In case anyone missed it from yesterday, the calendar is now available in the Zazzle shop, see the link below. Georgia picked some great artwork for it. I especially like all the small pictures on holidays and the blank squares at the start and end of months.
Lupin is like the wounded man in battle urging his friend to “Leave me. I’m not going to make it. Just go on, be a good Boy for Santa, and save yourself, Pucky.”
First snow of the year that is actually sticking so far this year started yesterday afternoon and is continuing this morning. Not much in the long range forecast from now to the 25th so I am hoping it will stay cold enough to keep it until then. There is something so dreary about a brown Christmas to those of us who are used to white ones.
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: In celebration of the Palace un-crime wave, Thomios has prepared a sumptuous banquet. There will be ham and other delicacies as well.
Thomios: I have discovered that ham goes well on bread with a slice of two of cheese.
Puckmosis: What is this savory paste on the ham?
Thomios: That is from a spice grown by Trevor-Hotep. He calls it mustard.
Elvis-Anum: Have we discovered the identity of the un-criminal?
The Queen: We have our suspicions, but have decided to let the matter be.
Lupinium: Obviously it was the work of the Papyrus Cat.
Elvis-Anum: Why does everyone believe the Papyrus Cat is real?
Beatrixia: Well, you have to admit you did get a clean workstation and a nice set of inks out of it.I
Later That Day
Lupinium: Now how do I go about thanking all those who helped me…I mean the Papyrus Cat.
Avenger: Don’t worry, I know you’ll think of something.
Emma-Peelia: I have a surprise for you, my fine Steed.
Frank Sinatra’s Birthday: He was truly an icon of his era, and his life and works, as with all historic persons, should be evaluated in the context of his times. Of all the male voices I have heard, few are in his league. I even enjoy listening to him sing songs I don’t like!
Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts: You don’t want to know. If you did know, you’d be doomed. Everyone has thoughts they don’t want anyone else to know. The exceptions are those who write fiction and develop good characters. In a psychological sense, these people are comfortable walking down the street buck naked, because their unmentionable thoughts get published, or at least written. If the thought of that does not make you uncomfortable, perhaps you should take up the fictional pen, pencil, or keyboard.
Speaking of the unmentionable …
National Ding-a-ling Day: (The original content of this portion of the comment has been censored.) There is a revisionist version of this day, on which one calls someone to whom you have not spoken in some time. I prefer the original, of course.
Gingerbread House Day: I’ve never liked them—far too much sugar. I’m also mildly allergic to ginger. Even as a child with a ginormous sweet tooth, I didn’t like any candy or cookie with ginger in it, and was actually afraid of them when quite young, thanks to the story of Hansel and Gretel. As a structural material, the materials scientist in me finds gingerbread repugnant, and only worthy of a recent graduate of an architectural school—almost none of them teach anything about materials. Even the three little pigs knew better. (Straw can be and has been used as a temporary structural material!) Gingerbread houses also attract ants, mice, cockroaches, and cat hair. Only the last is beneficial, adding some much needed fiber and nutritional value to otherwise empty carbs.
If you are a baker and/or like gingerbread, forget I mentioned it …
The presents are wrapped and ready to mail, and the dried fruit is soaking now … but I’m too tired to make the fruit cake. By the time it do (tomorrow), it’s liable to be very potent! Can’t wait to taste this fruit cake.
Move over, Puck! I just got added to Santa’s naughty list. I bought a box of Christmas cards because I liked the picture on the front of the box—a snowman out in a snowy field with a two story farmhouse in the background, and some snow covered pine trees. When I opened up the box to start getting them ready to send out, I discovered that all the snow has glitter on it! It’s not solid glitter, but enough to leave a lasting impression on the recipients.
This whole story arch has been reminding me of that bit from Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas special:“It doesn’t work that way. You see, everyone does naughty things from time to time, but that’s different from actually being a naughty person.”“Santa’s actually very forgiving.”“Hmm… jolly to fault if you ask me.”
Le'letha Premium Member over 3 years ago
But how can anyone sleep with all the light Lupin the Disco Ball Cat is reflecting?
deadheadzan over 3 years ago
What a sweet picture….and then there’s Lupin looking kinda desperate!
Sue Ellen over 3 years ago
Pucky all curled up with the boy patting his back. They are both good boys. Lupin isn’t bad—he’s just on trouble’s speed dial!
