My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/Bc9_Z5JemiE

Enjoy! ( )

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 Creepy Cat series. 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. ( )

“What in the name of Edgar Allan Poe Happened?!”

I love the artwork, and Creepy Cat is effectively creepy! There’s something very unsettling about Creepy Cat and its friends that feels tangible.

A rare “slice of life” story that wields horror and humor well. As someone who usually hate horror, I’m intrigued. I think everything’s hinting toward a bigger story. The "policeman who loves Flora" jokes do get repetitive since they all end the same.

People who read Webtoons or 4koma will be familiar with and enjoy the format, but those who are used to linear comics may take time to acclimate. ( )

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )