective, and your art. All so wonderful!
Georgia I love all of your comics and look forward for them every day and I’m 77 years old! My wife and myself had six strays and one bought cat at one time. Loved and miss each and every one.
I love everything you draw, Georgia, but I will be very happy to return to “our regularly scheduled broadcasts.” Glad you took the opportunity to explore new ideas that will certainly make a great graphic novel or even a spin off strip – and that it helped you get through a difficult time. ❤️
When it comes out as a book, I’ll buy it. I have all your so-far books, and I’ve given the latest one to my oldest daughter, another crazy cat lady, because I thought the humor was good even if you don’t know the characters!
I loved this arc! It had so many of the special ingredients I love about BCN: clever and sometimes surprising new characters, known characters with deep backstories and lore, little hints and “Easter eggs” along the way, story theme about things that are both simple and deeply meaningful, and of course Georgia’s gorgeous art. It would make a wonderful stand alone book, but I also loved watching it play out here. I stayed up way too late on several occasions just to get the next installment!
McColl34 Premium Member 11 months ago
What a view! Well worth a short walk!
Ricky Bennett 11 months ago
Last time I took charge, I got zapped by a battery…
uncle snipe 11 months ago
I saw a star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went by, Too burning and too quick to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold, Good only to make wishes onAnd then forever to be gone.
-Sara Teasdale
So glad our furry friends at BCN are not like that star sliding own the sky.
TampaFanatic1 11 months ago
Awesome view. What a way to wind down the arc!
rheddmobile 11 months ago
I can vouch for lookouts! Every night when my raccoons head out, one stays up on the corner of the roof or in the crook of a tree as a lookout, until everyone is safely under the fence.
JLChi 11 months ago
Another beautiful view of a night sky.
And the Queen surveying her domain, all safe and sound.
thelsrc 11 months ago
Love the beautiful night sky. And the moon is once again in the proper phase – waning gibbous. I am so taken by the attention to the smallest detail in every strip.
Sue Ellen 11 months ago
“Silent night…All is calm; all is bright.”
Lily.spokescat 11 months ago
I believe I see actual constellations in that beautiful sky. I’m not good at ID-ing them, but maybe I see Orion, possibly Casseopeia’s chair…? Would like to know the one next to the moon with two large stars.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 11 months ago
…and peace descends upon the land.
cb8ty 11 months ago
The last panel is reminiscent of the night Mag stood overlooking the destruction of her domain. She said she’d get it all back.
WelshRat Premium Member 11 months ago
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. As Mag told Gutter before telling him he was never sleeping again…
ikini Premium Member 11 months ago
I think in panel one Queen Mag is taking off her chickadee shoulder harness. And little Spork is flat-out dead to the world.
ikini Premium Member 11 months ago
Is the raven’s lookout made from a plumber’s helper?
Lady Bri 11 months ago
I want that last panel blown up huge and on one of my walls. It’s SO breathtaking. The shooting star is magical amid the watercolour black-blue sky. I love that Georgia painted the seas in the moon. ❤
FreyjaRN Premium Member 11 months ago
Peace is settling in comfortably.
That last is one resplendent view.
Sue Ellen 11 months ago
BRAVO Ms. Dunn! You have created a beautiful ending to an epic tale. You’ve also caused computer screens across the planet to go blurry!
STANDING OVATION!
AmazingMrWonderful 11 months ago
The quiet after the battle has ended. That’s when you try to make sense of your victory and count your loses and decide if it was all worth it. I’ve been there too many times.
cat19632001 11 months ago
Back of regal raccoon head.
cat19632001 11 months ago
Looks like the boys survived playing in the thresher.
Kitty Katz 11 months ago
John Lodge, The Moody Blues:Eyes of a Child
Listen, hear the sounds
The world awaits
Wonder all around
The world awaits.
…….
Fighting through war and conflict
Still hope prevails
We meet our new friends
And know we’ll never fail!
…….
Looking out on the wild we must know how to see
There is love all around and you know you will be
A small part of the hope
Of a love that exists
Looking out on the wild we will see!
…….
Looking near and far, new times await
With a shooting star, new times await
Here is the new world, and now how does it feel?
Your dreams will go with you
We’ll all help make them real!
…….
Looking out on the wild we must know how to see
There is love all around and you know you will be
A small part of the hope
Of a love that exists
Looking out on the wild we will see!
Tigrisan Premium Member 11 months ago
thank you, georgia
tatempleman 11 months ago
It all comes full circle. At the beginning, Queen Mag looked out over her kingdom as the raccoons retreated to the forest, vowing to come back. She now looks again over her kingdom, and all is right again. Her vow to return and reclaim the dumpster and fields has been fulfilled.
cat19632001 11 months ago
Li’l Spork feetsies and tail!
Kitty Katz 11 months ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
At the Punn State Woodchuck Stadium
Serfig-Aro: Welcome, sports fans, to the Lawn Potato Championship Game between the Harsh Browns and the Mash Spuds! The officials are on the field with the team captains. The Mash Spuds have won the toss and have elected to defer. The Harsh Browns will receive. Here is the kickoff.
Queen Lisa: That was a most enjoyable ride to the stadium. Please send Avenger and Emma a bucket of the finest oats with King Monty and my compliments.
Puckmosis: With pleasure, Your Majesty. I will order a bucket of Trevor-Hotep’s Cheery Oats for each of them.
At the Half
Serfig-Aro: The score at the half of this hard-fought game: The Mash Spuds 17, the Harsh Browns 15. Now for our halftime show: Lupinium and his tumblers featuring Diana Filly!
King Monty: They are very good. Avenger and Emma must be very proud.
Queen Catshepsut: They are.
Puckmosis: Has anyone seen Elvis? He was supposed to meet with his great-grandparents, the retired ambassadors to Afar.
Queen Cat: I believe he has gone for a dignified lunch.
At the Punn State Creamery
Nana Siamese: Oh, look. They have your favorite flavor, Elvis. Super-Dee-Duper Swirl.
Elvis: I’ll have a double scoop!
misty 11 months ago
War end is heaven sent
Fields to roam, peace event
No owl, no mole, no threats
Thimble played thumb castanets
Ah, but, friends couldn’t have helped too soon
Mag gives thanks under stunning stars and moon
She knows just what her raccoons need
Bling and abode
- Roger Miller – King Of The Road
rs0204 Premium Member 11 months ago
It is unfortunate that light pollution is limiting the number of stars you can see in the night sky. How many of you have been in enough darkness that you can see a portion of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy? I have. And it is a breathtaking sight.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 11 months ago
I like the lookout’s kaleidoscope viewer. It is small details like that which makes this strip so good!!
wuhts 11 months ago
I must be catching a cold . . . not sneezing, but as I got to the last panel, tears slowly emerged from my eyes. Ms. Dunn, thank you for the best story ever!!
bonita.eley 11 months ago
What a lovely night for a walk!
misty 11 months ago
When you see a shooting star
Blazing by and traveled far
All good things that have transpired
Recalled by you
And you know it is no dream
Peace and love still reign supreme
When you gaze upon the stars
And valley too
Like a bolt out of the blue
Streaking by and out of view
A shooting star is what we are
As time flies, too
- Leigh Harline / Fred Douglas Jr. WashingtonWhen You Wish Upon a Star
gregcomn 11 months ago
Passed out raccoon in the first panel is hilarious, while the last panel is both beautiful and poignant. Wonder what the shooting star represents in this story arc?
DorseyBelle 11 months ago
Baby raccoon feet in the air and Back Of Raccoon Head!
cat19632001 11 months ago
Meanwhile Magazine and Beatrix are staying up late, painting their nails, fixing their fur, and having fun.
GSD Mom Premium Member 11 months ago
Off-Topic Post – Baby R update.
skipper1992 11 months ago
<== the reward of patience is patience – St. Augustine (I think it was Robin who introduced me to this quote … if not this one, it was another, similarly-themed St. Augustine quote)
Rewards to be granted in full on Friday.
diskus Premium Member 11 months ago
Is this the longest arc ever?
AgEnT sEaGuL 11 months ago
Wow just got caught up a LOT of stuff happened
ladykat 11 months ago
Georgia, thank you so much for this wonderful story arc. I really enjoyed it.
lsnielson 11 months ago
And they all lived peaceably ever after.
metagalaxy1970 11 months ago
Everybody’s tuckered out.
ikini Premium Member 11 months ago
Details: what other cartoonist would bother to create patterns on fabrics, two different ones at that, for couch and mattress?; Gutter’s “thumb” pointing back to “all around”; @thelsrc pointed out the accuracy of the depiction of the moon; in the last panel, the peace is so pervasive even Gutter appears to be sleeping, save in the knowledge of Queen Mag’s oversight. [Sigh of content.]
marilynnbyerly 11 months ago
Meanwhile, Puck is preparing to save the world from falling leaves, Elvis is happy his family is safe, and Lupin is planning his annual assault on the Thanksgiving turkey and the space goo.
willie_mctell 11 months ago
I hope it’s not a what possibly could go wrong moment.