Hedgehog over 3 years ago
Here’s a link to the ornament and ‘Christmas Carol’ inspired coloring pages from the original BCN website:
http://www.breakingcatnews.com/freebies/
Susanna Premium Member over 3 years ago
In case anyone missed it from yesterday, the calendar is now available in the Zazzle shop, see the link below. Georgia picked some great artwork for it. I especially like all the small pictures on holidays and the blank squares at the start and end of months.
Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago
I had to turn my screen upside down to make sense of Lupin at all.
I Mad Am I over 3 years ago
As Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” is playing in my head… Yah, just put me on the Naughty List and leave it at that! ;)
Ruth Brown over 3 years ago
Done, Lupin, continue as you were.
mewwo over 3 years ago
OT :Yen
Robin Harwood over 3 years ago
Lupin knows he’s doomed.
ikini Premium Member over 3 years ago
Love Pucky’s concerned, sad eyebrows in the last panel. <3
WelshRat Premium Member over 3 years ago
Parents cause untold psychological harm to their kids during December.
cat19632001 over 3 years ago
There is some major angst going on in the Big Pink House this month.
cat19632001 over 3 years ago
Lupin toe beans! Tiny but there.
Gent over 3 years ago
Glitter eevil. Eeevil!
cat19632001 over 3 years ago
Lupin is like the wounded man in battle urging his friend to “Leave me. I’m not going to make it. Just go on, be a good Boy for Santa, and save yourself, Pucky.”
arolarson Premium Member over 3 years ago
In other strips: Amanda the Great…cat being cat and Cul de Sac…Madeline has a new Xmas sweater but I was hoping for the train to reappear.
arolarson Premium Member over 3 years ago
First snow of the year that is actually sticking so far this year started yesterday afternoon and is continuing this morning. Not much in the long range forecast from now to the 25th so I am hoping it will stay cold enough to keep it until then. There is something so dreary about a brown Christmas to those of us who are used to white ones.
Ignatz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Poor Puck.
masingermo over 3 years ago
Oh, there’s nothing like guilt for the holidays…..
Pet over 3 years ago
The Woman is a good mom. I would have loved her as my mum. The Children are very lucky! :-D
Pinemelon over 3 years ago
the boy petting puck awww that is soo cute
PetsAmazeMe over 3 years ago
Pucks little face…….
Nuliajuk over 3 years ago
It’s okay Lupin. You’re a disco ball. That compensates for everything.
Santana over 3 years ago
Have a guilt-free, naughty Christmas
It’s the baddest time of the year
Don’t know why that must be so
But mischief brings such cheer
Have a guilt-free, naughty Christmas
And when you zoom down the halls
Enthrall all with your loudest footfall
And be sure to bounce off the walls
Oh, when the shiny ornament
Is hung where you can reach
Bonkers fun awaits you then
Bat it one time or two, or three
Have a guilt-free, naughty Christmas
And in case you didn’t hear
Oh by golly have a guilt-free, naughty Christmas
This year
As for Santa, well, you can always be good
Next year
(Johnny Marks – A Holly Jolly Christmas)
artheaded1 over 3 years ago
Although Santa isn’t being used as a a threat (as I’ve seen some parents do) the poor Boy looks way to distressed about being Good.
Kitty Katz over 3 years ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: In celebration of the Palace un-crime wave, Thomios has prepared a sumptuous banquet. There will be ham and other delicacies as well.
Thomios: I have discovered that ham goes well on bread with a slice of two of cheese.
Puckmosis: What is this savory paste on the ham?
Thomios: That is from a spice grown by Trevor-Hotep. He calls it mustard.
Elvis-Anum: Have we discovered the identity of the un-criminal?
The Queen: We have our suspicions, but have decided to let the matter be.
Lupinium: Obviously it was the work of the Papyrus Cat.
Elvis-Anum: Why does everyone believe the Papyrus Cat is real?
Beatrixia: Well, you have to admit you did get a clean workstation and a nice set of inks out of it.I
Later That Day
Lupinium: Now how do I go about thanking all those who helped me…I mean the Papyrus Cat.
Avenger: Don’t worry, I know you’ll think of something.
Emma-Peelia: I have a surprise for you, my fine Steed.
golfgranny47 over 3 years ago
I love that Lupin is still glittery!
Miss Mina over 3 years ago
Gee, no pressure, Woman!
cat19632001 over 3 years ago
Sparkle on, Lupin!
kangtourcat over 3 years ago
One year ago, “Shoutmonks”,one of my favorites!
ocarol7 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Disco balls are Always nice-
diskus Premium Member over 3 years ago
And of course Elvis is getting down all the details to,establish a written reocrd of all the violations.
rs0204 Premium Member over 3 years ago
How come every time I see Lupin lately, I want to play my old vinyl of Bee Gees and ABBA music?
anomalous4 over 3 years ago
OT: Here a COVID, there a COVID, everywhere a COVID COVID…
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
No-naughty burnout and still weeks to go.
