I’ve found that stuffing a bunched-up sock into the crack under the door wedges it it enough to stop the rattling. Just necessities & mothers & those sorts of things. Thought I might pass that along.
Watch out – I tried this with an old bathmat folded in half (large gap) and they just spent the night trying and failing to pull it through the gap, shredding it in the process. Enjoy your quiet sleep to muted door rattles, rested until you wake up to a soft snowfall of blue bathmat shreds.
My better half is a guest at Comic-con right now and with all the fun stuff going on down there he just sent me an excited text that BCN was up. We’re texting back and forth about our favorite details right now. This is how obsessed we have gotten.
That is excellent!! The Man has been able to go down there in past years for work, filming for video game companies he worked for and the like. Sadly not this year, but perhaps again one day! I am excited that with everything to see there, your better half still has time for BCN!!
Too funny! So much to see! Lupin in the last panel, Elvis settling down with his book and reading glasses, Puck jiggling the door, “who’s-their-whiskers”. Lots of fun.
Elvis with his book and blankie and glasses and clock would be a great small picture for a button or pendant. Just exactly that pose, with the speech balloon trimmed away. I would probably never take it off.
When our son was a baby (almost 18 years ago!), we had to keep our door closed as well. My hubby put a strip of insulation foam down the side of the door frame. Made it a little harder to close, but the rattling totally stopped.
The disgruntled look on Lupin’s face in the first panel! (and the joyful glee in the last…) Puck brushing his teeth! And reaching under! And whispering! …And basically just Puck! And Elvis fluffing his pillow! I love it. Also, love the nice surprise of seeing it as I’m going to bed *g*
Absolutely adorable, read, re read, and re read again and I’ve only just woken up (British time) that’s my timetable for the morning out of the window.
And if I don’t get my sixteen hours I’m not myself either!
The final panel is adorable on so many levels! Elvis with his little reading glasses, Puck lifting up one eye of his eye shades to talk (I do that myself), and of course, Lupin walking the back of the couch like a tight rope! But one has to wonder…. What does a cat need with an alarm clock?
“Morty” moved on to a different relative when he was sure he could do the bassinet trick, jumping from floor right into it with a newborn. (He was a 20 lb cat) Mort lived in four family households through his life, and ended up with me where he finished his days sitting like a Buddha on the couch. A true family cat.
This was priceless. I had a horrid day yesterday and I overslept feeding time here. The look on Lupin’s face in the first panel was a mirror image of the 2 that I saw when they finally woke me up. I also loved Elvis in the last panel. Who knew he meeded reading glasses? Thank you for giving me the smile that I needed to face today.
Thank you for another wonderful start to my day! I just LOVE the look on Lupin’s face in the last panel! Sheer kitty joy! And Puck (who is secretly my favorite but don’t tell the others)…if I don’t get my sixteen hours…I’m cracking up! Love it as usual, Georgia! You made my day! Again!
A series of cats over the past 20 years have put a permanent groove on the bottom of a solid oak bedroom door. Stuffing a sock in the door at the knob is the only thing that stops the rattle.
I’m not a cat owner, but I love this strip. I look forward to Mondays and Thursdays. I love how each cat has their own personality and that’s evident in the last panel. I think it sums each of them up perfectly. I also go through once and then reread and catch all the little details. I think that’s what makes the strip. The little details because you can actually imagine a cat thinking or doing that. Love the strip!
Thank you so much Candi! (Incidentally, that is my mother’s name! Only she spells hers with a ‘y’). I really enjoy trying to think of small details and little jokes to tuck into panels. I love when people pick up on them and enjoy them!
Puck reaching under the door reminded me of a moment in the lives of our three; the two-month old kitten poked her head under our bedroom door, but got her head wedged tight. The poor thing mewled piteously but with some slow and careful pushing and prodding and lifting the entire door, she got out unscathed. Never tried that again
Though this would never work with my cats. They don’t rattle. They complain. LOUDLY. (One is half-Siamese. The other has learned bad habits from her sister.)
Puck’s comment needing 16 hours of sleep takes the cake. 53 years ago when our first son was born, sleep was in between attending young Dan’s needs. Then 2 years ago after major back surgery, our Shellie [my shaving
supervisor] had to wait until surgery healed before again taking up half of my bed again.
