Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 06, 2019

Lupin seems to have taken on the persona of the pirate. Captain Lupin he shall be called, with his crew of kibble thieves.

Those ears pulled back! Lupin, who knew you could hold a grudge?

The Phaaaaaaaantom of the Refrigerator is here! Inside my mind!

Aw. I think Lupin needs a hug. Or a gentle ear skritch and to be told he’s a good boy. That just because Goldie is new and interesting and in need of love and a safe home does not mean that he will be getting any less of those things.

Lupin usually has such a cheerful demeanor that it’s tough to see him upset.

omc, laughing hysterically, just fell on the floor. can’t….type…..any…..more.

Hey Lupin, this grudge is holding you back! Let it go and have some fun!

He’s perched on the “Refrigerator of Solitude” (which is right next to the “Pantry of Overindulgence”)

Actually, when I saw Lupin wearing the mask over his eye, my first thought was the cat in that soap opera. Kit, I think?

This is it folks. Georgia just broke the internet with “Phantom of the Fridge” Lupin. I’ve now woken the entire house with my snorks of laughter. No shame, I snorked.

Tell ’em it’s just warm up there on the freezer, Lupin! (Birdie’s going to poop on that lip, by the way…)

We can only hope he doesn’t take up the organ.

He’s inside your mind, Elvis.

And Lupin sings softly:In all your fantasies you always knewThat cat and mystery were both in youAnd in this kitchen where night is blindThe Phantom of the Fridge is here inside my mind.

Do cats ever sulk in any other way than overdramatically?

Singing in my operatic voice, “In stealth mode he meowed to me, in the middle of the night. Green eyes that squint at me, fur of snow white. And do I dream again?Have I gone blind?! The Phantom of the Refrigerator’s thereinside my mind! He’s there! The Phantom of the Refrigerator!” :D

Elvis nailed it. Oh, Lupin doesn’t like the shoe on the other foot.

Lupin is wearing the Ears of Doom

The Cattom of the Sulk Opera.

And I’m sure that Elvis isn’t enjoying this.

Not at all.

Not one little bit.

Lupin is deaf but he’s having a conversation while facing the wall. Or am I overthinking this?

With his suit-coat over his shoulders, no less!

Lupin then pulls out a small organ and starts to play, while singing, ’ Let your dark side give in to the power of music!’ ‘FSSSSSST!! YEEEEOOOOW!’ (Thank you google!)

OMC, I have to have this! PotO is my favorite music and play…so much so I have a Phantom mask tattoo on my ankle! Lupin, you’ve truly taken my heart with this one.

“Slowly, gently night unfurls it’s splendorGrasp it, sense it, tremulous and tenderHearing is believing, music is deceivingHard as lightening, soft as candlelightDare you trust the music of the night…”

The back of Lupin’s head! Bonus points for angry ears.

Epic sulk from Lupin!

Return of the scowl, at least half a scowl.

“Dare you trust the music of the fridge?”

Skipper update: back hurts. Head hurts less. Still dizzy from time to time. Overall, concussions suck.

But the hunt is on for a new wheelchair lift van nonetheless and I’m hoping to have that locked down before too long. If any of you are bored during the day, I could use some help with the search.

The Phantom of the Refrigerator? Is he going to play the Toc-CAT-a and Fugue in D minor?

Drawn from a real life incident?

I love goofy Lupin! It’s just unusual for it to be tinged with anger/sulking.

Did I miss something? Why the eye patch?

OMC YES

Lupin certainly does a nice, epic sulk. Phantom of the freezer, indeed!!!

I will be incommunicado until probably the 15th, as Paul and I go on our Caribbean cruise to celebrate my 65th and his 60th birthdays. I will be able to read the strip (I think), but I won’t be able to comment.

Someone should introduce the Phantom to Modo: https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/modo-rockefeller-chapels-cat-tells-all

Now who is being the grump.

So now I have to get out the “Phantom of the Opera” CD and play it and swoon again. Thanks Lupin.

