Lupin Leaps In: A Breaking Cat News Adventure

By Georgia Dunn

Based on author/illustrator Georgia Dunn’s real-life pets, Elvis, Lupin, and Puck strap on neckties and pick up microphones to provide the most up-to-date relevant news stories (at least according to them).

Picking up where they last left off in Breaking Cat News, are Elvis, Puck, and Lupin reporting on the breaking news that matters to cats. Cynical, no-nonsense Elvis and shy, sweet, sensitive Puck are the reporter kitties in the field, while the adventurous jokester Lupin serves as anchor cat. Together, they're back to break headlines on mysterious man "tails," all things holiday-related, new cat friends, and all the daily happenings in and outside their home. 

The super fun "More to Explore" section includes how to draw the BCN news crew, how to draw expressions, how to draw your pet as a reporter, and paper dolls of the crew, along with props and extras!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Mar 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781524852481

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For the real life ‘Man,’ my husband Ryan.

Thank you for your love, support, the adventures we’ve had, and the adventures to come!

Lupin Leaps In copyright © 2019 by Georgia Dunn. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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Reviews for Lupin Leaps In

[foggidawn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Three indoor cats report the news that matters (to cats). Cat lovers and graphic novel fans will find these brief, episodic comics highly amusing. Though marketed as middle grade, this is likely to appeal to all ages. It's the second book in the series, but I don't think that matters much since there's not much of an overarching plot. This reminded me a bit of the Binky books by Ashley Spires.

[jalenv_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lupin Leaps In is the second book of reprints from Georgia Dunn's 'Breaking Cat News' comic strip. The household on the first floor of the Pink House still consists of the Man, the Woman, the baby boy (promoted to toddler), and their three male cats: Elvis the grumpy Siamese, Puck the sweet black cat who is missing his right hind foot, and Lupin, the adventurous deaf white cat. Later in the book, the couple's daughter is added to the family. I was very amused by Elvis' reaction to the new baby in contrast to his feelings about her brother in book one, Breaking Cat News. The cat-sitting intruder is once again, the Woman's sister.Tommy, the outdoor cat from book one gets named here. We are also introduced to the ceiling cats from the apartment above, who do their reporting in subtitled Spanish. There's a dignified male cat, Sir Figaro Newton, who speaks no English, and an alpha female cat, Tabitha, who does. Lupin meets Sir Figaro Newton when he discovers the laundry chute. Elvis goes in to rescue Lupin from what he assumes is a hostile cat. (I loved his reaction when Tabitha showed up to deal with him.) I would not mess with Tabitha.If you're a fan of professional wrestling (or at least have watched some of it), you'll enjoy Elvis and Lupin's match, narrated by Puck. We also get the cats' assumptions about three human holidays: Halloween, Christmas, and St. Patrick's Day. The Christmas storyline has a very sweet section where Elvis gets lost and is helped by Tommy. Elvis does Tommy a big favor in return. This leads to Tommy becoming their cat about town correspondent.Other enjoyable scenes are the cats in their holiday costumes, their snarks in response to a woman guest who repeats silly superstitions about cats to the Woman, a game Lupin plays with the toddler that should be fun for kaiju (Japanese giant monsters) fans, their questions about why the living room is decorated for a historical Supreme Court ruling, the Venn diagram for toddlers, how 'the intruder' figured out which cat was Elvis, when the toddler is sick, and 'Whose hairball was that?'.Pages 186-205 are the 'More to Explore' section. These are done mostly in Ms. Dunn's later style. Puck has more expression since Ms. Dunn started drawing his eyebrows and mouth in white. Page 187 has a cameo appearance of Beatrix, Sophia, and two of the Robber Mice, Alice and Natasha. Readers are taught how to draw the main cats and their expressions. Pages 192-193 show how to draw other pets, such as dogs, birds, and ferrets, etc. as reporters. Pages 194 - 205 have paper doll tips as well as paper dolls of Elvis, Puck, Lupin, and Tommy. There are clothes and props that I would recommend copying and then cutting out instead of cutting from the book.I thoroughly enjoyed this book and unhesitatingly recommend it to cat lovers (unless one just thinks cats in clothes as reporters is silly).

[bookwyrmm_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Cat-lovers (and -likers) of all ages can enjoy the silly antics of this trio of intrepid news cats.

[clrichm · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very cute! Not so much a graphic novel as a series of comics, though there are connected stories that run through groups of them. Definitely will appeal to older kids more than younger, as the humor is rather dry and requires an understanding of human behaviors that the cats are misinterpreting throughout.