She has been the biggest request, thanks to the folks who also follow Tommy’s FB page in real life! When some folks were a little bummed Burt was another boy cat it took everything in me not to type, “NO BUT WAIT, AN OLD LADY BARN CAT AND TOMMY’S ROOMMATE ARE TOTALLY COMING IN LIKE, IN TWO MINUTES,” but I did my best to hold off.
But, SURPRISE, TOMMY FANS!!! Sophie has at last joined us!
He does! Even before BCN, Tommy’s Woman (my friend Jackie) has kept a FB page devoted to his adorable real life eccentricities! I’m on my phone, or I would post a direct link, but he can be looked up under his proper name…
YES! We can get all the cats, even Sophie, in on the broadcast. This is going to be fun. Love the “Our IX Lives” on the screen That would be a great Soap Opera.
I can’t wait to see what happens next. Great job Georgia!
I did have a problem with the link in the email. It didn’t work but I managed to survive.
Oh wow! So delightful!! All the wonderful reporters together and beautiful Sophie (with marvelous cattitude and gorgeous bicoloured eyes :))
Love the details as always – the various channel logos, days of our nine lives in the control room!, the robber mice in the camera two view!
Thank you, dear Georgia.
In case anyone is worried about the news room getting a wee bit crowded, never fear! Until something changes, this is *pretty much* your cast of cat-racters!!!
(I say pretty much because someone may be joining us for a …spell… in October).
Oh dear–I think I REALLY need to update the “Meet Our Reporters” page after the past few weeks! *Adds to do-to list*
I’ve seen cases where too many characters cause problems in a story, but you are doing a wonderful job handling all your characters and making their personalities distinct. You have a gift for getting a character’s personality across in only a panel or two, Baba Mouse and Sophie being your two latest examples. Please don’t worry, you’re doing a marvelous job.
Looks like the robber mice are trying to get in the window (panel 5). They will not be ignored. And Sophie is obviously very cultured. Doesn’t use nicknames like Tommy. As usual, I laughed so much at this strip. These cats are a scream.
I LOVE IT!! Georgia, again you have outdone yourself- from Tommie with his beautiful housemate, Sofie (who doesn’t care for him) to Lupin photo bombing Elvis. Every panel is a delight. I’m looking forward to a book. Anything in the works, Georgia?
Yes, actually!! I’m happy to say that a book of the very first BCN strips will be available from Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2016! We’re partway done with the editing process now!
I can hardly wait! I’m hoping it will include last year’s Christmas story where we first met Tommy. If not, is there any hope of getting last year’s Christmas story into a small book? It would make a great stocking stuffer for my cat loving friends and family.
I bought a few copies of your book for friends and family, I really hope the rest of your comics make it into book form! I will keep everything crossed!
I love your comics, re-reading them all for the third time! X
There is so much concentrated adorableness in this comic that I am actually crying with delight. I am slain with the cute. I think it was Sir Figaro photobombing the camera with his mousie that pushed me over the edge. A tour de force!
Here’s the thing though, I don’t think Sir Figaro Newton has a physical mouse. I think the mouse is part of the GN “bug” (corner overlay graphic) the way the yarn ball is part of the studio CN bug, Tommy’s shirt flower is part of his remote CN bug, and the paw print is part of the BN bug.
That was…..AWESOME!!!!!! I love, love, love, how your CBN family has grown…I loved Sophia getting fed up, “Thomas!!!” Lol..Georgia, you never disappoint…Glad to be here for the evolution
That is so adorable that it drained all the other adjectives from my head, and now all I can do is sit here, reading it again and again, grinning away, while thinking the words “that’s adorable!”.
So many details. “Our IX Lives”! The picture logos for the various news stations – BCN, GN, CN, BN. Please tell me, is Tommy’s CN logo a flower from his Hawiian shirt? ‘Cuz, that’s just awesome!
Love the exchange between Tommy & Sophie,”Okie dokie”. everyone else has noted everything i would have said, so i’m just going to say adorable, fabulous, cute, beautifully drawn, and the characterizations are perfect. Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, everything about BCN. Thanks again for sharing your family and talent with us.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Rain (my small Gray tabby) wishes to set up a CNN segment here in Ohio. She hopes the bandit barn mice do not swipe Puck’s Buzzy Mouse.
The only strip I like better than this one is the “hurdles” comic from earlier in the strip. I’m glad our internet got fixed in time so that I could see it today!
Oh my god, ‘Our IX Lives’?? I love it!! Heck, everything about this whole strip was made of win – Tabitha & Lupin’s high fives, Tommy blithely mentioning Sophie not caring for him at all, it was awesome! I so, so cannot wait to read more – Brava!
