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Artist Beautifully Illustrates This Monster Story That’s Been Making People Emotional For Years
Interview With Artist
Some very few things on the internet stay there forever. And one particular writing prompt released back in 2017 sure has stuck around for a while.
Titled “#Case: 273402 Status: Disastruous,” the story was created by the author Kitten Wiskers, better known as Mindy these days. It follows a little girl named Charlotte Dower who is no longer scared of any of the monsters beneath her bed. It soon turns out, there’s a far worse creature in her life.
The tale has caught the imagination of many, but thanks to the Russian artist Natalya Sorokina, it has now been turned into an impressive comic strip. Natalya, who goes by the nickname jwitless, said it’s her “first colored comics ever,” which made her feel slightly nervous. Let’s take a look at the beautiful set of illustrations below, and get ready for the haunting tale to hit you hard.
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This story originally posted by Kitten Wiskers has been viral for the past three years
Image credits: kittenwiskers
The story is known as one of the most shared tales on the internet and it has served as an inspiration for a lot of fan art, including movies. The short horror film titled “Charlotte and the Monster” inspired by Kitten Wiskers’ tale was released back in 2018.
Since its appearance, the tale has been shared so much on social media accounts, it’s becoming hard to pinpoint the exact date it was posted. It allegedly emerged as a writing prompt on one Tumblr blog that was dedicated to stories and poems as well as witty remarks and additions in the Tumblr community.
And Russian artist Natalya Sorokina decided to illustrate it in this comic strip
Bored Panda contacted Natalya, the 25-year-old artist from Moscow, to find out more about her love for drawing. Natalya is an illustrator at multiple design agencies and she also draws commissions for people’s personal projects. “I like to switch styles and themes, so my Instagram gallery may seem too diverse—from sexy portraits to cute comics for children.”
Natalya said she loves “drawing beautiful people, fantasy creatures, and making meaningful stories which touch the strings of human souls.” When she started drawing as a child, it was mostly horses: “I made dozens of comics with horses in notebooks, where my mom helped me to write down characters’ conversations.” Later, Natalya discovered her passion for creatures that “I haven’t ever seen in real life.”
Image credits: JWITLESS ART
The illustrator said that “the monster tale moved her deeply.” Plus, “the storyline is short, simple, yet brilliant.” The monster tale inspired her to illustrate the story before adding any details and script changes. “I was very nervous, thinking I didn’t do my best and that people wouldn’t like it. I couldn’t decide on publishing the first chapter for several months,” confessed Natalya.
When it comes to inspiration, Natalya loves browsing art galleries and exploring different styles and techniques. “And sometimes it comes from my heart. When I worry about something, art helps to release the sadness.” She calls it “a free therapy session.”
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Hans 5 years ago
Those who deliberately harm children do not deserve a gentle treatment as in this story.
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RJ 5 years ago
Something like this happened in my town in the late 80s. There were three russian guys living in our town. They were living a peaceful life doing a small construction and lown mowing business and no one cared about them. One day evening, at a local store parking lot, a local goon came drunk and started beating his teenage son in front of everyone. This guy was a pure criminal and ex convict, he was in prison for armed robbery, his wife left him because of his abusive character, he was living with his son and he used to beat him for no reason. Everyone knew this and none had the courage to stop him.
RJ 5 years ago
At that time, these russian guys were coming after work, they saw this happening, they walked in and asked him to stop. But he didn't stop and called them names thinking they will step back, but the opposite happened. In a moment they jumped on him, overpowered him and started beating him into pulp, he even lost some teeth. Goon's friend came to help him and showed a gun, but guess what, one russian guy pulled out a even bigger gun, and that person got scared and away. The goon couldn't even stand and was crawling on the ground pleading to stop beating.
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Margaret O'Connor 5 years ago
This is so beautiful and so moving. The only think I would change is that most abusers don't look like low-life brutes, they are perfectly normal looking and are sometimes very well respected by their neighbors and co-workers. I wish the abuser looked more like an average person. But I loved this story and will save it.
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
There are people who think my father was a saint. All he had to do was donate money now and then.
