Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 01, 2024

Sophie and the ferret really enjoy buttering each other up…

Good to see that life in the wild lands has gotten back to cozy normal for the raccoons.

ME THREE! I LOVE BUTTER! Now there’s a real romance!

Oh? is that raccoon interested in Sophie? or does he like butter, too?

I dunno, little guy. Who’s watching it?

Someday I hope to be eccentric. But I’ve been told, repeatedly, that only the very wealthy can be eccentric. So I have settled into a life of being just plain weird.

It’s called a “Slow News Day”, Raccoons. Cherish it.

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!

A lot to unpack here and a great start to the week: So first off that first panel has been in my head for some time as it was a patreon preview panel, so it’s good to finally have that context.

Second WE FINALLY HAVE A NAME. Turns out the scott pilgrim nickname, while misguided, was bang on as he has that same dopey oblivous face in a yellow shirt. He’s also probably going to break a woman’s heart without meaning to as this seems hilariously one sided. I am happy to see the strip’s first full stab at a romance arc. I may still heavily ship Sophie and elvis but frankly if she’s happy and it gets us good strips, i’m on board and so far both boxes are checked.

Finally we have the twist: I didn’t expect the racoons to be involved, especailly after a full lengthy storyline again. I also had to look up Drumstick and Gutter’s names as it takes me a while to know names and outside of Old Mag and Mad Magazine, their names REALLY don’t come up that often. I had to go all the way back to the arc where Goldie finds out the truth about her people to find his name. But i’m suprised Gutter is intrested in Sophie. Or he knows something we don’t. Either way another one for the pile. Also unrealted to any of this springtime madness, but have we ever found out which of the racoons is the kits father? Are there multiple dads and it was a poly situation and if not was it glamour hammmer or gutter that sired the kits.

That romance is doomed.

Well, one Raccoon behind you perhaps?

in panel 4, Gutter is dropping his magnifying (?) glass, so he seems very surprised. Is it Sophy, or is it Wesley, that has startled him?

April calendar page: Iggy is lining up Easter eggs. How is he getting them to stand on end?

Hi, Mags! Missed you!

So Sophie goes for offbeat sorts of relationships. I’d say that is news-of-a-kind. No wonder Tommy has a difficult time getting her to appreciate him.

It is a fine line between gossip and news.

Oh come on. Not again. There ain’t no romancing another species. This too preposteridiculudicrous. This is does it. Me is quits this comic. Bye byes friends. (Waves bear hand at cha).

Sensitive Sophie may not like being called eccentric. And speaking of gossip, why is one of the raccoons nekkid?

OT : Cute kittens.

The raccoons are correct! It’s why I don’t like tabloids!

Oh my, has Sophie had a secret admirer? This could get interesting!

I’m a bit surprised that Sophie, who seems so proper, would be so smitten with someone uncouth enough to peel, and eat, a stick of butter like a banana. Didn’t Emily Ermine of Erstwhile Etiquette state that butter should be eaten with a butter knife?

Gathering around t.v. to watch new hit reality show “Real House Cats of the BPH.”

The reason I didn’t post any yesterday was I had gotten up very early in the AM local time (yes, the sun was still sleeping) and decided on a road trip. Considered breaking Mrs. X out of her nursing home and taking her with me. Didn’t do so simply because she’s not sleeping all that well. Went to our favorite beach and for whatever reason it was crowded at 0800. Went to the next beach north and it was deserted. Stayed on this beach for several hours and then drove around for several more hours in a seemingly random pattern. finally made it back home by early evening, had dinner and was reading the comics when I started to nod off. Went to sleep early and slept all night. Finally got a decent night rest.

There was a tribute to all of our silent orbsters out there. May we meet again.

Oh my, Sophie. Remember the tale of the Owl and the Pussycat? Cross-species love affairs are challenging.

And to all the Orbsters – beware the Apil Foolers today.

What’s next? Trans-cats?

Considering today’s date, I wonder if this is really happening.

Burt Bacharach Performed by Dionne Warwick: The April Fools

In The Big Pink House

You first came to me

As you ran and stole the butter stick

Then I knew, I’d be loving you

And I love butter, too

We share a love oh, so true!

…….

Is this just April Fools?

Is this a fiction just for this day?

If it’s just April Fools, I don’t care!

I love this story now!

…….

Little did we know

Where the chaos would lead

Here we are, you’re tearing up the room

Are we doomed?

No, no one can explain

Where love leads once it’s there!

…….

Is this just April Fools?

Is this a fiction just for this day?

If it’s just April Fools, I don’t care!

I love this story now!

No need to analyze or explain!

Love this story now!

Y’know, its not often I see my name used in media, but when I do see it, I cherish it. Wishing Wesley the ferret all the best!

Georgia wouldn’t bring the raccoons into this for nothing. I have a feeling it’s about to get interesting.

Is this just fantasy?

More gossip than news? BCN, please don’t emulate other news networks…

I followed your love call into the wild

How was I to know I′d want to bear your child?

You were running along oh so sly

I knew right away that you were my kind of guy

And then your shine is spiny, you caught my eye

You were so cute, but oh so shy, all I could was sigh

This interspecies love is alright

So come on baby, turn up the light

I know what I want you to do

But I’m not sure what to do with you

I left my heart where you came from

And I don′t even want it back

How we gonna get together again

When you’ve gotta go back to your dimension?

Interspecies love is alright

So come on baby, turn up the light

I know you ain’t human, but you′re turning me on

My momma′s gonna kill me when she hears this song

And what are my friends gonna say

When they see you slinking away

When I hold your paw and look deep in your eyes

It might be hard for them to realize

Interspecies love is alright

So come on baby, turn up the light

I’ve been in love with humans before

But you′re offering me so much more

There’s one thing I haven′t figured out

It’s what your anatomy is all about

Do you like it when I pat-pat you on your flap?

It keeps you squiggling in my lap

Well I snack on kibble, you snack on mice

I took you to my grandma′s, what she said wasn’t nice

You got a hard eyes but your belly’s soft

I’m just trying to figure out what gets you off

Interspecies love is alright

So come on baby, turn up the light

I know what I want you to do

But I′m not sure what to do with you

I left my heart where you came from

And I don′t even want it back

How we gonna get together again

When you’ve gotta go back to your dimension?

Interspecies love is alright

So come on baby, turn up the light

I know you ain′t human, but you’re turning me on

My momma′s gonna kill me when she hears this song

OT (sorta):

Misty, a beloved cat of the past, never learned that eating unattended sticks of butter inevitably led to tummy distress.

I’m feeling bad for Tommy, as he’s been suffering with a case of “unrequited like” for Sophie for so many years. Now he has to watch her lose her heart to a flighty ferret who may not have the attention span to return affection, and, in any case, will probably be only a temporary visitor. Having the ferrets partying around must be even more trying to his gentle soul now.

Send some butter over to Chesney (TEN CATS) to hopefully release him from being stuck in that mouse hole!!!! PLEASE.

I love me some butter, too! It’s pretty much good on anything.

Hmm… Looks like a certain raccoon is all too interested!

My husband is always complaining that most of the stories they have on the news are not “news.” News is whatever is presented on the “news” anyway. So, it is what it is, Queen Mag.

All cats sre eccentric by human standards. Solitary predator-scavengers don’t have much in the way of social norms.

“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”

― Gwendolyn Brooks, In the Mecca

To borrow a phrase from Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara): It’s all just norts spews …

Lol, Georgia has been reading the comments again…

The plot thickens!!

That ferret has the best name!

I always thought Tommy had the unrequited love for Sophie!

Wesley actually strikes me as a really good ferret name