Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 15, 2019

Oh, now we’re getting personal, huh? Two big, gross, dexterous thumbs up for the recycling effort, though, raccoons!

Unfortunately, I don’t think this interview is going to persuade Goldie that the raccoons didn’t take her People. Since the raccoons don’t think much of People, Goldie might think they have a motive for making her People disappear.

Now, raccoons, say whatever you want about people but don’t you dare say anything about my bear hands.

I just love this glimpse into an alien raccoon world right under our noses (so to speak).

Mags is right. Some people have turned the world into a dumpster.

Alice is on the inside track, getting an exclusive. She could be the first mouse reporter to win a Felixer (excellence in feline journalism).

So… the Bandits are the good guys?

Please do not respond to the troll (4th comment).

Train up young kits in the way they should go and when they are older, they will not depart from it.

I think raccoon hands are neat. It’s mole hands that make me go bleurgh.

Look at the chickadee flapping it’s wings in panel four. Is that an agreement with the raccoons’ thoughts on People hands?

I love Mag’s tongue of disgust. Ick, ick, ick.

Is yellow the favorite color of female raccoons?

I am falling in love with our feisty little Agnes, interviewing two raccoons at once!

Recycling-conscious raccoons… actually impressive!

Well, I never! I (I said; as I pointed my gross, dexterous and bald hand, at the computer screen.) I’d be insulted by those raccoons if that wasn’t true!

P.S. I’ll have you know, that my hand is not bald! It has a few hairs in the knuckle area! So there, Naaah!

OT in comments from what the Woman has started calling “Elf on a Shelf Land” …

Well, Gutter is right. Trash gets piled up into huge landfills, then burned. It’s kinda sad, because think of all the animals those landfills displaced.

Given the raccoon’s attitude towards People hands, I can only imagine the horrified reaction to somebody cracking their knuckles…

I was wondering when we’d see the young-uns from the “coming attraction” poster. Now we still need to see Lupin swinging in on a vine, Baba Mouse, and a certain barn owl who made a memorable impression in the pre-newspaper days.

From Georgia’s Facebook in response to praise for giving the raccoon’s pov, “I really want each group in the comic (the cats, the mice, the dogs, the raccoons, the wild birds, etc) to have very different but equally interesting/in depth backgrounds. We may never see every detail! However, when the Mice go into the Golden Mouse or the Raccoons try to list everything that happened after the Raccoon/Opposum wars, I want it to feel like they’re sharing something very important to them, that there is a LOT behind it, and that we’re lucky and trusted with the bits of themselves they’re willing to share.”

Happy Anniversary, Lady Bri!

Go racoons!!!!

The recycling industry worldwide is not doing too well, if you read the news. They stopped accepting paper products in my neighborhood! … Sad!

If only ALL raccoons were like them! :)

TROLL ALERT: a BCN Public Service Announcement

Seriously, Orbsters, we have a troll and it goes by the name “Jonathan Mason”. According to BCN regular, poppet bear, JS has been sowing discord in other forums and has recently attempted to poison BCN with its posts.

Please remember, a troll thrives on attention, especially negativity, so do not attempt to communicate with it, either through likes or direct replies. The "Jonathan Mason” troll does not care about the BCN Orbsters, and the best thing we can do as a community is to IGNORE THE TROLL until it is bored enough to leave.

If you feel you must respond, please try to keep your sense of humor in tact! A few days ago our resident D**m Master, Robin Harw**d, posted a classic ‘nugatory’ response to one of the troll’s comments. But always remember this: The troll doesn’t care about – or for – anyone but itself, so it can and will say anything to hurt and poison what the BCN has to offer. For the sake of the community, and for all that Georgia Dunn has given us, PLEASE IGNORE THE TROLL – do not Like, do not Reply, do not give it your attention!!

I love the little tongue sticking out in the last panel. Of course I love everything about BCN but it is the details that you have to look for that really makes it, not just good or even great, but super great.

You speak the truth, Old Mag.

…Look, I LOVE BCN, but even I am getting very tired of this arc. I come here for entertainment. Now we are being lectured. Reminds me of the last 2 seasons of NCIS – most of the episodes have a ‘moral’ to them. And the preachiness isn’t subtle, or even well-written – the only thing that is missing is Gibbs turning to the camera and saying “And the moral of this episode is”… It’s like you’re constantly being hit on the head with your own inadequateness. I hope BCN isn’t going that route…

To the cartoonist: I see what you did there. Or did you? That’s the beauty; maybe so and maybe not. Please give yourself a “Like” every single day from me, just in case I miss occasionally!

I think we may be missing the point. Humans are the vermin here not that the Raccons.

To repeat what’s been said before, if you don’t like the arc, don’t read the comic until the story changes. You can always pick back up at a point you find more interesting. Have a great day!

A common misconception which I had until recently is that raccoons have hands like humans. They don’t because their “thumb” isn’t opposable. So, no can openers for them.

OT, but really cute…

Sure, that’s what the vile raccoons want you to think.l That’s how they lured the possums into a false sense of security right before they started the war. Made the possums think they were kind, generous, and caring. Then once the possums had their backs turned, the raccoons attacked.

My hands are pretty hairy. It’s not enough to keep me warm in winter but enough for a seedy looking comb-over.

Just love Alice with her microphone for mouse news interviewing the raccoons

Off Topic: Leonids meteor shower!

Reduce, Re-use, Repair, Recycle.

Hi all,

I have reached the point where my hip/back only bothers me when I’m sitting in my current chair. If I sit anywhere else, I feel fine. I’m definitely looking forward to when I can get someone to put my new chair together.

“Please remember, a troll thrives on attention” — not to put too fine a point on it, but you guys have probably brought up an entire garden with all the attention you have rained down… let those enjoy the story who enjoy it, and who cares about the ones who don’t, right?