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Marshmello 5 years ago
Read RJ's comment, wanted to share a similar story, from the early 90s, when I was a kid. One day in our local park, one man in his 50's with prison tattoos was seen beating a young man in front of his kids. Because of his prison tattoos no one dared to intervene and cops were called. My uncle was in the force at that time. They immediately came and arrested him, but he was still yelling like I will not spare you and I will kill you, things like that. Cops questioned him and learned that he had spent a decade or so in prison for killing the guy who raped his child. He was just a few months out of the prison, and while he was sitting at the park, he saw that man doing things to his kid. Seeing that, he get got really angry and charged at him and beaten him into a pulp. Knowing this, cops let the old man go without any charges, and took the other guy in custody, charged him and sent him to prison.
Marshmello 5 years ago
Just spoke to my uncle about this, he remembers the incident pretty clearly. He said the guy got raped in the prison afterwards and was hospitalized. Karma is a boomerang !! :D
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
This actually brought tears to my eyes. I am so thankful for having grown up with parents who loved their children. There are so many children who never get to know what parental love is. They all need their own monster under the bed, or a neighbour who hears things and acts upon it, or a teacher who has the guts to investigate why the kid falls asleep in class every day. Civil courage. Personal responsibility. All children are our own children!
deanna woods 5 years ago
It's terrible that so many children have real life monsters in their lives. I wish that more of them had that friendly under the bed monster to protect them. This was a great cartoon. It makes you think.
Hans 5 years ago
Those who deliberately harm children do not deserve a gentle treatment as in this story.
Load More Replies... RJ 5 years ago
Something like this happened in my town in the late 80s. There were three russian guys living in our town. They were living a peaceful life doing a small construction and lown mowing business and no one cared about them. One day evening, at a local store parking lot, a local goon came drunk and started beating his teenage son in front of everyone. This guy was a pure criminal and ex convict, he was in prison for armed robbery, his wife left him because of his abusive character, he was living with his son and he used to beat him for no reason. Everyone knew this and none had the courage to stop him.
RJ 5 years ago
At that time, these russian guys were coming after work, they saw this happening, they walked in and asked him to stop. But he didn't stop and called them names thinking they will step back, but the opposite happened. In a moment they jumped on him, overpowered him and started beating him into pulp, he even lost some teeth. Goon's friend came to help him and showed a gun, but guess what, one russian guy pulled out a even bigger gun, and that person got scared and away. The goon couldn't even stand and was crawling on the ground pleading to stop beating.
Load More Replies... Margaret O'Connor 5 years ago
This is so beautiful and so moving. The only think I would change is that most abusers don't look like low-life brutes, they are perfectly normal looking and are sometimes very well respected by their neighbors and co-workers. I wish the abuser looked more like an average person. But I loved this story and will save it.
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
There are people who think my father was a saint. All he had to do was donate money now and then.
Load More Replies... Marshmello 5 years ago
Read RJ's comment, wanted to share a similar story, from the early 90s, when I was a kid. One day in our local park, one man in his 50's with prison tattoos was seen beating a young man in front of his kids. Because of his prison tattoos no one dared to intervene and cops were called. My uncle was in the force at that time. They immediately came and arrested him, but he was still yelling like I will not spare you and I will kill you, things like that. Cops questioned him and learned that he had spent a decade or so in prison for killing the guy who raped his child. He was just a few months out of the prison, and while he was sitting at the park, he saw that man doing things to his kid. Seeing that, he get got really angry and charged at him and beaten him into a pulp. Knowing this, cops let the old man go without any charges, and took the other guy in custody, charged him and sent him to prison.
Marshmello 5 years ago
Just spoke to my uncle about this, he remembers the incident pretty clearly. He said the guy got raped in the prison afterwards and was hospitalized. Karma is a boomerang !! :D
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
This actually brought tears to my eyes. I am so thankful for having grown up with parents who loved their children. There are so many children who never get to know what parental love is. They all need their own monster under the bed, or a neighbour who hears things and acts upon it, or a teacher who has the guts to investigate why the kid falls asleep in class every day. Civil courage. Personal responsibility. All children are our own children!
deanna woods 5 years ago
It's terrible that so many children have real life monsters in their lives. I wish that more of them had that friendly under the bed monster to protect them. This was a great cartoon. It makes you think.
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