Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 11, 2022

Always look on the bright side of life!

Elvis will be next to wriggle free, just to go after Beatrix. (And also how dare the Man hold him in such an undignified manner!)

“And I knocked the top off, and there was SO MUCH LIGHT!!!”

Although, he probably shouldn’t have said that. If any or all try to get out of his grip now (likely), then one or all will get out of his grip (certainly).

LOL = Laugh out loud. BRB = Be right back.

I can’t think of a better representative of the BPH to make first contact … well, maybe Tommy?

I don’t see a seat flap in Beatrix’s footie jammies, but I do see that pointy little tail disappearing into the room the rest of us are really wanting to see!

Elvis aghast at the sight of his kitten rushing to her doom!

Yes, yes you should have seen that coming.

I LOVE the Man’s “…But look how many I DIDN’T lose hold of!” reaction and Elvis looking so irritated in the last panel!

Elvis is planning his escape…

Give the man credit: He did manage to hold on 4/5 cats. That is NOT an easy feat. I can barely hold onto my cat Stewie when he’s struggling nor him and my dog Yoshi at the same time. ic an’t imagine rangling 4 animals at once. But yes Georgia you should have gone upstairs and gotten Tabitha and Figaro’s woman to help you hold cats. (I would sya Tommy’s woman but I get time is of the essence in this situation. )

One day left. Spend it in silent and reverent contemplation of the significance of the morrow.

Reporters to the core, even though they’re been held captive by the Man, they have not let go of their microphones!!!

The Man started off by holding the whole kitten kaboodle, but now he’s just left with the kaboodle…

L, P, and G look nonplussed in panel 2 and delighted in panel 4. Elvis looks distraught in panel 2 and despairing in panel 4.

Ejem, are they ever going to enter the room?. Sorry it has been a very long cliffhanger

The Man is talented. Also, Elvis’s face in panel two. :D

It’s a crazy cat lady bouquet.

I have to admit 5 cats is quite an arm full…and Beatrix is a wiggle expert.

Elvis’s Look of Horror!

OT. Larry, the chief mouser to the Cabinet (real post in British Government/Civil service) deals with an intruder. https://twitter.com/i/status/1579588065282379776

The tail end of Beatrix in panel 1 is too cute! The looks on the faces of the reporters in panels 2 and 4, and how they just “hang” there is great. I think Elvis wins for panel 4. No one does angry better than him!

OT, good news.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: I’m going up to the Very Good Pyramid Library to borrow some scrolls. Anyone want to come along?

Beatrixia: I’ll go. I want to do some organizing there anyway.

Elvis-Anum: I understand Wally and the Artisans have completed the comfy chair project in the lounge.

Bea: That’s right. And Thomios is working on setting up a cafe there as well.

Lupinium: Ooh, I love Thomios’ special coffee blend.

Puckmosis: He created that just for you.

Bea: Yes, rich, full-bodied (whispers) and decatf.

Puckmosis: So, let’s all go. Who knows what we’ll find at the library?

The Man has a point. Everyone who’s ever had a cat knows that holding one when it wants to get away is nearly impossible. He’s still managed to wrangle 4 of them!

Holding four cats at once IS quite an achievement. The Man just didn’t have big enough arms for five.

Let’s see, cute kitten tail in pj’s. Three smiling cats and one upset daddy cat.

I do believe Elvis is slipping away in the last panel. He wants his kitten back. Be prepared for more poofage of epic proportions.

She’ll be back.

Man, wait till those hind limbs go into action shortly

I feel for you Man -0 there is always one that slips out!

OT: ORBSTER CONTACT LIST

Hm. I very, very rarely have any finikin-type thoughts about a BCN strip, but today I do, to wit: I think the action shown would be better portrayed by swapping Panel One and Two so we see the track of Bea’s escape from The Man’s clutches, then her bounding into the newly opened room. But perhaps I’m once again mis-grasping something.

That’s the point where I realize I should have locked the cats in another room first.

Ah, that 20-20 hindsight. Yes; always lock the cats up before you start opening up the walls.

I hope Beatrix goes carefully – there’s something yowling on the other side of that door!

Off she goes into the wild mauve yonder,

Wiggling free and on the run;

Here she comes zooming and filled with wonder,

At ’em girl, snooping is fun! (snooping is fun now!)

Down she dives, glad to be out from under,

Off with one heckuva roar!

Let’s say her name ‘cause she’s bound for fame. Hey!

Nothing’ll stop the kitten Bea force!

- Robert MacArthur Crawford – US Air Force song

To paraphrase Meat Loaf: Four outta five ain’t bad!

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Beatrix zipped through that door like a… cat down the hall.

I love the facial expressions in panel 4 (and 2, obviously). The Man’s says “I did good, right?”, Puck, Lupin, and Goldie are saying “Yeah, don’t forget about us,” the Woman is worried, and Elvis just wants to get down. Burt, get a feed on Beatrix ASAP! I think she is about to make some new friends.

All my cats got outside once through a tear in a screen. I had to gather them all up and carry them back inside all at the same time. We mended that screen right away.

Loving Elvis’s reaction to Bea’s impulsive charge into adventure.

Yeah, do kinda have to give the Man credit for that much—successfully holding onto four cats simultaneously without cat or yourself getting injured in the process for that long a stretch of time is a bit of an accomplishment.

I think Beatrix’s, LOL, is directed at the Woman’s shout of, No! LOL!

We once left the grate off a cold air return on the second floor. Fortunately for dear, departed Waffle, there was an access hatch in the basement. He was a cat of very little brain. He also had trouble making up his mind, at times. It was those baffling hospital corners …

The Man is in deep s—t.

Good for you, Man. That’s gotta be a world record.

O.T. vax update

Bea can’t be denied when there’s a story.

Elvis’ shock & horror in the 2nd panel, & his deep funk in the final panel!

That is a bright side considering how well Elvis get’s along with the Man. Heck, he could have lost Puck, Goldie, and Lupin and it would have still been a bright side as long as he kept a hold of Elvis.

My feline colleague went in first and confirmed what the scanners said.

First impressions say the environment is non-hostile.

We’re moving in slowly but surely.

I have two thirteen year old feline sisters…they are too much to hold onto at the same time. How the Man held all four is amazing

Cue the suspenseful music