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Cat and Girl wait for New Wave's Big Comeback [[Cat is wearing 3D glasses and a skinny tie. Girl wears sunglasses and a jacket with pins on it.]] / [[They stand.]] / [[Suddenly a crowd of people carrying keyboards, cameras, guitars and boxes of cash runs by.]] / Cat: Sellout.
Cat and Girl versus Current Events [[Cat and Girl walk. Girl's face is buried in a newspaper. Cat whistles.]] / Girl: You're not the slightest bit worried? / Girl: The disputed votes are in a state where his brother is governor. / Girl: A guy whose mayoral election was overturned due to voter fraud is on the Executive Committee of the Miami-Dade Republican Party. / Girl: Overseas voters were sent two copies of the absentee ballot. / Girl: And, of course, there's the controversial butterfly ballot of Palm Beach County. / Girl: Not to mention that Bush's incredible stupidity is b;atantly obvious to all but the most catatonic of vegetables. / Girl: And this guy is going to be making our nation's laws! / Cat: Since when have we followed the law? / [[Cat and Girl whistle.]]
Cat and Girl meet their Maker [[Dorothy stands on a subway train, her eyes closed.]] / Girl: Hey! / [[Dorothy meets Cat and Girl.]] / Dorothy: Oh, hi. / Girl: What's new? / Dorothy: Not much. Just heading to work. / Dorothy: What are you doing up so early? / Girl: We just got back from Coney Island. / Cat: You can ride the old rollercoasters if you know the right people. / Dorothy: I thought they burned down. / Cat: Maybe. / Dorothy: Well, this is my stop. / Girl: Bye! / Cat: What's her name again? / Girl: I can never remember.
Cat and Girl meet the Old Gods [[A man sits at a table eating.]] / Man: Mmm... tastes like chicken! / <> / [[He is vaporized by a bolt of light.]] / [[Cat and Girl are sitting at a table watching the man dressed like a Viking who has just done the vaporizing.]] / Cat and Girl: Wow. / Girl: Can I have your autograph? / Tritus: There you go. / Girl: Oh. I thought you were Thor. / Tritus: I am Tritus, punisher of cliches. / Girl: Well, it's very nice to meet you. / Tritus: You too, --? What's your name, little girl? / Cat: She'd tell you, but then she'd have to kill you. / [[Tritus gathers power in his fist.]] / Cat: Ah! / <> / [[Cat wakes up in bed.]] / Cat: Thank god it was only a dream. / Tritus: That does it!
Cat and Girl insist upon Discussing Capitalism [[Cat and Girl sit at a table covered in breakfast and newspapers.]] / Girl: It's like movies versus television - movies have a start and end point, but television just goes on and on - you can watch it forever. / Girl: We're taught boundless consumer need - not for anything in particular, but for the act of purchasing itself. / Girl: We're trained to think that buying stuff will make us happy, but of course it can't - if it did we'd have no reason to keep buying more stuff. / Girl: The imperfection of products - the design of obsolescence - is an integral part of the capitalist system. A system that any purchase you make supports. / Cat: But I really need socks. / Girl: Maybe you should learn to do laundry. / Cat: But you're so good at it!
 
Cat and Girl play with Fire [[Cat holds a lit match.]] / Cat: Ooh! / [[The fire engulfs him.]] / Cat: Ah! / [[Cat's spirit leaves his body.]] / Cat: Oh. / [[Cat approaches the pearly gates.]] / Cat: Hello. / Saint Peter: Cat? / Cat: Yup. / Saint Peter: I'd just like to ask you a few questions. / Cat: Okay. / Saint Peter: What's your best and worst quality? / Cat: I work hard, but I'm a perfectionist. Also I steal. / Saint Peter: Where do you see yourself in five years? / Cat: Still dead, probably. / Saint Peter: What are you looking for in a heaven? / Cat: A casual environment in which I can grow. / Saint Peter: We'll get back to you. / [[Cat wakes up in his body. Girl is spraying him with a fire extinguisher.]] / Cat: I think it went pretty well.
Cat and Girl make Christmas Lists Cat: ...gumdrops, a Casio keyboard, and a Ned Kelly hand puppet. / Cat: What do you want? / Girl: World peace. / Girl: I know it sounds corny, but wouldn't it be wonderful? / Cat: Maybe. / [[Cat walks through a department store.]] / [[He picks up a package and looks at the price tag.]] / Saleslady: Can I help you, sir? / Cat: I'm looking for world peace. / Saleslady: We've got a few left over here. / Cat: What's the price? / Saleslady: Eternal vigilance. / Cat: What can I get for 74 cents?
