Breaking Cat News
Breaking Cat News is a comic strip created by cartoonist Georgia Dunn and syndicated through Andrews McMeel Syndication. Publication history Dunn created the strip after relocating to her native Westerly, Rhode Island following her time in Seattle. The strip made its debut on March 12, 2014, initially self-syndicated by Dunn. It has been available on the GoComics website since October 20, 2014. Andrews McMeel Publishing released the first collection of the strip in 2016. In the foreword, Dunn shared that she got the idea when one of her cats created a mess, prompting the others to investigate, which inspired her to envision them as television news channel reporters and develop distinct voices for them. Story The main characters in Breaking Cat News are based on Dunn's own cats Elvis, Lupin, and Puck, augmented by recent arrivals Goldie, Iggy, and Ora Zella. They are drawn in watercolor and ink. The characters' personalities are based on the personalities and behavior of their real-life counterparts. Also in the cast are a human family originally 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