Creepy Cat, Vol. 1

Creepy Cat #1

by Cotton Valent

Flora moves into a mysterious mansion and finds it inhabited by a strange creature --Creepy Cat! Thus begins her strange and sometimes dangerous life with a feline roommate. This Gothic comedy brings the chuckles... and the chills!

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy, Comics, Young Adult, Cats

132 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2019

About the author

Woraya Chotikul, or Cotton Valent, was born in an ordinary village with normal villagers. With a boring childhood, Woraya looked for exciting things such as 90's horror manga. She had started drawing stick figures and undead creatures since preschool also enjoyed thinking up stories and wished to be a horror cartoonist someday. These days she is a freelance illustrator and draws comics during her free time. She loves drawing strange figures and creepy scenes. Woraya is the author of Glitch and the creator of Creepy Cat.

Reviews

[s.penkevich [hiatus-will return-miss you all] · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meet Meawbin, the creepy cat

Starting Spooky Season well with Creepy Cat, an adorable and creepy graphic novel by Cotton Valent When Miss Flora Cloud inherits an old gothic mansion she quickly discovers she is no alone. Inside lives a creepy cat, Meawbin! Creepy Cat is lots of cute, spooky fun as Flora is constantly startled, appalled and confused by the comings and goings of this bizarre cat and begins to start a friendship with the helpful (if not sort of bumbling) Oscar. The story is very episodic with each page being a single short that begins to slowly build toward a narrative arc (it is quickly apparent it began as a webcomic), and while it does read as a bit chaotic and jumpy this is only the first volume so it is still finding a story. What we do have is creepily delightful, with other ghosts in the house making quick appearances and learning all the things Meawbin can do, such as multiply into more cats (they return to one cat by eating all their copies) and slay vampires by snuggling them until the morning sun rises.


There is some funny stuff here, like Flora getting stuck inside Meawbin and Oscar assuming she is a furry and showing up later dressed as a cat, or just spooky renditions of silly cat behavior. The artwork is quite charming in all its gothic vibes and overall this is just very fun and lighthearted. Definitely a great little graphic novel aimed at teenage readers but fun for anyone. Especially fans of creepiness and cats. What could be better!? I’m excited to see where this story goes, as the first volume teases many possible narrative routes (romantic engagements between Flora and Oscar?)

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a comic about a young woman who inherits a creepy old mansion and with it a creepy cat. The cat looks innocent enough, but then it floats, it stretches, it multiplies, it brings lovely presents of dead animals (okay, that one is fairly normal for a cat), but overall, it is very unusual.

Also a ghost lives in the house! But he's unimportant. It's all about the cat.

This is a pretty funny little comic. The art is appealing in a mix of classic manga style mixed with Tim Burton's illustrations. The jokes are mostly successful and cat is a wonderful combination of creepy/cute. The pages are fully colored for the series, and makes wonderful use of blacks and reds.

It's not the greatest series in the world, but it's appealing all around and worth a look. 3/5 stars

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creepy Cat Vol 1 by Cotton Valent is a 2021 Seven Seas publication.

This is a fun graphic novel gear to the young adult audience. The dialogue is very sparse, but the artwork is vibrant and colorful.

Flora moves into her new home only to discover she is not the only resident. It seems a peculiar cat also resides in the home. The story has a paranormal/ Gothic vibe, but it’s quite gentle and mostly funny. There’s no story here, and that should be made very clear, so mainly one is looking at a series of comic drawings with no rhyme or reason behind them- but the book is still entertaining and worth checking out for the great artwork… for the creepy cat, of course.

Would be fun for Halloween!

[destiny ♡ howling libraries · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 1 ★★★★★
Volume 2 ★★★★☆
Volume 3 ★★★★★
Volume 4 ★★★★☆

Okay, this was absolutely precious. My little cat-loving gothic heart is so happy. Creepy Cat is less of a singular storyline and more of a set of loosely connected comics about a girl named Flora, who has moved into a spooky haunted mansion and finds a mysterious little critter inside she calls Creepy Cat. There are clearly some mysteries about Creepy Cat's origin and powers (and maybe even his motives), but all I know is that he's hilarious, silly, and so freaking cute. I also loved the little touches of spookiness here and there, like the ghost living in Flora's house or the random spirits scattered throughout. I definitely want to continue this series!

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[Jenny Lawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet, quick graphic novel for middle-school or YA.

