What if 'Garfield' was goth? What if 'Garfield' had a female human artist protagonist*, and the cat himself was a big, white, flooffy, floopy, shape-changing, multiplying demon from the ghostly, grisly depths of whatever nether realm he came from, but he is still inexplicably adorable? And what if 'Garfield' was also a manga?
Then you have 'Creepy Cat' by Cotton Valent. It's supernatural, it's occult, it's spooky, it's weird, it's hilarious, it's macabre, it's ominous, it's cute, it's effed up, it has cats in it - in other words, it was made for me.Yeah, some of the humour and scares are hit-and-miss - and the Halloween special at the end barely has a concept, and its ending is unsatisfying; how bizarre and disappointing - but overall I enjoyed the squishy guts out of it.
As scary or gory as I make it sound, 'Creepy Cat, Vol. 1' is not too OTT that older children can't read it; it's a bit scary, but very funny.
Perhaps most hilarious of all, 'Creepy Cat' knows a lot about cats, and its portrayal of them is realistic. I mean, speaking as someone who grew up with cats and who now owns two kitties (some of the relatable stuff in the comic made me guffaw and shout "YES! THIS! OMG!"), I'm inclined to believe that all cats are wickedly, playfully, contentedly evil to some extent (as well as lazy).
After all, no one really owns a cat. Cats own you.
They own your home. As far as they're concerned, it's more their home than yours.
They take over.
They take over your life - they make sure of it.
They possess you
one way or another.
Final Score: 3.5/5
*Flora, who is like Wednesday Addams cross-stitched with Sally from 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', Lydia Deetz, and an Isekai shoujo heroine.
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