Cat Shirts: The Band, the Woodblock Prints, and Everything Else

Cat designs sorted into what they actually are — a four-piece cat band, Japanese woodblock-style art, cosmic cats, and the plain cat-dad/cat-mom identity shirts.

259 cat designs is enough that "cat shirt" stops being one category and starts being several. Some of these have nothing to do with liking cats generally — they are about a specific joke, a specific art style, or a specific relationship to the cat in question.

The band nobody asked for

There are enough cat-plus-instrument designs here to form an actual lineup: guitar, drums, piano and a cat DJ to open for them. None of these reference each other — they were clearly designed independently — but bought as a set they read as one joke rather than four.

Japanese art, not Japanese cartoon

These borrow from ukiyo-e woodblock prints and samurai imagery rather than anime style, which puts them closer to a gallery print than a fandom shirt. Worth knowing before buying for someone who is particular about the difference.

Black Cat Ramen Lover · Great Cat Wave Off Kanagawa · Kyoto Gion Pagoda Cats · Ramen Cat · Ramen Cat Chef · Ramen Cat Phone · Ramen Cat Ukiyo-e · Samurai Cat Koi · Samurai Cat Warrior · Samurai Cat with Katana and Koi · Ukiyo-e Black Cat Guardian · Ukiyo-e Sushi Cat

Cats that left the atmosphere

A small cluster with no unifying joke beyond "cat, but cosmic" — moon backgrounds, a UFO abduction scene, and two designs that borrow physics vocabulary (string theory, Schrödinger-adjacent EKG lines) for people who think that's funnier than a paw print.

Black Cat Halloween T-Shirt – Vintage Pumpkin & Moon Spooky Cat Design · Cat Mu Physics · Cat String Theory · Cats Under The Moon · Cosmic Cat Stars · Cosmic Space Cats · Paws On The Moon · Spooky Space Cats · String Theory Cats · UFO Cat Abduction · Vintage Moon Cat Stars

Cat dad, cat mom

The identity shirts, as distinct from the joke shirts. These say something about the buyer's relationship to a specific cat rather than cats as a topic, which makes them a safer pick for a gift — there is no artwork to get wrong, just the two words.

Best Cat Dad Ever · Best Cat Mom Ever · Cat Dad Club · Cat Dad Definition · Cat Mom · Cat Mom · Cat Mom · Cat Mom Club · Cat Mom Club Life Is Better With Cats · Floral Cat Mama Paw Print

Everything else

The rest of the collection: sarcastic one-liners, Halloween and Christmas cats, and designs where the cat is incidental to a wider scene (surfing, hockey, flowers). No pattern beyond "someone thought this was funny," which is true of most cat merchandise.

