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Breaking Cat News #9
It's Showtime, Sophie: A Breaking Cat News Adventure
This just in: Breaking Cat News is now Best Cat Wrestling – One night only!
It’s slumber party time at the Breaking Cat News studio when Tommy, Sophie, and Beatrix visit the Big Pink House! Intrepid reporters by day, the cats have a secret life as professional wrestlers in Best Cat Wrestling, and they’re hard at work putting together the best show ever! Sensitive artist Sophie says she doesn’t want to play, but she confides to her diary that she longs to be included and make friends, she just doesn’t know how.
Join the fun as Sophie, with some help from her new friends, steps into the spotlight on the grandest stage of them all: Tusslemania!
The fun doesn’t stop there! The “More to Explore” section includes all new paper dolls of the cats of Breaking Cat News as their wrestling characters!
It’s slumber party time at the Breaking Cat News studio when Tommy, Sophie, and Beatrix visit the Big Pink House! Intrepid reporters by day, the cats have a secret life as professional wrestlers in Best Cat Wrestling, and they’re hard at work putting together the best show ever! Sensitive artist Sophie says she doesn’t want to play, but she confides to her diary that she longs to be included and make friends, she just doesn’t know how.
Join the fun as Sophie, with some help from her new friends, steps into the spotlight on the grandest stage of them all: Tusslemania!
The fun doesn’t stop there! The “More to Explore” section includes all new paper dolls of the cats of Breaking Cat News as their wrestling characters!
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 27, 2026
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August 4, 2025
Review being submitted to School Library Journal for an upcoming SMS article.
February 12, 2026
Absolutely delightful, as always!! As an introvert and artist, I've always felt a bit of a kinship with Sophie. But I have to wonder when Iggy and Ora Zella will be introduced in the print format of the comic. Perhaps the next book?
But OMC... .... LOL!! That's too good. Too good. And I love Sophie even more now!
p.s. YES, baby Yoda is cute, I guess. But to me he just looks like a hairless variety of a Mogwai. Much like a Sphynx is a hairless variety of a Cat.
p.p.s. I named one of my cats Gizmo, because when he was an itty bitty kitten he looked a lot like Gizmo (from the movie): Brown & white & fluffy with ears and eyes far too large for the rest of his body. He grew into his ears, but he's still got those enormous Studio Ghibli/Disney Princess eyes.
But OMC... .... LOL!! That's too good. Too good. And I love Sophie even more now!
p.s. YES, baby Yoda is cute, I guess. But to me he just looks like a hairless variety of a Mogwai. Much like a Sphynx is a hairless variety of a Cat.
p.p.s. I named one of my cats Gizmo, because when he was an itty bitty kitten he looked a lot like Gizmo (from the movie): Brown & white & fluffy with ears and eyes far too large for the rest of his body. He grew into his ears, but he's still got those enormous Studio Ghibli/Disney Princess eyes.
January 27, 2026
Loved it! Hopefully next book will include Iggy and Ora-Zella!
February 24, 2026
It's Showtime, Sophie was another amazing Breaking Cat News collection that introduces a wrestling event.
Breaking Cat News reporters Elvis, Lupin, and Puck are back with another collection of comics focusing on the news at the big pink house. This time around, the cats are having a slumber party with Tommy, Sophie, and Beatrix which makes it the perfect time to hold the latest Best Cat Wrestling event: Tusslemania. All of the cats are excited to join in but Sophie doesn't know how to play or make friends leading to her feeling left out. But with the other cats help, Sophie may be able to turn things around.
Breaking Cat News has been my favorite comic strip for over ten years ever since my husband first showed me the author's site back when she originally posted the strips independently. The comics perfectly portray storylines relevant to cats and are incredibly entertaining. The illustrations are fantastic and wonderfully capture the chaos of multiple cats. The cats themselves are quite adorable as are the other animals we've come to know in the side cast.
This volume primarily focuses on the wrestling event as well as Sophie's character. Sophie's character has been an interesting one and this book helps explain a bit more why she is standoffish with the other cats. I liked that they took the time to include her and how Tommy defended her. The wrestling event was quite amusing and I loved that Sophie viewed it as a big theater production. Some of the other storylines include a blizzard (which was fitting as I just had one where I live), Valentine's Day, the boy losing his stuffed penguin, and Goldie trying treats for the first time. The end of the book included some paper dolls of the cats, something included in previous volumes, as well as a how-to on writing a diary.
Overall It's Showtime, Sophie was a great read and I would highly recommend the collections to all cat lovers.
Breaking Cat News reporters Elvis, Lupin, and Puck are back with another collection of comics focusing on the news at the big pink house. This time around, the cats are having a slumber party with Tommy, Sophie, and Beatrix which makes it the perfect time to hold the latest Best Cat Wrestling event: Tusslemania. All of the cats are excited to join in but Sophie doesn't know how to play or make friends leading to her feeling left out. But with the other cats help, Sophie may be able to turn things around.
Breaking Cat News has been my favorite comic strip for over ten years ever since my husband first showed me the author's site back when she originally posted the strips independently. The comics perfectly portray storylines relevant to cats and are incredibly entertaining. The illustrations are fantastic and wonderfully capture the chaos of multiple cats. The cats themselves are quite adorable as are the other animals we've come to know in the side cast.
