Meet The Cats Jiji
One of the four beasts saying, “Come and see.” And I saw. And behold, Jiji.
It was going to happen and lo, it did: Jiji finally gets his edition of “Meet the Cats!” After adopting him in July, we wanted to get to know the little devil before we made an introductory comic about him, and, well… damn. Let’s just say, if we had made a comic back then, it would’ve been all “aww, what a cootie-wootie sweetheart! Oh my gosh, everybody!” and that’s a LIE. We have a bag that is filled with pieces of our most precious, breakable antiques. We plan to make a memorial mosaic. Or something. I don’t know. Jesus christ.
Don’t get me wrong, though: we’re exactly the sort of people who find a creature more endearing the more diabolical it is, so all of these allusions to “demon” and “evil” are from a place of love. And truth. Jiji has seeped his way into being a beloved member of this household and he’ll be around to break our treasures for the whole of his happy days. And without further ado, and why I’m sure many of you have even read this far, I’ll give you what you’re looking for: photos!
Awww, such a cute little terror. I love mischief filled animals.
hahahahaha, that last picture is awesome. You just gotta love Jiji.
I love Jiji. I also love your lockeresque tv stand. Where did you find it?
Thank you doubly! And unlike a lot of our antiques, we actually purchased it for half-off at Ikea! The TV is also secured to it with a bungee cord because of Jiji… Sigh.
Secured with a bungee cord, eh? I’m actually thinking of getting a newer, larger TV but my biggest fear is my silly cats will knock it over and all the money goes to waste. Do you just secure the base of the TV to the stand?
Also +1 for the Logitech K400! 😀 I love controlling my PC from my couch.
Was gonna ask how a kitty can knock over a TV until I remembered that I’m likely the last person alive with a CRT TV.
Guess that’s one advantage of old tech. It would require a Great Dane to knock over that thing, at least.
German Shepherds can knock over a tube tv if they are in the mood. It’s the tails.
I, for one, welcome our new kitten overlord
Awesome 🙂 OMG we have exactly the same tv with the same locker stand and guess what ? Our cat’s name is Totoro 🙂 Loves from Turkey..
OOOHHH what a cute little devil… Like my Giona when was a kitty!
Jiji is one of the most beautiful cats I have ever seen.
“…his voice is surprisingly quiet and bell-like”.
So, not like this then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS3jlUPPf5U
I deeply regret not naming my black cat Jiji 😛 or even Salem! So many good black cat names and I wasted the opportunity lol
My black cat was named Jack(hammer)… we let the puns roll.
He’s so cute and devilish! I’m in love ♥ Jiji <3
I have a little black demon kitteh too. Mine still has both eyes, but give him time! LOL I call him by many names, Baby Moose, Night Fury, Dumbass (when he darts outside while the door is open) but his actual name is Loki. He still seems to think he is a kitten, because he still tries to lay on my chest or lap. He also likes to be near me at all times. The excessive cuddling he (and his brother Tiger, who looks a lot like your Peter) are capable of make me look at people funny when they say cats are aloof and not as affectionate as dogs. Very few of my cats have ever been that way. Maybe it’s me?
I have a LokiCat as well, though my boy is brown tigerstriped. He’s 10 and though he doesn’t think he’s a kitten, he does live up to his trickster namesake – we met him when he kept nibbling on my ankles at the shelter, and when he was younger and more inclined to run after his humans, you couldn’t wear shorts in the house because he’d leap out of hiding and bite the backs of your knees. He and my HarveyCat (warrior princess!) are extremely affectionate and cuddly as well, and they like to take turns laying on my chest, nose to nose with me while I’m trying to sleep. Easier access to play The Cat In The Face Game(tm) at 5 AM…
Jiji is such a precious little bundle of evil. He reminds me of my cat-nephew Malfoy, an all-black kitten who was named for his mew – my sister-in-law is convinced he’s declaring MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS!
A belated welcome to the newest member of your family! May he keep you company and wreck your stuff for many happy years to come!
Every cat I had spent every waking moment they had demanding attention, each in their own unique way. Some people are prejudiced against cats, I don’t get why.
🙂 Aww. He’s an adorable little fuzz demon. When I was still with my parents we had a little black cat with one eye too, though her other eye wasn’t good enough to see more than shadows through. She had a really bad eye infection when my mom found her at the feedstore and Dad had to remove one eye. She was a sweetheart though.