Cat and Girl ? Archive ? Cat and Girl meet Grrrl [[Girl passing out pamphlets]] / Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! / [[Cat and Girl approach Grrrl]] / Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! / Grrrl: {{Framing: Next panel is her big thought balloon. Scenes described clockwise from top}} / [[Rondelles singing on roof]<> / Rondelles: Flying Saucer Rock and Roll!! / Concsession man: Free squash enchiladas for everyone! / [[Frieda Kahlo, Ronnie Spector, Nancy Drew sit in shrubbery ]] / Frieda: Isn't the new national anthem great? / [[Top hatted guy talks to elephant bearing five faces]] / Guy: You're public transportation now, Bonzo / [[Beatnik Vampire observing white striped-over roadkill ]] / Beatnik Vampire: Wild. / Little Kid: I like your new uniform, Miss Policeman. / Teacher: Today in kindergarten we'll be reading {{italics}} Infinite Jest. / Group of kids: Yay! / [[cemetery with a grave marker labeled Beuys]] / Man: Sure was sudden how George Lucas died. / [[Male rider on horse with cattle and men running ahead]] / Rider: You're free now! Be free! / Officer: I'm sorry sir but we're arresting everyone in an SUV. / Girl: Could I have a pamphlet?
Cat and Girl answer Your Questions Girl: Today we'll be answering viewer questions. Mail, Cat? / [[Cat hands Girl some envelopes.]] / Girl: Dear Cat and Girl, are you guys in love? / [[Cat and Girl look at each other.]] / Girl: hee / Cat: hee hee / [[Girl puts her hands on her stomach]] / Cat and Girl: hahahahahahahaha / [[Cat puts a hand to his heart]] / Cat and Girl: hahahahahahahaha / [[Girl puts a hand to her head]] / Cat and Girl: hahahahahahahaha / [[Cat falls over laughing]] / Cat and Girl: hahahahahahahaha / Girl: giggle giggle giggle / Cat: chuckle snort / Girl: hmm / [[Cat wipes his eyes with a hankie]] / Cat: ah. / Girl: ha! / Cat: hee hee / Girl: No. / Cat: NO?
Cat and Girl are Highly Derivative 2 [[Cat and Girl are dressed for winter. Girl holds a toboggan.]] / Girl: Is there any better feeling than walking through freshly fallen snow? / Cat: Feeling your toes, maybe. / [[Cat and Girl sit on the toboggan.]] / Girl: Have you ever thought you'd done something before... / [[They glide over the snow.]] / Girl: ...only to realize you'd just seen somebody else do it? / Girl: If we're so easily fooled, what's the point in doing it ourselves? / [[Cat holds his hands over his eyes.]] / Girl: Wouldn't it be easier to watch another kid and anthropomorphic cat risk life and limb on a toboggan? / [[The sled flips and Cat and Girl fall through the air.]] / Girl: Is there any real difference between watching them and doing it ourselves? / [[Cat and Girl land, buried in the snow.]] / Cat: I think they were drawn better. / Girl: That, and the pain.
 
Around the World with Cat and Girl [[Cat and Girl are wearing backpacks. They are standing at the foot of a giant statue.]] / Cat [[speaking to a woman holding a broom]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are in a canoe. In another canoe are two men, one of whom is catching a butterfly with a net.]] / Cat [[calling to the second canoe]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are crawling through the desert. In the back ground is a skull.]] / Cat [[speaking to a man in a middle-eastern robe and head scarf]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are in a city with skyscrapers. Godzilla is in the background.]] / Cat [[speaking to two school girls]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are on a pirate ship.]] / Cat [[speaking to a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are wearing backpacks on a steep mountain side.]] / Cat [[speaking to a blond girl in lederhosen]] Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are in a nice restaurant. In the background Carmen Miranda is singing.]] / Cat [[to a waiter in a tuxedo]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are in an arctic landscape. Cat is holding a map.]] / Cat [[to a roaring Polar bear]]: Do you speak English? / [[Cat and Girl are at an outdoor cafe.]] / Cat [[to the world in general]]: Does anyone speak English? / Girl: How much for coffee?
Cat and Girl are Untimely Satirists [[The sun rises on a tent in the woods.]] / [[Inside, Cat and Girl are waking up.]] / [[Outside the tent, Cat sees a series of mysterious bundles on the ground.]] / [[Cat picks one up.]] / Cat: These little bundles - / Girl - could they be - / Cat: - mysterious symbols fashioned of twine, lard and felt - / Girl: - who could have - / Cat: Woodrow Wilson? / Girl: Why Woodrow Wilson? / Cat: Uh, the Teapot Dome scandal? / Girl: That was Ulysses S. Grant. / Cat: Then - Ulysses S. Grant? / Girl: What about Horace Greeley? / Cat: Kevin Smith? / Cat: Tabitha Soren? / Girl: Dorothy Allison? / Cat: Andy Dick? / Girl: Kurt Weil? / Cat: Mike Nesmith? / Girl: Evelyn Waugh? / Cat: Joseph Beuys? / Girl: He's dead. / Cat: Zombie Joseph Beuys? / Girl: Don't be daft. / [[Zombie Joseph Beuys is hiding in the bushes nearby.]] / Beuys: ...laaaaaaaaard...
