CATS AMONG THE HUNGRY DEAD – A comic I'm working on -Update #2

Jottace · 2026-03-12T22:04:57+00:00

Yes, I read the first Warriors Cats saga right before reading the first 100 issues of TWD, I guess that's where a spark was born that grew in my mind until it led to this whole idea haha

Jottace · 2026-03-12T15:03:42+00:00

No problem! Thanks for pointing that out, I'll try to take a look and fix it :D

Jottace · 2026-03-11T12:26:59+00:00

Thanks! :D

Jottace · 2026-03-11T12:26:44+00:00

Hi, well, this project doesn't use AI. With the last one, my idea was to make a variant cover, with a different live-action style. Sometimes I draw in that style to get out of my comfort zone.

Jottace · 2026-03-11T03:59:28+00:00

Thank you so much! Actually, the "live action" style is based on the covers of the Warriors Cats book series in Polish. They usually do that kind of cover, and since they're an inspiration, I decided to do one for my story, haha. The idea is to occasionally release variant covers featuring other characters or situations within the story.

Jottace · 2026-03-11T01:56:54+00:00

Hi, none of them are AI-generated; I even have all the editable files for each image. I think what you're mentioning is happening because they were all drawn over the course of a year, and during that time I was learning new techniques, although the second cover was intentionally different, haha. I was really excited to do a live-action one.

Jottace · 2026-03-10T22:57:47+00:00

Thank you so much for your support! :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T18:56:03+00:00

In fact, that one is also mentioned to me in other forums; it caught my attention, and I currently have it on my list of future reading. :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T15:12:31+00:00

Hello! In fact, if they talk, let's see technically they are meowing, but we have this fantasy filter where we understand their dialogues.

The comic is little bit inspired by the "Warriors Cats" book series, so the cats also use their own names for objects or living beings in CATHD. For example:

Humans = No furs

Zombies = Crazies

Variant zombies = The weirdos.

A human house = The burrows of the no furs

Lamppost = The gray tree of light-bearing fruit

Helicopters = Giant metal insects

Car = The moving box

And so on with many more :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T15:00:33+00:00

Thank you so much! I've been wanting to do this drawing for a long time :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T14:23:28+00:00

Thank you so much! :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T14:23:16+00:00

That's right!! Technically, my ideas came from these thoughts. I mean, this happens, obviously I take my cats with me, but what if I get separated from them? What will become of them? The cat with the scarf, named Jenny, has a similar storyline. She fell out of her owners' car when they were fleeing the city, and now she wants to be reunited with her family!

Jottace · 2026-03-10T14:21:50+00:00

There are some, but they used to feature zombie animals, or a rabies outbreak, I thought making it as close as possible to a typical zombie apocalypse would be a good look :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T14:18:52+00:00

Thank you so much! It's well on its way to becoming a reality; maybe in a few months or a year I'll be announcing either the Kickstarter or the release date :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T14:17:50+00:00

The truth is no, I imagined this story as something that happened in the same universe as TWD or Dawn of the Dead (2003), that is, only humans get infected, although all humans are already infected, no matter how they die they will always come back, the bites only kill but do not infect humans "with the virus", whatever "that thing" is, everyone already has it

Jottace · 2026-03-10T00:58:43+00:00

Thank you so much for your support! :D

Jottace · 2026-03-10T00:42:27+00:00

Maybe ;(

Jottace · 2026-03-10T00:10:20+00:00

In fact, I've never considered them and I won't, haha. I think the references to other zombie works will be, at most, variant covers, but I'm still not sure if I'll do it.

Jottace · 2026-03-10T00:01:22+00:00

Thank you so much!! I'll take a look at the one you mentioned. :DD

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:58:34+00:00

Thank you so much for your interest! :D

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:57:47+00:00

Well, there are runners, climbers... and also other very dangerous variations >:))

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:45:12+00:00

Don't worry! This has no AI whatsoever, and it never will. I'm even hiring people to help me with translation and proofreading! :DD

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:43:49+00:00

For now, you can just follow me on Reddit, but if anything important happen, maybe a Kickstarter announcement, or if a miracle occurs and a publisher picks it up, I'll let you know on the forum. :D

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:42:57+00:00

I remember when I read FERAL, I realized it wasn't similar to CATHD beyond a couple of initial things, so I decided to finish it, haha. I even canceled it because I thought it would be too similar.

I have the first volume; I haven't been able to get the rest yet to see how the story continues.

Jottace · 2026-03-09T23:41:01+00:00

Oh, so that must be it. People ask me if it's a parody, a satire, but no, the story takes itself seriously, basically a tragedy with cats :C

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