Le'letha Premium Member 11 months ago
Beautiful! A lovely, peaceful conclusion to a wonderful and busy story arc. Looking forward to rereading it in full now!
Catmom 11 months ago
Georgia, I have loved this arc and almost hate to see it end. But I know you have many more stories to tell us and I can’t wait for the next one!
Red Bird 11 months ago
Georgia is a wiz at drawing fabulous night skies.
La Gata Loca 11 months ago
I love that she painted the dark side of the moon, too. Probably more obvious to the cats and raccoons than to us, given their night vision.
Font Lady Premium Member 11 months ago
OT:
Gloria Fleming 11 months ago
It took me 3 reads to see the raccoon in the bottom right corner in the first panel. So only Princess Mad Mag. is missing. Presumably with Bea doing “barn stuff”.
GSD Mom Premium Member 11 months ago
Time for a well-earned rest!
Thank you for this wonderful Epic Tale, Georgia – it’s been fabulous.
scaeva Premium Member 11 months ago
I think the constellation may be Taurus, with a Taurid meteor.
cb8ty 11 months ago
It looks like the moles have done a good job of fixing the fields already.
Georgia Dunn creator 11 months ago
Thank you so much to everyone for your kind comments and your excitement and reactions throughout this longer tale! It will likely be the longest single story BCN arc we’ll see in newspapers. I wanted a war correspondence story and I wanted it to be a significant historical event for all of the characters. So that we would all experience a bit of BCN history in our crew’s generation together! My hope is that it will be a standalone book one day. It was a huge undertaking to weave in so many characters and different elements, but I’m really proud of how it turned out. I hope you have enjoyed it! For folks who missed the regular broadcasts, thank you for hanging in there for all of us who enjoyed this one. Slightest spoiler, after two more strips next week, BCN will return to its regularly scheduled broadcasts on Wednesday!
Thank you so much for reading and enjoying my stories. You all make storytelling an absolute delight, I can’t believe how lucky I am to have folks who relate to these stories, and I needed this story this summer!
Of all the characters I could have spent this season of life with, I’m grateful it was Old Mag and Baba Mouse. Our girls.
sisterea 11 months ago
I must admit, I am perplexed as to where the queen is going.
Mountaingreenery 11 months ago
The moles did a good job of tidying up their mess on the battlefield.
SFShawn 11 months ago
Georgia, this was a very fun story arc! I loved the longer story as much as I love the dailies. Very timely too. If only the world could find peace as your characters have here. Thank you for your humor, your perspective, and your art. All so wonderful!
jnd113 11 months ago
Georgia I love all of your comics and look forward for them every day and I’m 77 years old! My wife and myself had six strays and one bought cat at one time. Loved and miss each and every one.
Daltongang Premium Member 11 months ago
Ah, that Time could touch a form
That could show what Homer’s age
Bred to be a hero’s wage.
‘Were not all her life but storm
Would not painters paint a form
Of such noble lines,’ I said,
‘Such a delicate high head,
All that sternness amid charm,
All that sweetness amid strength?’
Ah, but peace that comes at length,
Came when Time had touched her form.
W.B. Yates
GSD Mom Premium Member 11 months ago
Off-Topic Reminder
Aspen_Bell 11 months ago
WAR IS OVER!
Gloria Fleming 11 months ago
Ot. We here in the US will be changing our clocks back an hr tonight (Sat/sun a.m. so we might be a bit more confused than usual. Please be patient.
sue.essen 11 months ago
Georgia, we appreciate & love you!!
ChattyFran 11 months ago
besuper 11 months ago
When it comes out as a book, I’ll buy it. I have all your so-far books, and I’ve given the latest one to my oldest daughter, another crazy cat lady, because I thought the humor was good even if you don’t know the characters!
kgornick Premium Member 11 months ago
I loved this arc! It had so many of the special ingredients I love about BCN: clever and sometimes surprising new characters, known characters with deep backstories and lore, little hints and “Easter eggs” along the way, story theme about things that are both simple and deeply meaningful, and of course Georgia’s gorgeous art. It would make a wonderful stand alone book, but I also loved watching it play out here. I stayed up way too late on several occasions just to get the next installment!
tkstuber 11 months ago
Belated comment on Panel 4: Isn’t GrandMag walking over to Montague? Perhaps to console and make full peace with her adversary?
tkstuber 11 months ago
Belated comment on Panel 4: Isn’t GrandMag walking over to Montague? Perhaps to console and make full peace with her adversary?