Looks like Lupin’s a teleporting kitty! Love the stinkeye Elvis is giving the “Live” logo. And after reading over Tommy’s FB, will we be getting commentary from the dog?
I absolutely love Lupin’s look when Elvis gets Tabith-slapped. That is so excellent. Same kinda reaction as our girls running in to check it out when we yell at the other.
As a general rule I agree with Tabitha’s suggestion of only linking broadcasts during an emergency. But this strip was a necessary exception under the heading of “shakedown cruise”.
Its 5:35am in my house and I’m reading the latest strip for the fifth time. I love all the comments. I check in often to see new comments so, of course, I re_read the strip again. It makes me so happy.
Hee hee! The relationship between Tommy and Sophie reminds me of the way Quantum and Nano, my boy and girl kitties, treat each other. Quantum is so much like Tommy it’s hilarious.
At this time I’m not quite sure how to create calendars, (the time to create one would be tough too) but I do want to do one someday, maybe next year! I would love to create different holiday and season scenes!
So much concentrated awesomeness! Love the camera play, Sophie making an appearance, Puck distracted by the second cat on-screen, and Sir Figaro Newton with the mouse toy, and that grin of Lupin’s! I hope those robber mice don’t manage to get inside the house, though.
OHMYGODILOVEIT
So much cuteness and universe building! Yay!
Oooh, I love it! So.many.cats!
Sophie! Kitty high-fives!
Laughing so hard I am coughing! Sophie needs to do a segment.
Awesome!
Yay, another girl cat. This makes my girl cat happy!
Sophie!!! I wondered if you’d work her in someday!
She has been the biggest request, thanks to the folks who also follow Tommy’s FB page in real life! When some folks were a little bummed Burt was another boy cat it took everything in me not to type, “NO BUT WAIT, AN OLD LADY BARN CAT AND TOMMY’S ROOMMATE ARE TOTALLY COMING IN LIKE, IN TWO MINUTES,” but I did my best to hold off.
But, SURPRISE, TOMMY FANS!!! Sophie has at last joined us!
Wait wait wait – Tommy has a Facebook page IRL?
He does! Even before BCN, Tommy’s Woman (my friend Jackie) has kept a FB page devoted to his adorable real life eccentricities! I’m on my phone, or I would post a direct link, but he can be looked up under his proper name…
…Admiral Thomas “Tommy” Whiskerstache
Thank you!
Here you go
https://www.facebook.com/TommyWhiskerstache
Thank you!!
Ohmycat! Sophie is Mufasa’s twin! I miss my fuzzy buddy so much.
I for one was not bummed that Burt is a boy-cat. He’s sooo handsome!
So . . . Tabitha is a tabby cat. Makes sense.
Clap!
Love it! Especially Elvis’ facial expressions.
Absolute perfection! The new network needs a cat version of Masterpiece Theatre with Elvis as Sherlock Holmes.
YES! We can get all the cats, even Sophie, in on the broadcast. This is going to be fun. Love the “Our IX Lives” on the screen That would be a great Soap Opera.
I can’t wait to see what happens next. Great job Georgia!
I did have a problem with the link in the email. It didn’t work but I managed to survive.
Uh oh! I hope my broadcast-error-gag of adding the “_type title here_” didn’t mess with the link. I am sorry if that ends up being the case!
Oh my goodness!! I totally didn’t realize that was a gag..well done
Oh wow! So delightful!! All the wonderful reporters together and beautiful Sophie (with marvelous cattitude and gorgeous bicoloured eyes :))
Love the details as always – the various channel logos, days of our nine lives in the control room!, the robber mice in the camera two view!
Thank you, dear Georgia.
In case anyone is worried about the news room getting a wee bit crowded, never fear! Until something changes, this is *pretty much* your cast of cat-racters!!!
(I say pretty much because someone may be joining us for a …spell… in October).
Oh dear–I think I REALLY need to update the “Meet Our Reporters” page after the past few weeks! *Adds to do-to list*
I’ve seen cases where too many characters cause problems in a story, but you are doing a wonderful job handling all your characters and making their personalities distinct. You have a gift for getting a character’s personality across in only a panel or two, Baba Mouse and Sophie being your two latest examples. Please don’t worry, you’re doing a marvelous job.
Thank you!! I promise I will be careful to balance them in and out too. Hopefully the next couple of broadcasts will prove that!
Joining for a “spell” in October? A black Halloween cat, maybe? Oh, Georgia, you’re such a tease!