Cat and Girl pick up a Stray Boy: So then we made some soup, and I made it from a can. / Girl: Uh-huh. / Boy: It had parts of chicken and parts of tomato, but I don't know which parts. / Girl: That poor kitty! / [[Boy is left standing alone.]] / Boy: Way to go, Boy. Way to be a moron. / [[Girl is carrying a cat.]] / Girl: Your dog was hurting this poor kitty. / Boy: I'm - I'm sorry. / Dog: Kill. / Boy: Can I get the cat some milk or something? / Girl: You can't give milk to cats. It hurts them. / Girl: We'll call you Persephone. / Cat: Well Hellooo. / Boy: I'm sorry. / Girl: Let's get you home and fix you up. / Cat: Can I buy you a drink, beautiful?
Cat and Girl are invent a Sincerity Machine [[Girl is tightening a bolt on a mysterious machine. ]] / Cat: Whatcha doin'? / Girl: I invented an anti-irony machine. / Cat: What's it do? / Girl: You place something - like this Pavement CD - into the vortex combacitor. / Girl: It then drops to the main chamber, where it's bombarded with negatively charged ironic particles. / Girl: Then it pops out completely sincere! / Cat: Hootie and the Blowfish. / Girl: Try something else. / Cat: Was "The State." / Girl: Is "Benny Hill." Eww. / Cat: Was Alanis Morisette. / Girl: Still Alanis Morisette. / Cat: Was my sandwich. / Girl: What kind was it? / Cat: Ham. / Girl: Now it's bologna. / Cat: I'm going in. / Girl: I wouldn't do that. / [[The machine shakes.]] / [[Cat comes out as Garfield.]] / Girl: I told you so. / Cat: If you're done gloating, could you bring me some pants?
Cat and Girl have Decoder Rings [[Girl waves goodbye to Cat as she board a school bus.]] / Cat: Yippee! / Cat: Now I can scratch up the couch and smash all our lightbulbs and mix pudding on the carpet and... / [[A note on the refrigerator says "Cat - Please wash the dishes and put away your laundry. - Girl"]] / [[Cat reads the note.]] / Cat: What could this mean? / Cat: Ah - my secret decoder ring! / Cat: If I just -- rotate twice and -- dishes becomes -- aliens in the basement / Cat: -- bring them cake -- / Cat: We don't even have any cake. / Cat: What a gyp! I could've bought pajamas with that money. / [[A group of aliens sits around a table in the basement.]] / Alien: Didn't your note ask for cake? / Alien: I guess the decoder ring is broken. / Alien: This is the worst birthday ever.
 
Flash Back to the Sixties with Cat and Girl [[Cat and Girl sit at a bus stop.]] / [[A guy wearing a fringed vest with no shirt underneath walks by.]] / [[A woman with long hair and granny glasses walks by holding a flower. A guy with a headband walks by carrying a placard.]] / [[A woman in a scarf and floppy hat walks by carrying a Joan Baez album.]] / [[A guy with a beard walks by with peace pamphlets. A lady with an afro holds a sign.]] / [[A guy wearing a turtleneck and a Communist armband walks by.]] / [[A lady in an American Flag shirt and a short man smoking walk on by.]] / [[Cat and Girl sit.]] / Girl: Maybe the seventies will be better.
Girl finds a Friend [[Girl and Grrrl stand outside. Grrrl holds a jumprope and Girl has a hula hoop.]] / Grrrl: It's a program to help the lost children of grunge. For just the cost of a cup of coffee you can buy them a cup of coffee. / Girl: I was in Seattle back in '93 and grunge was already over then. / Grrrl: You lived in Seattle? / Girl: Oh, I've lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Barclay Square. / Grrrl: I've always wanted to travel. But I've only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights. / Girl: Hey, do you adore a minuet, the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Because I sure do. / Grrrl: I like to rock and roll, mostly. A hot dog makes me lose control. / Girl: Wild. / [[They stand outdoors.]] / [[Leaves fall.]] / Grrrl: Do you have any family? / Girl: Just a cousin, but she lives in England or somewhere.