Pucky is just purrfect today; love the whispering, brushing his teeth and not being himself without 16 hrs of sleep, me too!! Elvis & his glasses look like a true curmudgen worrying about who’s taking care of things if he’s not there. He’s so indispensable!
But who’s going to patrol the shoes? Oh my so much fun, I love Elvis’ reading glasses and Puck’s eye mask and ‘who’s their whiskers’ and Lupin’s twitching tail in panel one, along with just everything!
He does check inside them often, for some reason! (We like to suspect he is trying to keep us safe from spiders? Maybe? But I know in my heart it’s probably something much crazier, ha!) Lupin loves the Man’s slippers, he likes to give them a “bite n’ kick” now and again!
Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I noticed that the family cat had suddenly become very interested in my shoes one afternoon. When I took a look inside, there was a poor terrified mouse curled up in the toe!
Ahh — the things we must put up with living with people. This may call for retaliation (Not that any of the BCN reporters would stoop to such behavior, but you never know when one is sleep deprived…)
I started closing the cats out of the bedroom a while back. At the time it was during the ‘Occupy’ movements in Portland, DC and elsewhere. The joke was the the cats has their own Occupy the Hallway movement every night until they got used to the new program. They occasionally get to sleep in the bedroom now and every once in awhile there is some Hallway Occupation at night.
When I first started dating boyfriend my cat would throw his whole body at the door trying to get in. Thump! Thump! at 2 am tends to ruin sleep almost as much as cold nose climbing under blanket.
Hi, I´m really enjoy BCN, this comic makes me smile anytime I read it, and waiting the next adventure too…
I´m write you from Caracas Venezuela, and have two cats Tosty and Tito
a pijama maybe be wonderful whit this guys
A friend and I had a “painting day” today. I showed her the strip and we spent some time on the last panel. I – um – am not good at composition but can occasionally recognize really good when I see it. You have Elvis’s elongated shape left, Puck’s rounded shape right, and Lupin off-center in a Golden Triangle (is that what it’s called?). It is just perfect. It’s two-dimensional, but the hilarity gives it a third dimension. Paper, ink, watercolor, humor. What a choice of media.
You have outdone yourself with this one. Best strip yet! All the details, the silly dialogue, the art work…… Go Georgia! Also can’t wait for your book. Thanks for being you.
Poor Puck! He’s such a good kitty. All the boys are so adorable here, but Elvis takes the cake with his irked expressions and little reading glasses. I hope the boys are surviving their exile in good spirits.
All cats are currently locked out of bedroom on account of Rampaging 3-month-old Kitten, who has not yet worked out that biting toes through the bedclothes is unacceptable behavior.
Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Outer Darkness…
Just wanted to let you know I love this comic series! Came across it on gocomics.com and am now wonderfully hooked! As the mother to 2 fur-babies myself, I can’t tell you how true your comic rings. Please keep the comics coming!
I’ve found that stuffing a bunched-up sock into the crack under the door wedges it it enough to stop the rattling. Just necessities & mothers & those sorts of things. Thought I might pass that along.
I am filing this information away! Thank you!
Watch out – I tried this with an old bathmat folded in half (large gap) and they just spent the night trying and failing to pull it through the gap, shredding it in the process. Enjoy your quiet sleep to muted door rattles, rested until you wake up to a soft snowfall of blue bathmat shreds.
Just get a Ssscat. Motion sensor air spray can. Works like a dream and is harmless.
My better half is a guest at Comic-con right now and with all the fun stuff going on down there he just sent me an excited text that BCN was up. We’re texting back and forth about our favorite details right now. This is how obsessed we have gotten.
That is excellent!! The Man has been able to go down there in past years for work, filming for video game companies he worked for and the like. Sadly not this year, but perhaps again one day! I am excited that with everything to see there, your better half still has time for BCN!!
Too funny! So much to see! Lupin in the last panel, Elvis settling down with his book and reading glasses, Puck jiggling the door, “who’s-their-whiskers”. Lots of fun.
Thank you!!
Lupin’s face in that last panel. FANTASTIC.
Elvis with his book and blankie and glasses and clock would be a great small picture for a button or pendant. Just exactly that pose, with the speech balloon trimmed away. I would probably never take it off.
When our son was a baby (almost 18 years ago!), we had to keep our door closed as well. My hubby put a strip of insulation foam down the side of the door frame. Made it a little harder to close, but the rattling totally stopped.