Looks like the robber mice are trying to get in the window (panel 5). They will not be ignored. And Sophie is obviously very cultured. Doesn’t use nicknames like Tommy. As usual, I laughed so much at this strip. These cats are a scream.
I LOVE IT!! Georgia, again you have outdone yourself- from Tommie with his beautiful housemate, Sofie (who doesn’t care for him) to Lupin photo bombing Elvis. Every panel is a delight. I’m looking forward to a book. Anything in the works, Georgia?
Yes, actually!! I’m happy to say that a book of the very first BCN strips will be available from Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2016! We’re partway done with the editing process now!
I can hardly wait! I’m hoping it will include last year’s Christmas story where we first met Tommy. If not, is there any hope of getting last year’s Christmas story into a small book? It would make a great stocking stuffer for my cat loving friends and family.
I don’t believe it does, however, if it sells well maybe they will put us down for a second volume!! Fingers crossed, everyone!
I love the idea of the Christmas special in its own little book, that is a lovely idea.
I bought a few copies of your book for friends and family, I really hope the rest of your comics make it into book form!
I will keep everything crossed!
I love your comics, re-reading them all for the third time! X
Thank you, Jeni!! I hope so too! I will cross my fingers with you!
There is so much concentrated adorableness in this comic that I am actually crying with delight. I am slain with the cute. I think it was Sir Figaro photobombing the camera with his mousie that pushed me over the edge. A tour de force!
Here’s the thing though, I don’t think Sir Figaro Newton has a physical mouse. I think the mouse is part of the GN “bug” (corner overlay graphic) the way the yarn ball is part of the studio CN bug, Tommy’s shirt flower is part of his remote CN bug, and the paw print is part of the BN bug.
That was…..AWESOME!!!!!! I love, love, love, how your CBN family has grown…I loved Sophia getting fed up, “Thomas!!!” Lol..Georgia, you never disappoint…Glad to be here for the evolution
That is so adorable that it drained all the other adjectives from my head, and now all I can do is sit here, reading it again and again, grinning away, while thinking the words “that’s adorable!”.
Awww, Tabitha owned Lupin… <3
“… and she does not care for me!” Love that. Sounds like my house except that it’s him who does not care for her. =)
Our IX Lives! Love it.
Yay someone else commented on this!! How cool would that show be?
This is excellent, the characters are so true, the personalities so well developed… Keep this coming!
Hee hee… I think Burt just got busted watching Our Nine Lives…
So many details. “Our IX Lives”! The picture logos for the various news stations – BCN, GN, CN, BN. Please tell me, is Tommy’s CN logo a flower from his Hawiian shirt? ‘Cuz, that’s just awesome!
It is!!
Totally lost it at Sophie’s description! Instant classic BCN.
Wow, the plot (and cast) thickens! I can’t wait to see how all these lovely kitties interact via Cameras and in Real (BCN strip) Life!
Oh my god, is that a cat soap opera on one of the TVs? I must see it!
Maybe it’s a telenovella for the ceiling cats.
Sophie’s eyes are different colors! <3
They are! The real Sophie is blind in one eye, but it sort of makes her even more lovely, the sweet little gal.
Love the exchange between Tommy & Sophie,”Okie dokie”. everyone else has noted everything i would have said, so i’m just going to say adorable, fabulous, cute, beautifully drawn, and the characterizations are perfect. Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, everything about BCN. Thanks again for sharing your family and talent with us.
Thank you, Gloria!! <3
Sir Figgy’s position makes the mouse-ear look like he has a little “derp-tongue”. <3
Panel 5! The mice cameo!!
Welcome Sophia!
Tabitha: “Or if Elvis goes missing again…”
Next panel
Elvis: “HEY!!”
SOPHIE!!! Maybe next Valentine’s Day, Lupin can help Tommy ~woo~ her!
Oh, this gave me great pleasure as I sit in a long day of meetings ‘multi-tasking’!
I love the ‘our IX lives’ <3
Your little details add so much to an already lovely comic!
So happy. The Beloved Sophie has joined the crew. Poor smitten Tommy, such a darling kitty in real life
Love! Love! Love!!!
Especially Sophie (my sweet kitty’s name) and the Tabitha’s high-five!
And I sense a budding romance btwn Tabitha and Elvis!
Thank you Georgia, I have tears from smiling so hard. Love meeting Sophie, she is beautiful.
Aw, you are welcome!!
About the book? Put me down for an autographed first edition please!!!
a purr..fect Christmas gift.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Rain (my small Gray tabby) wishes to set up a CNN segment here in Ohio. She hopes the bandit barn mice do not swipe Puck’s Buzzy Mouse.
