{"id":29499,"date":"2024-03-10T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=29499"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:06:19","slug":"pucky-prince-of-bacon-a-breaking-cat-news-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/03\/10\/pucky-prince-of-bacon-a-breaking-cat-news-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Pucky, Prince of Bacon – A Breaking Cat News Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Georgia Dunn<\/strong> (Andrews McMeel)
\nISBN: 978-1-5248-7128-4 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-5248-8295-2<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a burgeoning trend amongst certain men – mostly hiding on the internet – to think their threat of replacing women they can\u2019t \u201cget\u201d with sex-bots that don\u2019t exist is in some way a deterrent to being turned down by people they don\u2019t have the ability to ask nicely in the first place. These uncouth, mis-evolved oafs also warn that if the \u201cfemales\u201d don\u2019t wise up and lower their standards they will be stuck with living with cats\u2026<\/p>\n

Guys, wise up yourselves. Neither of those propositions are unwelcome outcomes. Cats already rule the world and you just can\u2019t compete.<\/p>\n

On any level.<\/p>\n

In 2016, illustrator and cartoonist Georgia Dunn found a way to make her hairy housemates (the ones with more than two feet) earn their keep after watching them converge on a domestic accident and inquisitively, interminably poke their little snouts into the mess. That incident led to Breaking Cat News<\/strong> as a hilariously beguiling webcomic strip detailing how her forthright felines operate their own on-the-spot news-team, with studio anchor Lupin<\/em>, and field reporters Elvis<\/em> (investigative) and Puck<\/em> (commentary) delivering around-the-clock reports on the events that really resonate with cats – because, after all, who else matters?<\/p>\n

On March 27th<\/sup> 2017, a suitably modified (for which read fully redrawn and recoloured) version began newspaper syndication, alternating with new material designed expressly for print consumption. As the strip and cast grew, print publication led to books like these – also a far more enticing prospect than any night out with the boys\u2026<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a returning customer or already follow the strip, you\u2019re au fait with the constantly expanding cast and its ceaselessly surreal absurdity, but this stuff is so welcoming even the merest neophyte can jump right in with no confusion other than that which is intentional\u2026<\/p>\n

Be warned though, Dunn is a master of emotional manipulation and never afraid to tug heartstrings. Always keep hankies close. You too, lads\u2026<\/p>\n

In this volume the cast return to episodic riffs as the Dunn\u2019s toddler – under the guidance of the scoop-starved kitties – becomes mobile and adventurous. Moreover, the strips slowly and gleefully trace the events leading to the addition of his new baby sister, with the news team in the moment and in the wrong every step of the way.<\/p>\n

You will see here said literal manchild learning to negotiate potential problems like toilets, sudden onset \u201csleepies\u201d, furniture, The Man<\/em>\u2019s new job and interview attire, cat hair tagging and big family events like Christmas, New Years, Easter and The Woman<\/em>\u2019s sister coming to stay. When a fad for new year\u2019s resolutions grips the cats, the kid is there to watch the fallout\u2026<\/p>\n

As always Rolling News episodes revisit favourite themes like things that don\u2019t need to be on shelves, climbing into bags, the right packaging to play with (packing peanuts or tissue paper), helping The People<\/em> exercise, getting more kibble, rainbows in the kitchen and whether mailmen exist, although new crises erupt and are covered in depth as they occur.
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\nOf particular importance are how slow The Man is at cleaning the litter box and extended reports covering a cat war with the vacuum cleaner only ending when diligent feline investigations uncover maternal instinct behind the roaring beast\u2019s increased rampages\u2026<\/p>\n

Breaking events are backed up by In-Depth packages and segments on whiskers, boxes for napping, crinkly candy wrappers, the quickest way to wake The People, new house plants (edible or not?), string & floss, how much The Woman sleeps, is sick or watches British cosy mysteries about crime-solving clerics.\u00a0 In other news, an inherited cuckoo clock, a sustained campaign known as \u201cOperation Second Breakfast\u201d, and sudden leak of Elvis\u2019 baby pictures from when he was adopted offer once in a lifetime opportunities for mockery and teasing\u2026<\/p>\n

When not reporting, our moggy mob – and outdoors cat Tommy<\/em> – are happy to advise and comment on removing spiders, drying out phones, talking to skunks, cuteness, bathing, baby food, sweeping up, cat portraits, bad food, \u201cbooping\u201d superglue, BCW (Best Cat Wrestling), Wet Food Wednesday, toys, spiffy moustaches, tuna water (proper cat persons call it \u201cfishy-ssoise\u201d),\u00a0 books for sleeping in, snow and spring planting, and girl guide cookies. \u2026And then everything changes with a new tiny People and the cats need to adapt – and report\u2026<\/p>\n

We pause our programme here with another Christmas and the explanation for why this book is called what it is\u2026<\/p>\n

Outrageous, alarming, occasionally courageous and always charming – and probably far too autobiographical for comfort – the romps, riffs and occasional sad bits about a fully integrated multi-species family is a growing necessity of life for many folk – just like men simply Are Not. Smart, witty, imaginative and deliciously whimsical, Breaking Cat News<\/strong> is fabulously funny infinitely re-readable feel-good fun rendered with artistic elan and a light and breezy touch to delight not just us irredeemable cat-addicts but also anyone in need of a good laugh.
\nPucky, Prince of Bacon<\/strong> \u00a9 2022 Georgia Dunn. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Georgia Dunn (Andrews McMeel) ISBN: 978-1-5248-7128-4 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-5248-8295-2 There\u2019s a burgeoning trend amongst certain men – mostly hiding on the internet – to think their threat of replacing women they can\u2019t \u201cget\u201d with sex-bots that don\u2019t exist is in some way a deterrent to being turned down by people they don\u2019t have the … <\/p>\n

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