Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 07, 2022

No! Not at Puck!

Elvis will not stand for this, especially after what Puck did for Elvis in real life! (I’ll find the link later.)

Beware a desperate magic user!

I sure hope that Puck can slay the Dragon!

The vacuum is going to tear itself up on those stalactites if it’s not careful. Elvis needs to cast Levitate!

I didn’t see Elvis in the corner! Surely he can use his spells to stop the Dragon!

So, how do you stop a vacuum from charging? You take away its credit card.

Perhaps Puck will tame the Dragon.

Go for the bag, Goldie!

That dragon has one evil smirk.

I felt a little sorry for the vac yesterday. I mean, it can’t help being big and noisy, and it was being mercilessly crinkled by a crazed rogue … Is it really charging at Puck? or is there an enormous dust bunny lurking in the shadows?

“PULL ITS TAIL AWAY FROM THE WAL AND IT MAGICALLY LOSES THE ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING”

Puck is done for! Toast! Finished! A goner! And even doomed.

Brave, brave Puck….

The Power Cord, Goldie! Cut the CORD!

That vacuum grows larger by the minute.

Noooo, Pucky!! Someone save him!

Jules to the rescue? It is about time for him to turn up!

I can almost see Elvis baring his teeth. They need a way to make the comic bigger so we can see the details in all their glorious beauty! They’re too small!!!

Peter, Paul, and Mary, written by John Denver: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Now the cats are back, there’s trouble, I know

I just want to guard my hoard

I hate to have to wake up and make a charge,

But there’s treats and catnip and balls of yarn,

I’ve carefully gathered, I’m feeling quite worn

Now I must defend my hoard so large!

…….

So cats prepare to meet thy doom!

I’ll show you that I am no broom!

I’m about to charge, so you should go!

I’m a dragon vacuum sweeper

Don’t know when I’ll get to nap again!

…….

I know it’s all a game

I love to play with the cats and mice

How I’ll play it depends on the roll of the dice

I tell you now my hoard I will defend

I love to see what Puck will do

Will Elvis cast a spell or two?

This party’s fun, I wish it’d never end!

…….

So cats prepare to meet thy doom!

I’ll show you that I am no broom!

I’m about to charge, so you should go!

I’m a dragon vacuum sweeper

Don’t know when I’ll get to nap again!

Georgia, please please please offer the last panel, enlarged, and for sale.

“Cats of the Big Pink House

and Robber Mice

My companions.

I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

A day may come when the courage of Cats fails, when we forsake our friends

and break all bonds of fellowship,

but it is not this day.

An hour of dust bunnies and crushed crinkle balls,

when the age of cats comes crashing down,

but it is not this day!

This day we fight!!

By all that you hold dear on this good Earth,

I bid you stand, Cats of the Big Pink House!!!"

You roll a D20 for an attack….

Roll for reflexes and get out of the way, Puck! Charging in headlong (the typical Lupin and Goldie strategy) seems to have failed, so I hope Puck and Elvis have something good up their sleeves.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: So I need to throw a black and three red sticks to land on the House of Bacon square.

Sophititi: Yes. And if I throw two red and two black sticks I’ll land on the House of Catnip square.

Beatrixia: Alright! I threw the all red sticks!

Sophititi: What does that mean?

Bea: I landed on the let’s take a break and have some tea and scones square!

Soph: We both win!

Maat-Tilda: Oh, bummer! I landed on the web square! Now I lose a turn and have to throw all black until I can move that piece!

Arachna: Oh well. It took me long enough to come up with that web design.

Maat-Tilda: Want to try the new rule where we can buy a house to put on a square?

Arachna: And make a rule where you can buy the square you land on? It’ll never catch on.

We have one of the smart vacuum’s. The cats and the dogs all just ignore it, until it bumps into one of them. Then they will reluctantly get up and out of the way. No war or drama, just that look of “Really, I was just about to catch that squirrel/bird in my dream.”

Puck can’t fight no more of the darkness

All his potions seem to fade to “magic lite”

He’s growin’ tired, and time stands still before him

Frozen there with a bladder full of fright

Too late to save the day by calling

An Uber to escape and save their lives

Because the monster seems heck-bent out to get him

Unplugged roar that left him blinded by headlights

Don’t let the vacuum run down Pucky

Although he’ll search for spells, it’s always “Our IX Lives” he sees

He just allows a fragment of his mind to wander free

But losin’ this game is when the vacuum runs down sweet Pucky

- Elton John / Bernie Taupin – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Vacuum so large; Puck so tiny.

El momento de la verdad?

The clergy/cat pits himself with the vacuum/dragon – What courage! What honor!

What a cavern! And I swear that vacuum has grown much larger!

I am a servant of the secret of the mailmen, battler of the leaves of Fall. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

Smite evil Puck!!!

Good morning, it’s time for the morning crow report. He just signed on with soft cawing and rotary dial phone sound (rattle). Breaking Crow News.

We lost Friend, our rescue Wegie this morning. She had been growing weaker and the vet told us her heart was giving out on her. She left us quietly early this morning, slipping away just after dawn. Stormy was lying with her when she went, comforting her.

Is this going to become “Puckdrocles and the DragonVac?”

The artwork in the last panel is very nice and so dramatic.

Off Topic Post

Has anyone heard from Freyja RN recently? I haven’t seen any posts from her for a while. I hope she’s okay.

Oh no! Pucky!

Folks, I’m not an authority on these games, but I’m wondering whether Violet’s phrasing “it’s the vacuum’s turn” indicates that we have another player—remote—possibly La Dama Dragon taking the vacuum’s role?

The Woman must be doing a lot of vacuuming today.

Cordless?

EEEK!

Never played D&D, or any other game like it, but noticing in panel 2 – isn’t that the wrong kind of dice? I thought these games all used the Icosahedron (20-sided die).

Yes, I just Googled that. :-)

Fierce lion standing before the beast! Thy name is Puck!

That Vacuum cleaner would scare me, never mind the poor kitties!!!

OT – Tommy

The vaccum charging Puck? The vaccum is so doomed.

OT:

What a brave Pucky!

For the first time I have sign in here. Just to thank you, and so that you may tell Tommy’s woman how thankful I (and surely a lot of others) are that she has let you make all of us part of Tommy-s life. As we say in Basque. Ben benetan mila esker.Ertxo.

If it’s not plugged in, it should run out of “charge” any time now.

Tommy’s family, human and feline, are in my thoughts. His memory will definitely be a blessing.

This has been a terrible day for cats

Crazy cartoon kitties are high on catnip in the fancy world for Grazie cats !

Tommy was the biggest heart-filled fellow. My heart aches for you all.

So sorry to hear about Tommy. At least we will still have him in the comic and in our hearts. Rest in peace, sweet kitty.

Prayers ascending for all of Tommy’s family. You’ll be reunited on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge, all of you restored to your best health.

Sweet, brave Pucky!