The disgruntled look on Lupin’s face in the first panel! (and the joyful glee in the last…) Puck brushing his teeth! And reaching under! And whispering! …And basically just Puck! And Elvis fluffing his pillow! I love it. Also, love the nice surprise of seeing it as I’m going to bed *g*
Given I’ve just had Loki yelling at me through the door since 5am, this was decidedly topical! Brilliant as ever x
Absolutely adorable, read, re read, and re read again and I’ve only just woken up (British time) that’s my timetable for the morning out of the window.
And if I don’t get my sixteen hours I’m not myself either!
The final panel is adorable on so many levels! Elvis with his little reading glasses, Puck lifting up one eye of his eye shades to talk (I do that myself), and of course, Lupin walking the back of the couch like a tight rope! But one has to wonder…. What does a cat need with an alarm clock?
Why, so he doesn’t miss the 2am tear around the house, of course.
Mic drop.
Oh Lupin… *sighs* *laughs* Furry siblings are as good at waking the little ones as the two legged siblings, aren’t they?
HEHEHEH When I saw the headline, my first thought was “Oh no, the People aren’t making ANOTHER baby are they?”
Georgia, another great one!
Hope all is well with you, the man, the kids and the cats.
Take care, and keep up the great work!
“Morty” moved on to a different relative when he was sure he could do the bassinet trick, jumping from floor right into it with a newborn. (He was a 20 lb cat) Mort lived in four family households through his life, and ended up with me where he finished his days sitting like a Buddha on the couch. A true family cat.
Excellent way to start the day. Thank you! I adore Elvis’ reading glasses & Puck’s slleep mask. Oh, I love all of it!
“I’m just gonna give it a jiggle.” Oh, Pucky, you’re so single-minded and sweet.
This was priceless. I had a horrid day yesterday and I overslept feeding time here. The look on Lupin’s face in the first panel was a mirror image of the 2 that I saw when they finally woke me up. I also loved Elvis in the last panel. Who knew he meeded reading glasses? Thank you for giving me the smile that I needed to face today.
Thank you for another wonderful start to my day! I just LOVE the look on Lupin’s face in the last panel! Sheer kitty joy! And Puck (who is secretly my favorite but don’t tell the others)…if I don’t get my sixteen hours…I’m cracking up! Love it as usual, Georgia! You made my day! Again!
A series of cats over the past 20 years have put a permanent groove on the bottom of a solid oak bedroom door. Stuffing a sock in the door at the knob is the only thing that stops the rattle.
I’m not a cat owner, but I love this strip. I look forward to Mondays and Thursdays. I love how each cat has their own personality and that’s evident in the last panel. I think it sums each of them up perfectly. I also go through once and then reread and catch all the little details. I think that’s what makes the strip. The little details because you can actually imagine a cat thinking or doing that. Love the strip!
Thank you so much Candi! (Incidentally, that is my mother’s name! Only she spells hers with a ‘y’). I really enjoy trying to think of small details and little jokes to tuck into panels. I love when people pick up on them and enjoy them!
Puck reaching under the door reminded me of a moment in the lives of our three; the two-month old kitten poked her head under our bedroom door, but got her head wedged tight. The poor thing mewled piteously but with some slow and careful pushing and prodding and lifting the entire door, she got out unscathed. Never tried that again
LOVE this one.
Though this would never work with my cats. They don’t rattle. They complain. LOUDLY. (One is half-Siamese. The other has learned bad habits from her sister.)
Puck’s comment needing 16 hours of sleep takes the cake. 53 years ago when our first son was born, sleep was in between attending young Dan’s needs. Then 2 years ago after major back surgery, our Shellie [my shaving
supervisor] had to wait until surgery healed before again taking up half of my bed again.
Oh my goodness! I’ve never, ever heard of a cat named Shellie…much less one spelled the same as mine! Most excellent choice of name! LOL
I love Elvis’s little reading glasses!
In the last panel, it looks like Lupin is practicing his tightrope walking technique on the back of the couch!
Pucky is just purrfect today; love the whispering, brushing his teeth and not being himself without 16 hrs of sleep, me too!! Elvis & his glasses look like a true curmudgen worrying about who’s taking care of things if he’s not there. He’s so indispensable!
