Cat's Cafe by Matt Tarpley for May 01, 2023

Oh, Matt (please let us know what to call you now), we love you and care for you. Never doubt it. Thank you for sharing your story with us. I hope all who are struggling with problems with their authentic selves get to read this and know there is hope.

Good for you!!!!! Be brave. Be strong. Be well. XOX

Dear Maxx – you certainly deserve to be happy! So glad you are now. Thank you for your adorable comic – I will really miss it if it’s ending!

❣️ Well, Maxx, thanks for sharing your story with us. You certainly surprised me; I didn’t see that coming. ☺ I’m very very happy you feel yourself, now. Have a great “rest of your life”. You and all Cat’s Cafe readers. I hope soon there will be a third Cat’s Cafe book and that this story arc will be part of it. Ciao. ♥

Hi Maxx. Welcome home! I am glad to hear you’re happy now and living your authentic life. I do hope Cat’s Cafe continues. I do look forward to new installments. If it is over please know your gentle heart and story-telling will be missed. No matter what, I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Thank you, this was a “grand slam” of a strip.

That’s a heavy door. Congratulations MAXX!

Conga-rats, Maxx! Don’t be afraid to live your truth. You are the one who has to live with herself. No one can do it for you. I hope you find it easier to live in your skin now. I hope you have people to whom you can turn for advice about living your new life. Heck, I hope you have people who make you feel less alone.

My experience is not similar, as I merely had to tell my conservative parents that I’m bi. They didn’t even blink. Talk about anticlimactic! I have a thing for my matron of honor. Hubby knew before he proposed, and it doesn’t bother him.

FWIW, I’m here. My contact info is in my Dreamwidth journal, and that link is in my profile here.

Thanks for giving us this wholesome story arc, Maxx. And know that we will continue to support you, no matter what. Take care!

Thank you for trusting us with your story Maxx. Cat’s Cafe is a wonderful strip that brings happiness and comfort to your readers and I hope it continues to do so for you its creator. There are never enough gentle and beautiful things in this world so it is a blessing to visit Cat’s. I wish you joy in your new path and hope that you continue whole and well.

Hi Maxx, it’s nice to meet you.

We support you!

Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!!!! And I can’t wait to see what this journey holds for you!

Welcome home. It’s a good place to be.

It’s so good to find our tribe.

I am so happy I could explode.

Welcome home, Maxx, Cat’s Cafe is a safe haven.

I admire your courage to accept your authentic self and the willingness to share your story. Be happy. I too hope you continue Cat’s Cafe.

Welcome “home” Rabbit (Maxx)! You have a lot of people who support you here at Cat’s-Cafe!

Glad you found your true self!

I am very happy for you. I wish you happiness and peace on this new path you are on. I like Maxx for your name.

All the best to the author in their new journey!

Welcome back, Maxx.

glad the “hide & seek” is over at last.

I wish you the best of everything the world has to offer. I wish you universal blessings and hope all the Maxxes have the support the little rabbit has here.

Congratulations for living your truth! May your journey from here on out be smooth and pleasant! xoxo

I admire you for your bravery. Thank you for trusting your readers!

Be safe. Be well. Be happy. Welcome to the rest of your life.

Welcome Maxx! I am the mother to two transgender kids. When they came out to me, I told them that I love them, not their genitals, orientation, political affiliation, or religion. I worry about them. Always will I suspect. But…, What mother doesn’t worry about their kids? My nanny use to say “When kids are little they are always on your hands; when kids grow up, they are always on your heart.” Be happy and content. Get rid of mean people.

Congratulations!

GOOD ON YA! Life is meant to be lived, and you must live it as yourself.

Now that I’m a little more awake—you do what makes YOU happy, but I hope you’re not signaling the end of the comic. It always gives me, and many others, a lift to see a new comic posted. Take care, we love you!

Maxx – the story is beautifully done. A new adventure has now begun!

Congratulations, Maxx, and thank you for sharing your journey with us.

Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best. And I love your comic.

Welcome back! You have no idea how much you have been missed! Cat’s Cafe is the best way to start a Monday Please don’t go away again!

Happiness and hugs, Maxx!

Very brave of you, Maxx. So happy for you.

Ooo, I like it!! Maxxxxxxxxxx. I am very very happy for you! You know you have us if you ever need anything…anything. xxxx PS – No, you can’t borrow my shoes.

Wonderful!

Very glad I enlarged my screen to read the fine print. Good luck to you! Just read this morning in the Washington Post: “I compare it to a sense of homesickness for a place you’ve never been. The moment you stepped onto those supposedly unfamiliar shores, though, you’d have a sense of overwhelming gratitude, and solace, and joy. Home, you might think. I’m finally home.” EXACTLY as it says in the last panel!

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet…. You were right when you told me in April that it would be a bumpy ride for Rabbit, but there was no way I wasn’t going on it. Now, I celebrate you and thank you for letting all of us readers share your journey. I thank you for your art & storytelling, too. I wish you peace; the deep, abiding peace that coming home brings.

Awww, welcome home Rabbit Maxx. We hope you love it here.

Adding my support and well wishes.

Welcome home! This series was unexpected and lovely

I can’t give you the physical hug I would love to, but I CAN support you on Patreon.

Maxx, You are fully supported here. I’m gay, non-binary, and somewhat transgender. It’s all a matter of degree. I know it can be hard to come out as fully yourself and I applaud you doing so. Ignore the mean people, and embrace the love.

Best wishes for you as you navigate these tough times. You will always find love and acceptance here in this community YOU (and cat and rabbit) built !

Good luck, Maxx! I can’t say I relate to this at all, but all of us are here to support you!

Ohhhhhhhhh! Congratulations, Maxx!

All comments here today are so kind and sincere. I’m an old, straight broad, and I’d like to add a big”ditto” to all of them. Wishing you, Maxx, the very best always.I love your work.

Welcome home, Maxx!

Prayers and well wishes on this part of your journey.

Awesome! Wonderful!! I’m so Happy for You!! Thank You for sharing so much of your truth with all of us, as you always have through your story arcs. Many blessings and Welcome Home!

I’m a little late to the coming out party but we got your back Maxxxxxx!!!!!

Ummmm – didn’t see that coming.

Can someone please explain this to me? It’s a beautiful comic, but I’m not sure I understand.