Uh oh . . poor Woman, can’t even have a lie-in. The way Puck’s ears are curled back and his eyes went really slanted . . he’s definitely up to something and it’s not going to be pleasant for the Woman.
One of my late kitties would jump up to a slit widow located above me bed that had been installed six feet up the wall, and jump to the bed when she was finished viewing the world from that roost.
The equivalent of an eight pound bowling ball dropping four feet and landing near your head is quit jarring. I don’t think she was TRYing to wake me, but it had that effect.
PS: I eventually placed a long box in that window to discourage this practice. After three attempts to re-occupy the window she gave up and turned to other methods to annoy me.
I have mixed feelings about the newspaper thing. First and foremost — CONGRATS to Georgia! She really, really deserves to be published in newspapers, and I wish her only greater success. However (you knew there would be a “however”), it depresses me more than a little that newspapers are, by their very nature, limiting. The daily format has to be just a strip with a max of just three or four small panels. Sundays can branch out a bit, but even then, not quite as much as some of the more epic BCN strips of the past. And newspapers can’t reproduce subtle detail. especially background detail, so another aspect that made the comic so wonderful gets largely muted or watered down. The bolder lines around everything is another result of the limitation of newsprint.
This, all for a publishing format that, make no mistake about it, is dying a very slow, prolonged death, but is dying nonetheless.
I don’t know. I think that Georgia has done a terrific job of fitting her ideas into this more limiting format. I just don’t like to see her artistry being limited by anything.
I’m not trying to be too negative. I will definitely keep following the strip. Georgia’s inventiveness, warmth and humor are still intact. I’ll just have to adjust to this new change, that’s all. Even before this shift to newsprint, I had to adjust to the changes in the way the cats are drawn compared to when the strip first started. I also had to adjust to the shift to big green (or other-colored) eyes for both the cats and humans. I’m still not too fond of that change, even now — I like the old eyes better. But those are relatively minor quibbles. I’ll live. This strip is still very much worth it.
Robin Harwood about 7 years ago
A swipe might not be enough. Try a carefully aimed jump on The Man. Even a small cat can be remarkably heavy when landing on a gentleman’s attributes.
Don’t ask me how I know that.
Lady Bri about 7 years ago
Uh oh . . poor Woman, can’t even have a lie-in. The way Puck’s ears are curled back and his eyes went really slanted . . he’s definitely up to something and it’s not going to be pleasant for the Woman.
smorbie the great and beautiful about 7 years ago
I read this at 4 a.m. which my news reporter has decided is the appropriate time for me to rise and feed him.
Nuliajuk about 7 years ago
Where’s Lupin?
Denny Wheeler Premium Member about 7 years ago
“Until one brave cat had enough”—Pucky, you’re sounding like Elvis.
Kitty Katz about 7 years ago
How many seconds in cat time equal forever?
Sabrina17 about 7 years ago
My cat was a wet nose and a loud meow in my ear. Better than any alarm clock.
MIHorn Premium Member about 7 years ago
20 pound cat landing on you like a bag of wet cement. Time to feed the cat.
OliverT about 7 years ago
Reporters making the News? Isn’t this an ethicat violation? Or just a breach of eticatte?
Wichita1.0 about 7 years ago
…poor judgement…
Louis in Joliet about 7 years ago
Mine rattles the shades when ever the food dish is not up to his standards.
ladykat about 7 years ago
Look out, Woman, you’re about to get “Pucked”!
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr about 7 years ago
One of my late kitties would jump up to a slit widow located above me bed that had been installed six feet up the wall, and jump to the bed when she was finished viewing the world from that roost.
The equivalent of an eight pound bowling ball dropping four feet and landing near your head is quit jarring. I don’t think she was TRYing to wake me, but it had that effect.
PS: I eventually placed a long box in that window to discourage this practice. After three attempts to re-occupy the window she gave up and turned to other methods to annoy me.
bonita.eley about 7 years ago
One brave cat….sounds like history is being made -LOL
æ² about 7 years ago
I have mixed feelings about the newspaper thing. First and foremost — CONGRATS to Georgia! She really, really deserves to be published in newspapers, and I wish her only greater success. However (you knew there would be a “however”), it depresses me more than a little that newspapers are, by their very nature, limiting. The daily format has to be just a strip with a max of just three or four small panels. Sundays can branch out a bit, but even then, not quite as much as some of the more epic BCN strips of the past. And newspapers can’t reproduce subtle detail. especially background detail, so another aspect that made the comic so wonderful gets largely muted or watered down. The bolder lines around everything is another result of the limitation of newsprint.
This, all for a publishing format that, make no mistake about it, is dying a very slow, prolonged death, but is dying nonetheless.
I don’t know. I think that Georgia has done a terrific job of fitting her ideas into this more limiting format. I just don’t like to see her artistry being limited by anything.
I’m not trying to be too negative. I will definitely keep following the strip. Georgia’s inventiveness, warmth and humor are still intact. I’ll just have to adjust to this new change, that’s all. Even before this shift to newsprint, I had to adjust to the changes in the way the cats are drawn compared to when the strip first started. I also had to adjust to the shift to big green (or other-colored) eyes for both the cats and humans. I’m still not too fond of that change, even now — I like the old eyes better. But those are relatively minor quibbles. I’ll live. This strip is still very much worth it.