“OH MY GOD NEW POST NEW POST” -My mind, 9/27/14
I just found this comic yesterday (or was it the day before?) and it’s awesome and great and cool and funny and fantastic and you are such a cool/cute couple and you guys are great and interesting and insightful and amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do I seem exited? ‘Cause I am. Great comic. Woo. Yeah. I should stop typing now and post.
*laughs* We have a tiny-voiced cat here, too — Bastian seems to have gotten all of the Siamese traits, except the voice. (I grew up with Siamese — “rusty door hinge at high volume” is a kind descriptor. Loved them to bits, but won’t pretend that they were melodious!)
He has this tiny peeping Beaker-from-the-Muppets voice, and he wanders around making concerned/contented squeaks at the world (although he does trill and chirp and occasionally sings to the empty stairwell. Whereas, when Zuul “sings the song of her people,” it sounds like a klaxon going off!)
It does have that utterly-melting effect on humans, too. He’s more of an imp than a demon, because his naughtiness is enormously outweighed by his extremely persistent affections (he likes to sleep on breasts, and is very insistent about being allowed into my cleavage whenever he feels like a cuddle, which is often), but then again, he doesn’t usually break our stuff.
Your little demon is absolutely adorable, and I am wishing you many years of happiness and shoulder-riding with him . . . now, let’s just hope he doesn’t become a giant beast like Konstantin, who only *thinks* he’s still tiny! 😉
Also, the comic is FAB. Both real-life and comic-versions of Jiji (How would you pluralize that? “Jijii?” “Jijis” just looks odd) are too damn cute!
Oh god he’s so cute!
Awwww!
How are the other kitties taking to him?
Peter (◑‿◐) Jiji (◕‿-) and Konstantin (◣_◢) – so *ahem* so cute!
“…now Lucifer’s not just my cat.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQr_TrFTUk#t=145
Would either of you happen to be Cinderella? If so, wouldn’t that make the other Prince Charming?
Ok, so I just realized there’s an ad on the video. Just wait to skip it, pause it, and reload the page.
I have a cat named Jiji, named after the same source! Not, sadly, black, but still full of attitude. 😉
I wonder how well he would get along with my demon kitty Shin, although Shin has now calmed down a lot now that he has matured (and tripled his size).
I have two cats and the larger one (age 5, 10.5lbs) has a super squeaky ‘mew’ as well. It always surprises people when both cats are together because they expect the little one (age 3, 9lbs) to be the squeaker but she has an average ‘maow’ kind of voice. I’m betting Jiji will keep his squeak as well.
I -COMPLETELY- understand how you feel about cats being more adorable the more diabolical they are. As well-behaved and sweet as our little one is, the larger is my secret favorite because she’s much smarter and much more obnoxious and conniving.
Jiji is so dang cute! You should post a photo of him in K’s hair. :3
He’s such a cutie!
he is soooooo cute he reminds me of salem from sabrina the teenage witch, and the name origin is awesome
All Hail JiJi
I have to admit, I just stumbled on this comic last week and fell incredibly in love with it. Now it’s a favorite on my browser at work! I ended up reading every single comic once I stumbled on it, in one entire day – couldn’t stop reading it. I virtually got no work done. Your devilcat sounds just like my fat Cami, except she has both eyes and Jiji has 1. I believe it is her purpose on this planet to see just how much she can destroy and get away with. She also will wrap herself around my arm, with my hand in her mouth and her claws dug into my skin – because she believes this is a fun game. But honestly, when she crawls into bed with me and steadily ends up suffocating me with love, I know it’s all worth it. Congrats (late) to you and yours and the new addition to the family. How are the other cats doing with him?
JIJI IS LOVE. JIJI IS LIFE. ALL HAIL JIJI.
Your cat is spawn of Satan. I know this because I have his spawned brother, sans the one eye. (Ha ha, cuz he has two eyes, get it???) My little demon came to me at 7 months old and had already been named Donnie. Ick. Well, I’m into name meanings and Donald means ruler of the world, which my little demon certainly acted like, and so Donnie he remained. He was a little hellion and I remember telling him, “I’m not sure if you’re the best worst cat ever, or the worst best cat.” I decided on best worst cat. He was a horrible counter surfer and has twice swatted pizza out of my hands. I’ve had him eight years now and this week he disappeared for two days. I walked around the neighborhood six times over the two days, including at 2 in the a.m, wearing my fuzzy leopard print pajamas, shaking his food bag, and calling for him plaintively (the only time he ever meows is to be fed, and he only asks once). I finally found him–sleeping in the bottom drawer of the bureau among other black clothes. He had never meowed to be let out, nor made a racket moving around. There was no waste. He simply got out and made for his food bowl.