Having been live on air a few times I can feel for them their glitches. I’m just wondering who is catting the cameras.
I wonder if Sophie is related to Tommy?And if she’s a reporter?
I love Lupin’s face in panel 14! Keep it up!
The only strip I like better than this one is the “hurdles” comic from earlier in the strip. I’m glad our internet got fixed in time so that I could see it today!
I love Lupin’s expression after “or Elvis goes missing again” Love it.
Oh my god, ‘Our IX Lives’?? I love it!! Heck, everything about this whole strip was made of win – Tabitha & Lupin’s high fives, Tommy blithely mentioning Sophie not caring for him at all, it was awesome! I so, so cannot wait to read more – Brava!
i love the soap opera too. But the Spanish language soap operas are always much more exciting.
This is so good! Love the look on Elvis’ face and Lupin’s photo bomb. Still laughing.
Om goodness, this was so much fun to read, and lots of well look at that images!! Woot woot!! Yay fur BCN!!
Looks like Lupin’s a teleporting kitty! Love the stinkeye Elvis is giving the “Live” logo. And after reading over Tommy’s FB, will we be getting commentary from the dog?
I may bring a dog in one day–but I confess I am still undecided!
OMG lupin’s high five with tabatha omg omg TOO cute!!
I think it’s Figaro, but I agree. LOVE the high five!
I think that is Sir Figaro Newton on the high five
Laughed out loud!
I LOVE the mice making an appearance again! Love the little criminal outfits on them!
I must find Tommy’s FB page. Can anyone share the link???
Here he is!!
https://www.facebook.com/TommyWhiskerstache?fref=ts
Tommy’s owner was interviewed.
http://www.cattitudehq.co.uk/2015/01/31/meet-admiral-tommy-whiskerstache-cat-always-ease/#
Great article! Thanks for sharing it.
I absolutely love Lupin’s look when Elvis gets Tabith-slapped. That is so excellent. Same kinda reaction as our girls running in to check it out when we yell at the other.
SO. MUCH. AWESOME =^.~.^=
And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea –
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
I think BCN must be the only thing ever to move me to quote poetry! It is not my natural wont
I smell fur burnin’ … Elvis. You keep sticking your nose in it like that and you’ll get your whiskers singed and trimmed, too.
As a general rule I agree with Tabitha’s suggestion of only linking broadcasts during an emergency. But this strip was a necessary exception under the heading of “shakedown cruise”.
OMG everyone’s faces! And Sophie! LOVE!
“Our IX Lives”?? Genius, pure genius!
Its 5:35am in my house and I’m reading the latest strip for the fifth time. I love all the comments. I check in often to see new comments so, of course, I re_read the strip again. It makes me so happy.
Awww, thank you Linda!!
What is burts logo? Is it an egg?
It’s a paw print!
I don’t think that was Lupin giving Tabitha the high five. It must be Sir Figaro-he’s right there photo bombing! Love having everybody connected!
Our 9 Lives, I love it!!! Can you imagine… “If you didn’t take the catnip, then who did?!” (cue dramatic music chord)…it was HIS TWIN!!!!
Hahaha!!
Sophie can maybe report on the arts? She’s so erudite . . .
I may have plans.
Very similar plans….
“And she does not care for me.”
Is my favorite line in this comic.
Hee hee! The relationship between Tommy and Sophie reminds me of the way Quantum and Nano, my boy and girl kitties, treat each other. Quantum is so much like Tommy it’s hilarious.
Does Tommy sound like John Candy in anyone else’s head, or is it just me?
So was it live by accident?
That’s our AV guy, too. “Are we live?” “No … wait! No. YES! Oh man, sorry.”
Georgia, will there be a 2016 calendar? I would love one. Have both drawings and pictures of all the cats.
At this time I’m not quite sure how to create calendars, (the time to create one would be tough too) but I do want to do one someday, maybe next year! I would love to create different holiday and season scenes!
The robber mice! I just saw them!
So much concentrated awesomeness! Love the camera play, Sophie making an appearance, Puck distracted by the second cat on-screen, and Sir Figaro Newton with the mouse toy, and that grin of Lupin’s!
I hope those robber mice don’t manage to get inside the house, though. 
Oh look! Our IX Lives is playing!
Oh hey! Sophie has heterochromia! =D
I noticed that too!
I see Tabitha heard about what happened to Elvis. X3
Omg it’s so wonderful to see all these different universes come together ^^
Our 9 lives lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am just going through all the strips,and Figaro’s face KILLED me
