Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 27, 2020

(insert off-camera scene where Elvis, self-appointed bird expert, and Lupin, self-appointed arguing-with-Elvis expert, have a spirited discussion about whether “flightless bird” is an oxymoron)

Pucky! There’s no room to fly in the Big Pink House apartment! Besides, penguins swim like nobody’s business! Check the bathtub and sinks!

Maybe he painted his black parts white and is pulling a Lupin.

Would love to see Pengo, Clucky Chicken, Pipa, and Buzzy Mouse hiding in a closet, playing cards, and using goldfish crackers for penny ante …

It is flightless. Might check outside. It may be trying to hitch a ride.

Pengo is at the skating rink!

Today is my Mother’s birthday!!! She is the reason I love animals so much. Happy Birthday Mama Mine!!!!

Couldn’t have gone far? Like the cold?

Penguins aren’t limited to Antarctica. There are various types of penguin all the way up the Pacific coast of South America and in the Galapagos. There are penguins on the South African coast. Penguins live along the Australian coast.

(It is even said that there are penguins in New Zealand, but since New Zealand is just a myth, those penguins would be mythical as well. )

In panel 4, Puck looks like he is getting an idea. And people? Pengo is a TOY. It can’t move on its own (unlike Buzzy, when wound up). The toys move only in imagin..a….tion…… Um. Right. Sorry.

They had recent visitors. Did anybody check Sophie’s kitty carrier? Pengo could be part of an art installation.

Brilliant deduction, Puck.

A great starting point!

I think we need a chart — of where in the house they’ve looked

That last panel feels foreboding…

Puck may be thinking he needs to interview his Rodent chums…

Look at Lupin’s clutched paws of anxiety and concern.

Do they need to check the attic? Maybe Pengo went on a climbing exploration like Puck did.

Did Beatrix supply the info on penguins?

I misread that first panel as ‘the stuffed remains of his penguin pal’….. Don’t ask me… It’s before my first coffee!

Maybe he’s at tap dancing school!

Goldie is on the case, I’m not worried.

By the way, the nice team of Doctors here at Happy Acres have helped me realize that it was shear folly to think the cats are keeping me prisoner and that I have to run away to Australia (Rain-Check Robin?). It was all a big misunderstanding because of the unusual circumstance we all find ourselves in these days. If fact, one of the nice Doctor’s is helping me write this.

Okay he’s gone. Its not the cats, its the squirrels! They are always watching me through the window, and, and have you ever smelled them? They smell like concentrated evil, especially when they are damp. Those lawn rats don’t fool me…The truth is out there!

Has the laundry room been checked?

When I spoke to the doctor yesterday, she told me that Paul is currently unable to keep Boost down, and he has pneumonia. He will not be coming home until he can keep 50ml of Boost an hour down and the pneumonia clears up.

The thickened plotzes!

did you look in the freezer puck?

When the People turned the apartment upside down, did they actually shake it to see if Pengo would fall out or did they just peer up into it?

Could he have gone down the lau dry chute to the basement? Maybe the cat of adventure and Goldie shouldgo investigate!

’fess up. Who ate him?

I love that thoughtful look Puck has. So much conveyed in an apparently simple drawing.

Look for him in Bloom County!

You’d like to think that, wouldn’t you, Puck?

So, anyone know the answer to my Twenty Questions object?

Q: Animal, vegetable, or mineral?A: None of the above.

Q: Is it bigger than a breadbox*?A: Sometimes.

Q: Does it come in different colors?A: Yes.

Q: Does it come in different sizes?A: Yes.

Q: Do I (you) have one?A: Maybe.

Q: Can I (you) buy one at my (your) local store?A: No.

Anyone wanna ask another question?

*@youyounguns: A breadbox is a metal or wood box, usually with a sliding or hinged lid, to store bread and baked goods in at room temperature, lest it be spoiled by mold.

Don’t worry, we have Goldie, Puck, and all the best on the job.

Sorry. Gonna have to try and come back to this when I’m more awake, and my head doesn’t spin trying to think about it!

;-)

(Something to look forward to, though).

Have they looked in the dumbwaiter shaft?

And has anyone interviewed the Ceiling Cats? They were at Tusslemania after all.

Has anyone checked the refrigerator? I am inspired, of course, by memories of Mr. Popper’s Penguins.

I am so involved mentally with this comic I am dying to know where Penguin went!!

Hey Georgia I recently reread all the our IX lives strips and I was wondering if you where ever planning to make more?

I sure hope Pengo is okay.

Today is Whirled Tapir Day … Oh, excuse me, I meant World Tapir Day. This is an ancient species: “Tapirs look something like pigs with trunks, but they are actually related to horses and rhinoceroses. This eclectic lineage is an ancient one—and so is the tapir itself. Scientists believe that these animals have changed little over tens of millions of years.” —_National Geographic_

And you wouldn’t want to whirl something weighing 500 to 800 pounds, anyway.

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2018/05/15

Well, if it’s an over-under fridge with the freezer on the top, check in the fridge.

Back when I was teaching elementary school, at least two or three times a year we’d get a delivery of “Flat Stanley.” Perhaps they will soon start receiving photos and letters from all over the world showing the adventures of Pengo.

And with reference to panel three:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hd25_XjIs

With Pengo (not Pengu, as I always want to write. Totally different penguin) being on the news surely it can’t be long before they are found.