Kadaver Kitty

I have invented a new character. His name is Kadaver Kitty.

Boi and I were working with a company recently that specializes in fire and flood restoration.

This one particular house was burned pretty bad. We kept finding kitty toys (seriously, I have never seen so many cat toys in my life) and there was a really big cat tower in this house.

As I was shoveling burned debris, I got to thinking. Yes I know that probably scares most of you, as well it should. I wonder if they got the cats out. How horrible would it be to lose a pet that way. Wait, how horrible would it be for me to FIND their cat(s)!?

So out loud I asked my co-workers if they knew if the owners got their cats out. Everyone just kind of looked at each other and shrugged or said that they hoped so.

Let me stop here and say that I know this is a fairly morbid topic. Also, I know that it's not funny to think of some one's pet burning to death. I would like to inform y'all that my way of coping with tragedy is by making jokes...even if those jokes are in somewhat bad taste. Like I said, it's my way of coping. You have been warned.

So anyways, we all started joking about finding the burned corpses of these poor people's cats. Let me just stop and say that now that I'm writing this all out, it sounds perfectly horrible. But at the time it was really funny,and I hope that's how this comes across because that's how I mean to convey it.

With each shovel of charred insulation, melted plastic, burned cat toys, etc, I seriously wondered if I was going to come across these people's cat(s). Well, what if I did? What would I do with it? Do we bury it? Cremate it? That one kind of makes me chuckle because well, that's pretty ironic isn't it? For your body to make it out of a fire mainly in tact and then for someone to cremate you...well that's just down right funny.

I think that a half burned cat would make a fantastic super hero. I started trying to come up with names for my new friend. (These are the sorts of things that get me through a work day....now you're all going to wonder what your co-workers are thinking of while you work with them...just know that there are definitely other people like me out there. If that doesn't scare you, nothing will).

Aha! I've got it! I'll name him, Kadaver Kitty!! He'll go everywhere with me. I think I'll even go home and draw him. Maybe I'll even blog about him. I think I'll get a stuffed kitty and rough him up a bit, set him on fire, put the fire out, and take him everywhere with me from now on. I'll nickname him KK. This is awesome.

With such great ideas floating through my head, I just have to share it with someone. "Kadaver Kitty," I shout. Everyone stops their work to stare at me. Then they all start to crack up. The jokes just flew through the room.

So seriously, I came home and started drawing.  My very first sketch of Kadaver Kitty was:

He's not much to look at but I thought that y'all might want to see the process of how a super hero is born. Looking back I think I like the head of Take One the best.

He obviously needed some work so I started fresh and came up with:

Take Two of KK just kind of looks mildly annoyed to me. However, I love how calmly he sits there while his face and tail are both on fire. I feel seriously like I'm getting somewhere.

Moving on to Take Three:

Boi said that he really likes this one because of how the cat's eyes are on top of his head. I like that he's kind of raggedy looking, and I enjoyed making the burning building in the background.

Take Four:

Oh yeah. I love the black eye and half burned ear. Am I taking things a bit far, I wonder?

Oh well. I think I'll put the missing eye back in. That just seems to have taken things a bit far. Oh what the heck. Guess I'll put the ear back on too.

Take Five:

Well, what can I say. It's still a work in progress. But I seriously think that Kadaver Kitty is here to stay.

I'm also shopping for the perfect stuffed cat to destroy and then call my precious KK.

So what do y'all think? Which one is your favorite and why?