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From "an X post from the artist":https://x.com/ssamico/status/1566193167321513986
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Yes I'm the artist of the catboy X catmen thing.
I would appreciate the credits cuz i created this account yesterday because of that drawing lol
(It's my 7th account on Twitter, it's hard having to grow again)
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From a "series of Bluesky posts from the artist":https://bsky.app/profile/suziesamico.bsky.social/post/3lcj53okmfc2d:
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIIIIISSSS
WHY IS MY DRAWING THERE WHAT'S GOING ON
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(Screenshots of "the Know Your Meme article on Twink Death":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/twink-death)
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To make it clear: No I didn't invent the catmen x catboy thing, I saw a drawing of that and I thought it was shit because the "catmen" in question was exactly the same as the catboy but with a grumpy face. I thought it wasn't catmen enough and I did my own version with a bearded stinky catguy.
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Anyway, that's the story of that drawing (I didn't even save it, it's a screenshot), I didn't thought this would become popular, I initially posted on facebook to some friends when I didn't had my twitter account.
I don't like seeing it on alt right circles, but yeah I can't control that.
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I couldn't find the non-screenshot drawing in question officially posted publicly anywhere on "the artist's Facebook account":https://www.facebook.com/people/ZIE/100044254458013 (or "any of their active socials":https://bio.link/suziesamico for that matter), but "this reupload from Funnyjunk":https://funnyjunk.com/Not+catboys+catmen/apwuNnc/#d21706_9839698 is the oldest one I could find, posted on September 2nd, 2022, and its quality far exceeds those of others around that time, even the screenshot from a day later.