♫ Masquerade! Paper faces on Parade! ☺

I gotta admit, Lupin looks pretty cool.

Brilliant artistry, as usual. The perspective in that last panel is fantastic, and I love the candy cane tablecloth!

“Beware the Phantom of the Refrigerator!”“He’s white, he’s a ghost!”

As I said in a response comment above, you all do realize that the surgical mask being askew now makes it look like the Phantom’s mask over the right side of Lupin’s face….

Love the whole mask and cape thing! Georgia is so fabulous with the subtleties!

Behold, the phantom of the phridge

He will not budge, nor give an inch

Until the interloper flees

And humans beg on bended knees

That he forgive for sharing love

With some sickly stray who needs a shove

Love the Phantom of the Fridge! I keep having this picture in my mind of The Phantom (Lupin) rowing that boat, pole in paws, on the canal to his dark lair….but who would be Christine? Would it be Sophie maybe? Or Tabitha? Maybe even (gasp) Goldie herself? Natasha?

Lupin I predict that you might get a tape recorder for Christmas….8D

Oh and there’s a lovely new post on Twitter and Facebook (haven’t got Facebook but you can see it).

https://twitter.com/breakingcatnews

https://www.facebook.com/breakingcatnewscomic/photos/pb.445708208807938.-2207520000../2823931297652272/?type=3&theater

We had a large fridge-style freezer in my kitty’s room. It was so warm it was his favorite perch and sleep spot. He tended to do the Snoopy vulture bit when the humans came in.

Slightly OT… Today’s “Rose is Rose” has a lovely episode regarding kittens and naps!

An earlier generation would have used “Phantom of the Frigidaire” which scans more like the original (but, unfortunately, involves a trademark).

I would 100% read a Lupin-as-Phantom-of-the-Opera-themed Halloween special next year. Just sayin’…

Of course not, he’s on top of the fridge because heat rises. It’s below freezing outside and he’s looking for the warmest place in the apartment.

All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera

Elvis: more talk of sulking

Forget this wild-eyed snit

We’re here, your friends in the Pink House,

Both feline and Robber Mouse!

Let us all be friendly

We’ll find who has your tape,

Or find another one,

It’s safe, of that I am quite sure.

Please don’t pout anymore!

Lupin: Say you’ll leave me be on top of the Fridge

Let me pout until I feel better again

Let me hide until it’s suppertime soon

Let me frown another day or two

Elvis, that’s all I ask of you!

Elvis: Lupin, Goldie needs is

But we love you no less

You’re fine, no one ignores you,

You could have a new friend, too!

Lupin: So I want is calmness, a chance to be alone,

And things the way they once were,

Before we ever met her!

Elvis: Please give Goldie a chance,

Just get to know her

Like we did for Bea not so long ago

Goldie needs our help, I know you can do that!

Promise me you’ll try, that’s what you do!

Cheer up that’s all I ask of you!

rescue kitty update:Mia is doing great she is being accepted by her new sisters well Midnight is being the Lumpkin of the group and not being very friendly. She is no longer hiding and sleeps at the foot of my bed now. So looks like she is part of the family finally. LOL 2 all black cats I see a theme going.

Lupin is hyper (sensitive.)

I could almost — but not quite — feel the teensiest bit sorry for Lupin. Yes, I understand that he’s lost his precious cassette recorder, but it seems like he’s resolutely ignoring all other methods of making notes. And his terrible attitude (should that be cattitude?) is also depriving him of the company of Elvis and Pucky. Puck is generously doing his best to make Goldie’s confinement more tolerable. Elvis is upset with him for being so dramatically unforgiving. Goldie is temporarily isolated by illness. Lupin is isolating himself socially, out of … well, who knows why he’s so adamant? But it’s little wonder his two housemates don’t want to spend much time in Sourpuss’ company lately.

You know Lupin wearing your mask like that it won’t protect you from disease.

OT: Working on the spreadsheet.

“The fridge hums with the music of the night!!”

Cue those strings!! ;)

LOL phantom indeed