Breaking Cat News
Breaking Cat News is a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Georgia Dunn. It is syndicated through Andrews McMeel Syndication.
| Breaking Cat News | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Georgia Dunn |
| Website | http://www.breakingcatnews.com and http://www.gocomics.com/breakingcatnews |
| Current status/schedule | Current daily strip |
| Launch date | March 12, 2014 |
| Syndicate(s) | Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication |
| Publisher(s) | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Genre(s) | Humor, Cats |
Publication history
Dunn created the strip after moving back to her native Westerly, Rhode Island after living in Seattle.[1]
The strip debuted on March 12, 2014, at first self-syndicated by Dunn; and has appeared on the GoComics website since October 20, 2014.[2]
Andrews McMeel Publishing published the first collection of the strip in 2016. Dunn wrote in the foreword that she got the idea when one of her cats made a mess and the others showed up as if to investigate, which led Dunn to create voices for them as if they were television news channel reporters.[2]
Characters and story
The main characters in Breaking Cat News are three cats based on Dunn's own cats Elvis, Lupin, and Puck. The characters' personalities are based on the personalities and behavior of their real-life counterparts. Also in the cast are a human family referred to as the Woman, the Man, the Toddler, and the Baby. In a January 5, 2020 broadcast, when the Baby becomes a toddler, they change the reference terms to The Boy and The Girl. [3] Other people, cats, and a few other creatures appear as the live coverage continues. Because this is "news important to cats", a typical lead story might be "There's a great big box in the living room!" or "Someone ate all the flowers and threw up in the hallway." However, there are larger story arcs, like a new cat, Goldie, being adopted, the Children developing (potty training, learning to walk, becoming Toddlers), the weather, Tommy the stray finding his Woman, et cetera.
References
- Hewitt, Catherine (October 30, 2017). "Chariho High grad turned feline follies into syndicated strip, 'Breaking Cat News'". The Westerly Sun. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- Doyle, Steven (September 25, 2017). "Breaking Cat News joins News & Record's comics lineup". News & Record. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- Guzman, René A. (March 27, 2017). "'Breaking Cat News' debuts in E-N today". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved October 19, 2017.