Kattywampus is me. I am Kattywampus, the Wampus Cat.
Now, I did take the name of one of my characters for a while. Feanyx, the Phoenix was a character I created for an animation class a long time ago. But when I started DJing at WVSC radio, I called myself DJ Feanyx (even though Feanyx is a boy) because my show started out as an oldschool show. With Phoenixes being the symbol of rebirth, I thought that "DJ Feanyx" was a good name, because I was breathing new life into all those old forgotten jams. The show eventually evolved into a world music show.
Now when I started my comic, "Kwality," I decided that everything in it would be based (either directly or loosely) on actual events that have happened in my life. Feanyx's character was a DJ at the college who has to get a job at Whale-Mart. His story revolves only around those portions of my life. Kattywampus' character only had to do with things in my life that weren't neccessarily occupation-oriented. It was kinda weird having Katty and Feanyx interact in the comic, because it kinda felt like I was talking to myself.
If you did notice, however, I included Feanyx in my furcode.
I have created other characters loosely based on myself, but they haven't appeared in Kwality. One such is Hapa the Chimera. She represents a couple of things in my life. One, being of mixed ancestry. She also might represent any insecurities I might have.
..wow, I just realized how deep this conversation actually is!
BTW, 98% of the characters in Kwality are based off of people that I actually know. Some furs, most not. It was fun creating furry versions of non-furs. =^_^= Wait til y'all see the Herbal Essence issue.... =^_^= x 25!!