This volume primarily focuses on the wrestling event as well as Sophie's character. Sophie's character has been an interesting one and this book helps explain a bit more why she is standoffish with the other cats. I liked that they took the time to include her and how Tommy defended her. The wrestling event was quite amusing and I loved that Sophie viewed it as a big theater production. Some of the other storylines include a blizzard (which was fitting as I just had one where I live), Valentine's Day, the boy losing his stuffed penguin, and Goldie trying treats for the first time. The end of the book included some paper dolls of the cats, something included in previous volumes, as well as a how-to on writing a diary.
Overall It's Showtime, Sophie was a great read and I would highly recommend the collections to all cat lovers.
March 2, 2026
Breaking Cat News is my all time favorite comic strip, and Sophie is my favorite of the female cats. If I were a cat, I would be Sophie. I love how Georgia Dunn has slowly allowed Sophie to evolve from a seemingly aloof but actually very introverted character to a character who has managed to break out of her shyness when she discovered the secret shared by many other introverts. In order to participate in a world full of extroverts, it's necessary to discover that life is all just THEATER!
Anyone who loves cats and loves comics will love Breaking Cat News and "It's Showtime, Sophie." Wrestling fans will love that cats have their own BCW—Best Cat Wrestling. Introverts will identify with Sophie, afraid to leave the safety of her cat carrier while writing in her diary, "Why must I fell so out of place with cats who certainly seem to want my friendship? All the while watching from my lonely window while cats who have been here for 10 minutes make friends with everyone so effortlessly…Oh that I could be so brave." And then they will cheer as Sophie finds he inner Existential Dread!
And of course, all the other characters get a story line or two in the book.
As a bonus, we get more delightful BCN paper dolls with outfits and accessories.
Anyone who loves cats and loves comics will love Breaking Cat News and "It's Showtime, Sophie." Wrestling fans will love that cats have their own BCW—Best Cat Wrestling. Introverts will identify with Sophie, afraid to leave the safety of her cat carrier while writing in her diary, "Why must I fell so out of place with cats who certainly seem to want my friendship? All the while watching from my lonely window while cats who have been here for 10 minutes make friends with everyone so effortlessly…Oh that I could be so brave." And then they will cheer as Sophie finds he inner Existential Dread!
And of course, all the other characters get a story line or two in the book.
As a bonus, we get more delightful BCN paper dolls with outfits and accessories.
February 1, 2026
The conceit behind these reprinted newspaper comics is that the cats in a suburban household report their cat news to... someone. It's a strange mix of realism and fancy. On the one hand, the cats wear clothes and have microphones, yet they are bewildered by things like Christmas trees and snow. Somehow, Dunn pulls it off, creating calm and cozy adventures that probably appeal to youngsters and adults alike. In times of turmoil in the real world a book like this is a sweet reminder that life can just be normal, or at least as normal as can be with so many cats running around a house. Dunn's art style is loose and cartoony, giving it a cute look, although it's sometimes hard to tell some of the cats apart.
January 30, 2026
Georgia Dunn has another Breaking Cat News book out. If you aren’t familiar with this amazing female artist (and now single mother of two), check out any of these nine books, and advocate for your local newspaper to run her strip on the comics page. It cheers me up daily! Some of the books have unique stories that haven’t appeared before. This book is just a year of old strips with no apparent new content…but in color! And with paper dolls at the end. So fun to revisit the characters.
February 5, 2026
Completely delightful from beginning to end. Not only are the stories wonderful, but the More To Explore section includes outlines of the cats (for making paper dolls) with not only their regular clothes, but their costumes from Tusslemania I! as well as a nice kid-friendly explanation of diaries.
These collections of Breaking Cat News adventures are great for all ages.
If you are very fortunate you can find Breaking Cat News in your local newspaper and online at www.gocomics.com
These collections of Breaking Cat News adventures are great for all ages.
If you are very fortunate you can find Breaking Cat News in your local newspaper and online at www.gocomics.com
March 15, 2026
The continuing comic series about cats reporting on household events as if they were news reporters. It’s still really cute, and perfectly captures cats and their antics. In this one, there is a blizzard, the cats solve the mystery of the cat grass, Tommy & Sophie join for Tusslemania, the cats help find a lost stuffed animal, and there is a spider on the ceiling.
January 30, 2026
I really like that there were just vignettes about the core kitties and family in this one. It did feel pretty short- the cute paper dolls in the back are a nice addition, though!
I really enjoy the BCN crew a bunch and love supporting Georgia and her work!
I really enjoy the BCN crew a bunch and love supporting Georgia and her work!
February 25, 2026
It's Showtime, Sophie is another collection of BCN strips, featuring the Sophie-at-Tusslemania arc as well as a bunch of single-strip stories. Not quite as funny as some of the other collections, but still a very enjoyable read.
January 31, 2026
Another fantastic Breaking Cat News collection from the inimitable Georgia Dunn!
February 8, 2026
Another great instalment of Breaking Cat News. I enjoyed the wrestling plot line. Elvis is the best.
February 14, 2026
Exactly what I needed. So cute, and this book includes Tusslemania!
March 21, 2026
This is one of my favorite strips, and this is a wonderful collection.
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