[Shaghayegh · Rating 2 out of 5]

فلورا دختر تنهایی هست که تو یه عمارت به ارث رسیده‌ زندگی می‌کنه. فضای گوتیک مانگا با اتفاقات پیش‌بینی نشده در هم آمیخته شده و در این بین، سر و کله‌ی گربه‌ی غیرعادی‌ای تو عمارت پیدا میشه. اینکه گربه از کجا تشریف فرما شده یا چرا به این صورت هست معلوم نیست.
گربه‌ی این مانگا کش میاد(خیلی زیاد)، می‌تونه تا بی‌نهایت از دهنش گربه تولید کنه و اجساد جک و جونور رو به عنوان هدیه کادو بده، با ارواح ارتباط داشته باشه و مثل اسلایم به هر شکلی دربیاد. اما اون تنها گربه‌ی ماورایی داستان نیست و گربه‌های دیگه‌ای هم با سوپرپاورهای عجیب‌تر وجود دارن. حتی اسکار که پلیس هم هست قصد فهمیدن این ماجرا رو داره.
مانگا رنگی رنگی هست، قسمت به قسمت پیش رفته اما ایده‌ای که داره رو به کارهای گربه محدود میکنه و فراتر نمیره. جز چند بخشش که سرگرم‌کننده بودن، بقیه‌شون برای ادامه دادن این مجموعه ترغیبم نکردن.
فضا رو می‌تونست رمزآلودتر کنه و به بعضی از چیزهایی که خیلی کم پرداخت، بپردازه. در کل راحت‌خوان هست و تو یه نشست با دانش دست و پاشکسته‌ی انگلیسی تموم میشه. به علت تعداد شخصیت‌های خیلی کم (در واقع فلورا، اسکار و گربه) پروسه‌ی خوانش رو آسون‌تر می‌کنه. احتمالا برای کودک و نوجوان می‌تونه قشنگ‌تر باشه ولی از نظر من جای کار داره.

پ.ن: این گربه رو می‌تونم به سوسیس و کالباس تبدیل کنم.

[Nicolo · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a full color gag manga that is more about the antics of the cute creepy cat than stringing up an overarching story. Storytelling isn't its strong suit, and the lettering is often confused that its word bubble should flow how a manga is read from right to left.

This may have been originally a Japanese manga, but it is all done by a non-Japanese national, a rarity in itself. Though the author professes a preference of 90's horror manga, I could not shake off the Tim Burton vibes. In fact, if this should be adapted for anime, having Burton on board could elevate the content beyond its manga roots.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 3 out of 5]

A paranoid goth girl named Flora moves into a decrepit mansion haunted by creepy supernatural shapeshifting cats. Whacky hijinks ensue.

This is a really goofy slapstick comedy series where each chapter is a single page joke with a ridiculous concept. The series pokes fun at classic gothic horror cliches and tropes with wholesome cat-themed humor. Some of the concepts and subplots revolving around the main characters aren't that good admittedly, but all the stuff revolving around the creepy cats just doing crazy cute stuff is great.

Overall I enjoyed the gothic ghost story aesthetic combined with the funny cat jokes.

My rating: 3.4/5

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want Creepy Cat in my life

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is just a delight with a very clear understanding of how simultaneously creepy and cute cats are. (And since the creator has seven cats of her own, it's not surprising that she'd know!)

[Stay Fetters · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Solitude can be creepy when you live alone."

This reminded me of an updated version of Emily the Strange. Except they made her a wuss and she inherited many creepy cats.

Creepy Cat was a really quick read and I can see younger kids loving this. This kid at heart didn't. Two illustrations made me laugh but the rest was a bore.

[Nore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute! I liked the art a lot (the little paws when Creepy Cat loafs!).

My only complaint is that the text bubbles would swap from LTR to RTL at a whim, which made me do a double-take a few times.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

Flora moves into a house she has just inherited and she finds out that it's inhabited by a curious creature, creepy cat! This small ball of fur has all the qualities of a cat, but it's also creepy and can do funny and quirky things like to infinitely multiply itself. The graphic novel offers little scenes from Flora and creepy cat's daily life together and it was all quite funny to read.
This graphic novel would definitely be a good read for the spooky season!

[Nikki "The Crazie Betty" V. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was so much fun! It really plays on the whole "evil" view that people have about cats. Creepy Cat is both cute and demonic and I couldn't get enough of him. The story is really relatable for anyone with cats as you see Creepy Cat go from wanting to eat Flora's head to turning around and wanting to protect her and monopolize all of her attention. Especially as the mailman develops and interest in Flora and wants to ingratiate himself in her life.

So much fun and definitely a series I would love to continue!

Received via Edelweiss

[Estibaliz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is really cute and the characters are quite charming. The storyline is kind of vague though, even with a lot of the cartoons connected to the following ones in kind of short stories.

Every page has its own title, which shows this comes from a web-series, and not all the "chapters" are equally compelling.

Overall, nice fast read, but it left me a bit indifferent.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creepy and cute

[Coos Burton · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5

La estructura de la historia es un desastre. Si tuviera algún tipo de hilo argumental hubiera estado copadísimo, pero es que simplemente te sueltan cosas al azar que atraviesan la protagonista y su nuevo gato embrujado, así, sin más. Los sucesos se desencadenan sin ningún tipo de hecho aparente, simplemente pasan y así se va conformando la “historia”. Por momentos pierde el sentido y no se entiende nada. Todo se resuelve rapidísimo, no mantiene ningún tipo de suspenso, ni tiene un humor interesante. Las ilustraciones son bellas en términos generales, pero la lectura resultó poco llevadera, lamentablemente.