I love Love LOVE Elvis in his reading glasses!!!
Poor innocent Pucky! Let him in!
The final panel is absolutely adorable. So very full of cute touches!
And what will they do when it’s time for the 3 AM races…?
But who’s going to patrol the shoes? Oh my so much fun, I love Elvis’ reading glasses and Puck’s eye mask and ‘who’s their whiskers’ and Lupin’s twitching tail in panel one, along with just everything!
Georgia, does Elvis patrol your shoes?
He does check inside them often, for some reason! (We like to suspect he is trying to keep us safe from spiders? Maybe? But I know in my heart it’s probably something much crazier, ha!) Lupin loves the Man’s slippers, he likes to give them a “bite n’ kick” now and again!
Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I noticed that the family cat had suddenly become very interested in my shoes one afternoon. When I took a look inside, there was a poor terrified mouse curled up in the toe!
My Thumper likes to dive into slippers – she’ll just go head-first into one, squeaking merrily away and pushing it across the room.
And when we throw one of her little mice in, she REALLY goes nuts!
I like the “cats everywhere”, like Lupin is trying to get the general (cat) public on his side of the argument.
: )
Ahh — the things we must put up with living with people. This may call for retaliation (Not that any of the BCN reporters would stoop to such behavior, but you never know when one is sleep deprived…)
I started closing the cats out of the bedroom a while back. At the time it was during the ‘Occupy’ movements in Portland, DC and elsewhere. The joke was the the cats has their own Occupy the Hallway movement every night until they got used to the new program. They occasionally get to sleep in the bedroom now and every once in awhile there is some Hallway Occupation at night.
The last panel is superb. Elvis with his bins. Brilliant
“Get some rest [Puck]. If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.”
Elvis looks such an intellectual in the last panel, and I love his little back paws
I think the baby should sleep on the couch!
i hate ot when someone goes and ruins it for everyone. Elvis will have to do a thorough scan of the room each morning now …
When I first started dating boyfriend my cat would throw his whole body at the door trying to get in. Thump! Thump! at 2 am tends to ruin sleep almost as much as cold nose climbing under blanket.
I’d have given up the boyfriend before not sleeping with my cat! LOL
I love this whole strip, but the last panel, and especially Elvis wearing his little spectacles, give me strength.
Hi, I´m really enjoy BCN, this comic makes me smile anytime I read it, and waiting the next adventure too…
I´m write you from Caracas Venezuela, and have two cats Tosty and Tito
a pijama maybe be wonderful whit this guys
A friend and I had a “painting day” today. I showed her the strip and we spent some time on the last panel. I – um – am not good at composition but can occasionally recognize really good when I see it. You have Elvis’s elongated shape left, Puck’s rounded shape right, and Lupin off-center in a Golden Triangle (is that what it’s called?). It is just perfect. It’s two-dimensional, but the hilarity gives it a third dimension. Paper, ink, watercolor, humor. What a choice of media.
Thank you so much for saying so, Kathryn!!
I sympathize with Puck. I also am not myself if I don’t get 16 hours of sleep.
Any cat owner who’s fuzzy little buddies don’t feel entitled to share your bed, say aye.
…Thought so.
Thrice aye
I’m amazed Puck can brush his teeth and speak coherently at the same time.
Puck brushing his teeth and Lupins offended mien about “tightrope walking” the crib incident cracked me up!
You have outdone yourself with this one. Best strip yet! All the details, the silly dialogue, the art work…… Go Georgia! Also can’t wait for your book. Thanks for being you.
I love all the little details in the last panel! These comics always make my day.
Poor Puck! He’s such a good kitty. All the boys are so adorable here, but Elvis takes the cake with his irked expressions and little reading glasses. I hope the boys are surviving their exile in good spirits.
I agree with Puck. AT LEAST 16 hours!!!! Lol
All cats are currently locked out of bedroom on account of Rampaging 3-month-old Kitten, who has not yet worked out that biting toes through the bedclothes is unacceptable behavior.
Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Outer Darkness…
Just wanted to let you know I love this comic series! Came across it on gocomics.com and am now wonderfully hooked! As the mother to 2 fur-babies myself, I can’t tell you how true your comic rings. Please keep the comics coming!
My cat’s love to get in my face when I am trying to sleep and it gets anoing but I would rather have that then have him scratch on my door.