All I can say is, BEST. CAT. EVER. Cheers to you and your own demon spawn! May he give you comical stories for years to come!
I would like to imagine that somewhere out there (maybe in Hell, still) is another black cat demon sporting 3 eyes after doing some sort of deal with Jiji. Maybe Jiji’s exchange was an eye for passage into a household of adoring minions?
I spy ‘Metropolis.’ I think.
Hey. With only one eye, how got is Jiji at catching or at jumping at targets? Is he able to correctly ‘calculate’ distances?
It really doesn’t seem to hinder Jiji’s “hunting” abilities at all, he always catches what he’s after. The only way his missing eye seems to cause him trouble is that he has a huge blind area on his left. He’s easily surprised from that side and sometimes runs into things while turning.
kikis delivery service is an amazing movie
Agh, Metropolis. *-* Also, that last picture, though. Absolute visual definition of Derp.
K is always the bed of choice… lolololol i remember the meet-the-cat posts. Konstantin loves to sleep on her too.
He is so handsome!!! Looks just like my black cat, Joey, I had growing up. Minus the eye. Or plus the eye. Umm… my cat had 2 eyes. Either way, he’s super cute and now I want to go to the nearest shelter and adopt a black kitty. Thanks for sharing!!
Jiji and my cat Titan are two demons cut from the same shadow. Miniture black cats hurrah
I absolutely love how you draw cats! Jiji is so cute!
I now want to see a Pantene advert that goes thusly:
Woman sleeps on pillow; kitten luxuriously wallows in her hair.
Woman walks across home. Kitten takes running jump to sit on shoulder (and wallow luxuriously in hair).
Woman removes kitten from shoulder and goes to shower to use Pantene. Hair is washed and dried; woman leaves bathroom; kitten restores himself to her shoulder to wallow luxuriously in hair.
Pantene: Because your tiny demonic overlord is worth it.
Cute as hell does apply right? I really enjoy how much love is inside your words, thank you!
Hey folks. I know this is an older comic but I wanted to share it with a facebook friend who just rescued a little black kitty she named Jiji! Posting here to let you know, as requested in the FAQ’s. Sorry if this is the wrong place. Please let me know if I goofed! Thanks!
Cats show they love u by showing their butts. their mothers would then groom them. its a werid trait. my cat dubbed Mischief (Missy for short) 14 years old still loves giving me butt. she was a right terror like ur little black demon. she somehow found her way into my parents old record player… thus y she was named mischeif.. ahh cats lovable little demons, terrors, and bundles of furry love.(in their own way)
If I was naming a cat, I would probably have to name it after something more obscure like Kiki’s mother’s cat. Who I think was called Mimi?
I would check this but I appear to have lent out my copy of Kiki’s Delivery Service – Book 1… I just wish that I could remember who to.
Hi! I also have a one-eyed black kitty. We named him Odin, but think he may secretly be Loki in disguise! He will gleefully break whatever he can at any time and also loves to ride around on my shoulder. He’s my little kitty soulmate. 🙂
Love your stuff!
Hey, I came back to this post over a year later to let you know, if you even still see these comments, that my fuzzy demon LokiCat will be losing his eye to advanced glaucoma damage soon, and coming back and reading about Jiji is helping me adjust to the idea. He’s my boy and always will be, but in addition to worrying about him, I’m kind of squicked by the fact that his eyelid will have to be permanently sewn shut. Like, I know he won’t care once he’s healed, but it’s weird for me. Looking at pix and comics of Jiji is helping. So thanks for sharing him (and the rest of your cats, and your fun lives and cool art) with us!
The way you draw Jiji’s one eyed state makes him appear to be permanently winking. Is that deliberate?
Yes and no! It’s deliberate, because the way his eye surgery healed, he has a thin white scar visible through the black fur, meaning he really does look like he’s winking all of the time. ;D
My cat is named Jiji! He is almost the exact same and even looks the same. He was born Febuary of 2016. The only difference is he literally never stops meowing his go to is toes and fingers instead of hair. I call him the prince of Hell 🙂
My Jiji:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLeWf2QhEsC/
Wow real amazing coincidence! We have black cat with one eye, her name Lili. U can look photo in my instagram… @feesech
I think our cats are twins.