[Anne (Not of Green Gables) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute but forgetful. Not for me, sadly.

[Nathalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enamorada 😍

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Goth girl Flora Cloud moves into a haunted house and finds herself sharing it with a creepy cat with supernatural powers. They have mildly amusing and mildly scary adventures, as Goth girls and their pets often do in comics.

It's good enough that I'm getting the next volume from the library, but I do feel a little something is getting lost in translation. Literally. The creator, Cotton Valent, produces the book in her native Thai for a Japanese publisher who translates it for their audience, and now a team of three more translators have pulled that manga into English.

This is a reboot of Valent's self-published Meawbin - The Underneath. Her art and writing have improved dramatically, but I prefer the original's traditional format to this Japanese version where each page is its own gag strip. That tends to wear on me after a while.

[Theediscerning · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather than stars, perhaps we should be rating books as per the time the average reader looks at them. This would get ten – ten minutes, that is. It's a very slight comic, full of one-page yucks that try and put a bit of tweeny gothic into the well-worn genre of "aren't cats annoying and yet loveable?!". The problem is a lot of time the jump before the final panel, for the yuck, involves some form of motion or change, and the art just isn't up to conveying that, meaning quite a few of these are just unfathomable. If readers of twee goth manga like this kind of "observational" "comedy" where felines are concerned, they will speed through it, loving it all. In about ten minutes...

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am SO OBSESSED with Creepy Cat. It’s everything I love all in one beautiful manga. Some of it makes me literally loud out loud. If you love cats, spooky things, and gothic aesthetic check this out!!

[Rory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Drôle, un tout petit peu creepy de temps en temps. Les persos sont géniaux (oui même Oscar le flic qui se fait tout le temps bully par Creepy Cat et Flora) et Jaime bien l’histoire qui se dessine. Bonne dernière lecture de 2022

[Kamaryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Randomly found this series on Amazon and I was CRACKING UP!!! The illustrations are so great, the characters give me Tim burton vibes and a squishy stretchy cat with friends?!! YES!!!!

[Olivia | Liv's Library · Rating 2 out of 5]

What did I just read? 😂 This isn’t so much a whole cohesive story, but smaller stories as comics wrapped into one. The whole plot was so bizarre that I don’t think I’ll continue on.

[Cerenela (Cherry Books) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you Penguin Random House for the free book

Flora se muda a su nueva casa para darse cuenta que no está sola sino que es habitada por un gato muy particular Creepy Cat. De ahí en adelante se verá envuelta en situaciones divertidas y algunas un poquitín terroríficas junto a su peludo compañero.

Las imágenes del cómic son totalmente hermosas y tienen un aire gótico. Los personajes de Flora y Creepy Cat me gustaron mucho, sin embargo, hubo un personaje extra que sentí que no encajaba bien en la historia.

De todas formas ha sido genial empezar el año con un libro divertido y sobre todo con tema felino.

[Alyssa Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the art & and the comedy but the storytelling is pretty lackluster lol.

[Inês · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️4,5⭐️

Creepy, eerie, and wholesome 🥹

[Grendaycita Segovia · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.3) Un gato espeluznante y su ama Flora. Entretenidos, raros y espeluznantemente llenos de humor la mayoría de sus capítulos. Con un dibujo lindo y creppy dándole el toque a su nombre.

🐱Un cómic que valdría tener en físico, ya que es de esos que abres una página a lo random y saldrás con una sonrisa de lo hilarante en ella, además que la relectura es asegurada.

El único detalle sería esos pocos capítulos que el sin sentido no es humor, si no algo sin chiste.

[Doc · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Tim Burton inspires a 4koma

Okay I don't know if Tim Burton really inspired this series of short stories but looking at the various humanoid characters it was the first thing that came to mind before we even get to see the one and only Creepy Cat. What follows is a full color comic series that's a little bit slice of life if Junji Ito introduced a legion of cats to the owner of the suddenly inherited gothic mansion. A legion did I say? Well there is only one Creepy Cat who has an assortment of unusual powers whether duplicating himself by spitting out more of himself like an army of living hairballs, flying, playing with normally invisible ghosts, laser vision, physical manipulation of his body, or even just incredible skills of destructive capability but that does not mean we are not introduced to other similar felines in this strange town like the stint when Creepy Kitten makes a show or when the now owner of Creepy Cat dreams of a swarm of cats who declare they are seeking their lost leader. Honestly it is the cat's meow how crazy things get for Flora and those that get to know her. :)

Now that said at times I think the word bubbles might be a little off preferring to focus on which is higher instead of a typical right or left side considering the average comic in this collection is always going from top to bottom so some of the shorts you will read may seem strange once in a while but once you figure out the order you should be alright.