A Woman Needs A Cat · Alien Found Vibrating Cat · Angry Cat Says No · Art History Cats · Ask About My Foster Cat · Ask Me About My Kitty · Awkward But Nice · Bad Kitty Mugshot · Bad Kitty Mugshot · Be A Purrmaid · Because Cats · Best Cat Sitter Ever Funny Fist Bump Retro Art · Black Cat Bubblegum · Black Cat Mountain Peeker · Black Cat Sunflowers · Black Cat Yellow Eyes · Black Cat on Pumpkin Halloween · Blue Cat Eyes · Bunny and Kitty Detective Agency · Burmese Cat Is My BFF · Can Stop Will Stop · Cancel My Plans Cat · Captain Cat Boating · Casual Friday Sphynx · Cat Astronaut · Cat Cat Forest Silhouette · Cat DJ · Cat Heartbeat · Cat Heartbeat EKG Line · Cat Heartbeat Silhouette · Cat Herder · Cat Knocks Over Flowers · Cat Launch Codes · Cat Line Art Illustrations · Cat Lovers · Cat Nap Time · Cat Person · Cat Photographer · Cat Recharging Battery · Cat Wrestler Silhouette · Cat Zodiac Signs · Cat and Roses Silhouette · Cat-erpillar with Yarn · Catastrophe Cats · Cathulhu Cat · Cats Are Like Potato Chips Cat Lover · Cats Are Like Potato Chips Funny Cat Lover Gift · Cats Coffee Couch Me · Cats Coffee Couch Me · Cats On My Brain · Cats Over People · Cats Playing Ice Hockey · Cats and Flowers Heart · Cats of Fury · Caturn · Celestial Cat Constellation · Ch Ch Ch Meow · Cinco de Meow · Colorful Cat Portraits · Colorful Flower Cat · Cozy Vibes · Cuddling Cat Harmony · Curious Box Cat · Cute Astronaut Cat · Cute Kitten Illustration · Cute Monster With Balloon T-Shirt - Cute Purple Three Eyed Monster & Cat Graphic · Cute Peeking Cat Sunset · Employee of the Month · Everything Tibia Okay · Ew People Cats · Father of Cats · Father of Cats · Feline Cement Crew · Feline Fury · Feline Postage Stamps · First Of All I'm A Delight · Floral Forest Cat Silhouette · Funny Black Cat Witch Halloween T-Shirt – Spooky Pumpkin & Cauldron Design · Funny Book Lover Cats Reading Books – Vintage Cat Bookworm Design · Ghost Cats Halloween Funny Cat Lover · Glitch Halo Cat · Glowing Black Cat · Glowing Cat Eyes · Good Kitty Opossum · Good Kitty Opossum · Good Vibes Cat · Hairy Baby · Happy Relaxed Cat · Here For The Cats · Here Kitty Kitty Tiger · Hockey Cat · Hockey Kittens · Hold On I See A Cat · Human Manipulation 101 Cat · I Do What I Want Cat · I Do What I Want Cat · I Don't Wanna · I Just Work Here · I Like Cats · I Like Cats And Maybe 3 People · I Like My Devon Rex Cat · I Only Wanted 10 Cats · I Regret Nothing Cat · I Was Normal 3 Cats Ago · I Was Normal 3 Cats Ago · I Will Not Be Ignored · I'm A Delight Cat · I'm All Booked · I'm Here To Save Your Kitty · I'm Not Meant For Uncomfortable Life · I'm Ok Sleepy Cat · If I Fits, I Sits · Introverted But Cats · Invincible Cat Robot Vacuum · It Be Like That Sometimes · It Is What It Is Cat · It's All About Balance Baby · It's Fine Cat Sharks · Japanese Tiger Not Cat · Just Wanna Have Sun · Kitchen Warrior Cat · Kitten My Lift On · Kittens Eating Pizza · Kittens in Flowers · Kitty Biscuits Bakery · Kung Fu Cat Silhouette · Lazy Cat Gym Routine Sarcastic New Year Resolution · Let's Sail This World Is Too Small · Literary Cat Reader · Living My Best Lives · Love My Cat More Than People · Lurking Jungle Cat · Making It Through Another Day · Manifest It, Baby! · Maybe Tomorrow · Meh Cat · Meow Time · Meow Time Cats · Meowcrobiology · Meowdy Cowboy Cat · Meowl Felis Hootus Owl · Meowy Catmas · Meowy Christmas Cats · Merry Christmas Litter's Full · Mind the Gap · Mischievous Black Cat · Mischievous Black Cat Logo · Mischievous Cat Spilled Coffee · Mischievous Peekaboo Cat · My Cat Said No · My Cat Thinks I'm Cool · My Cat's Tricks · My Cat's Tricks · My Mood Line Art · My Norwegian Forest Cat · Mystical Cat Breeds · Nervous Systems Cat · Noah's Ark All Cats · Noah's Cat Ark · Nobody Knows Anything · Normal 3 Cats Ago · On A Side Quest To Pet Cats · Oops Cat · Oops. Cat DJ · Overkill Cat Tank · Peeking Kawaii Cat · Princess of Feral Cats · Punctuation Saves Cats · Punk Rock Cat Bones · Purrannosaurus Rex · Purrr My Last Email · Quiet Please Woodpecker Cat Graphic · Rainbow Umbrella Cat · Rootin Tootin Cowboy Cat · SARCASM CAT · Saint Pawtrick · Saint Pawtrick Cat · Schrödinger's Cat · Schrödinger's Cat Paradox · Skeleton Boops Black Cat · Skeleton with Cat Halloween · Skin and Bones Cat · Sleeping Tabby Cat · Sorry I'm an Indoor Cat · Spooky Biscuits Bakery Halloween Black Cat Bak · Spooky Season Halloween Cats · Stay Pawsitive · Support Your Local Street Cats · Surfing Cats · Surprised Cats Reading Book Shirt - Funny Bookish Cats Vintage Tee · Sushi Ninja Cat · Talk to Your Cat · Tats & Cats · Tell Your Cat I Said PSPSPS · Tell Your Cat Pspsps · The Hermit Cat Tarot · The Snuggle Is Real · Think Outside The Box · Time to Make the Biscuits · Ugly Christmas Cats · Universal Cat Distribution System · Vacation From Education · Vintage Cats Graphic · Volleyball Cat · Volleyball Cats · Wanted Feline Menace · Warning In Case Of Emotions · Warning In Case of Emotions · What Am I Doing With My Lives Cat · What Is The Red Dot · Where Do We Go Meow · Witchy cat with candy bucket halloween · Yin Yang Cats · Yin Yang Cats · You're Not The Boss Of Me

The full range, including sizes and cuts, is in the cat shirts collection.