Reality Check (comics)

Set in a near-future world of 2012, the story centers on Collin Meeks, a young cat owner who discovers his cat, Catreece, has been regularly entering the world of online virtual reality gaming and the general "Virtual Internet System" (VIS).

The story covers the online and offline activities and interactions of the Colin and his friends (including Catreece), who all utilize form of virtual-reality (VR) headgear called a "True Virtual Reality (TVR) Helmet" to experience the futuristic internet and gaming environs.

It was originally available online in full color (the pages painted by Rikki Simons) but was also released as comic book in two volumes.

[1] Tokyopop picked up the title in 2003 and reprinted the SIRIUS run in a black and white digest-sized format consisting of two volumes.

[4] Publishers Weekly described the first volume as having "a sense of fun and imaginative details", and that Catreece is "a character with immense appeal".