NORTHIDAHO over 3 years ago
how to traumatize a kid in one easy lesson
ltrauth over 3 years ago
Dramatic Lupin is Dramatic…
anomalous4 over 3 years ago
That last panel needs to be an ornament for next year!
bobw2012 over 3 years ago
Lupin, Puck, the Boy, even Pengie look sad. But wait for next week.
scaeva Premium Member over 3 years ago
Today is:
Frank Sinatra’s Birthday: He was truly an icon of his era, and his life and works, as with all historic persons, should be evaluated in the context of his times. Of all the male voices I have heard, few are in his league. I even enjoy listening to him sing songs I don’t like!
Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts: You don’t want to know. If you did know, you’d be doomed. Everyone has thoughts they don’t want anyone else to know. The exceptions are those who write fiction and develop good characters. In a psychological sense, these people are comfortable walking down the street buck naked, because their unmentionable thoughts get published, or at least written. If the thought of that does not make you uncomfortable, perhaps you should take up the fictional pen, pencil, or keyboard.
Speaking of the unmentionable …
National Ding-a-ling Day: (The original content of this portion of the comment has been censored.) There is a revisionist version of this day, on which one calls someone to whom you have not spoken in some time. I prefer the original, of course.
Gingerbread House Day: I’ve never liked them—far too much sugar. I’m also mildly allergic to ginger. Even as a child with a ginormous sweet tooth, I didn’t like any candy or cookie with ginger in it, and was actually afraid of them when quite young, thanks to the story of Hansel and Gretel. As a structural material, the materials scientist in me finds gingerbread repugnant, and only worthy of a recent graduate of an architectural school—almost none of them teach anything about materials. Even the three little pigs knew better. (Straw can be and has been used as a temporary structural material!) Gingerbread houses also attract ants, mice, cockroaches, and cat hair. Only the last is beneficial, adding some much needed fiber and nutritional value to otherwise empty carbs.
If you are a baker and/or like gingerbread, forget I mentioned it …
Georgia Dunn creator over 3 years ago
Hello!! Happy Saturday, everyone! I wanted to let everyone know, the 2021 BCN CALENDAR IS FINISHED AND READY TO SHIP! Huzzah!!!
You can order it here: https://www.zazzle.com/bcn_2021_calendar-158084132229112586
CoffeeLvr over 3 years ago
I wonder how long Lupin will be covered in glitter? IRL, a pet parent would have to clean it off so the cat couldn’t lick it and ingest it.
asrialfeeple over 3 years ago
I feel you, Lupin Old buddy, I really do.
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/12/19willie_mctell over 3 years ago
Lupin is self actualized.
Mx Crazy Cat Person over 3 years ago
Lupin, you may just surprise yourself.
Mx Crazy Cat Person over 3 years ago
Puck looks very concerned
over 3 years ago
It pains me to see Puck upset.
buflogal! over 3 years ago
To me, Elvis looks angry. I’m not sure why I see it that way.
Natarose over 3 years ago
Did Lupin get into the cookies too?
GSD Mom Premium Member over 3 years ago
Off-Topic Post
The presents are wrapped and ready to mail, and the dried fruit is soaking now … but I’m too tired to make the fruit cake. By the time it do (tomorrow), it’s liable to be very potent! Can’t wait to taste this fruit cake.
knight1192a over 3 years ago
Lupin admits he’s gotta be naughty.
Sue Ellen over 3 years ago
Move over, Puck! I just got added to Santa’s naughty list. I bought a box of Christmas cards because I liked the picture on the front of the box—a snowman out in a snowy field with a two story farmhouse in the background, and some snow covered pine trees. When I opened up the box to start getting them ready to send out, I discovered that all the snow has glitter on it! It’s not solid glitter, but enough to leave a lasting impression on the recipients.
Status: Having nothing better to do over 3 years ago
I got potato salad! Are you proud of me Puck?
kaiti over 3 years ago
Any chance of you issuing a small poster of Astro-Lupin?
Darth Thespian over 3 years ago
This whole story arch has been reminding me of that bit from Phineas and Ferb’s Christmas special:“It doesn’t work that way. You see, everyone does naughty things from time to time, but that’s different from actually being a naughty person.”“Santa’s actually very forgiving.”“Hmm… jolly to fault if you ask me.”
deojaideep aka Courage over 3 years ago
There goes Lupin, invisible again!!