Cat and Girl are Not Autobiographical [[Dorothy sits at a table reading.]] / Guy: Hey! / Dorothy: What? / Guy: You're Girl. / Dorothy: No I'm not. / Guy: Don't you draw Cat and Girl? / Dorothy: Maybe. / Guy: So you're Girl! / Dorothy: No. / Guy: But you're both human. / Dorothy: So? / Guy: And female. / Dorothy: Uh-huh. / Guy: So tell me about the time you went to the frosting factory! / Dorothy: I'm not Girl. / Guy: Do you think David Foster Wallace is dreamy? / Dorothy: Leave me alone. / [[Dorothy leaves her table.]] / Guy: Wait! Can you tell me where Cat lives? / [[Cat and Girl sit at another table wearing sunglasses.]] / Cat: We should really stop coming here. / Girl: There's another exit in the back.
Cat and Girl Ignore Oppression [[Cat and Girl sit at a sidewalk cafe.]] / [[Cat sings into a microphone while Girl plays the drums.]] / [[Girl pilots an airplane. Cat sits behind her, his hands over his eyes.]] / [[Girl paints a portrait of Mary Tyler Moore. Cat eats some of the paint.]] / [[Cat and Girl have a picnic.]] / [[Cat and Girl dance the tango.]] / [[Cat tries to operate on the toaster with a fork.]] / [[Cat raises a sledgehammer to smash a statue. Girl is carting TNT over.]] / [[Cat and Girl sit on the couch watching television.]] / Cat: Dateline NBC? / Girl: No way - Buffy's on!
Cat and Girl are Pokemon [[Cat and Girl sit on the couch watching television.]] / Cat: Cat? / Girl: Girl. / [[They look at TV Guide.]] / Cat: Cat! / Girl: Girl Girl? / [[Cat grabs the remote control.]] / Cat: Cat Cat Cat... / Girl: Girl! / [[Girl becomes enraged.]] / Girl: Girl... Girl... Girl... Girl... Girl... / Cat: Cat? / [[A bolt of lightning strikes Girl.]] / Cat: Cat! / [[Girl has the remote control.]] / Girl: GIRL. / Television: TV TV TV TV TV TV TV
 
Cat and Girl in Cyberspace [[Cat and Girl float, gravity-free. Cat is upside-down.]] / Cat: Huh. / Girl: So this is the future. / Girl: I don't see the internet around anywhere. / Cat: Is that it? / Girl: No, that's a sock. / Cat: Oh. / [[They float.]] / Cat: I have to pee. How do we get out? / Girl: I think there's a latch over - / Cat: Got it. / <> / Cat: Oh. Looks like we were just in the dryer again. / Girl: Then what was Steve Case doing there?
Cat and Girl versus the Moon-Men of Mars [[A flying saucer.]] / [[Cat and Girl sit outside.]] / Alien: Desist, earth people! / Cat: oop. / Girl: ah. / Alien: We have come for your deodorant and anti-perspirant sticks or roll-ons. / Girl: I have an extra sandwich. / Alien: Sandwich is not enough to fight Space Dirt. / Alien: It gets goopy in space. / Alien: You would not BELIEVE how goopy. / Alien: One time his entire left arm molded over. / Alien: I saw it, it did. / Alien: It took four gallons of baby oil to get the stink out. / Alien: He tried to remove it with a hacksaw. / Alien: And when his clothes get wet you can STILL smell it. / Alien: For metric tons! / [[Girl is now wearing a gas mask.]] / [[Cat holds a hankerchief up to his face.]] / Cat: Maybe if you moved downwind... / Alien: Vanilla scents! Bring me vanilla scents!
Cat and Girl discuss Winning the Lottery [[Cat and Girl sit under a tree.]] / Girl: I'd open a laundromat. / Girl: A rock and roll laundromat. / Girl: Also at the laundry I'd sell used books. / Girl: Also coffee - but the cheap, strong kind, not yuppie coffee. / Girl: And there'd be Bass on tap. / Girl: And a half-pint would be free with every load of laundry. / Girl: One wall would be white and I'd project independent film and video for small but enthusiastic crowds. / Cat: <> / Girl: Except on the days my band played. / Cat: I'd buy gumdrops.
Cat and Girl Feign Interest [[Cat is buried up to his neck in sand at the beach. Girl stands in an inner tube. Dorothy sits under an umbrella.]] / Dorothy: I don't know, it's like - I do well in high school, I do okay at college, I follow the rules for 21 years and then they just abandon me. / Dorothy: I don't have a job. I don't have a plan. I can't drive, I can't type. I can't cook or fix things. / Dorothy: I'm just as useless as when I started college, only now I'm more self-absorbed. / Dorothy: My friends are scattering, and even if I live near some of them it'll never be the same. / Dorothy: Ten years form now I'll be boring, crazy, or dead, and the scary part is I don't know which of those I prefer. / Dorothy: I'm just not ready for this. I'm not an adult. Do other people really feel like adults? Or are they just good at pretending? / Girl: Poor little middle class liberal arts graduate. / Dorothy: What? / Girl: Nothing. / Dorothy: I thought I heard you say something. / Girl: No. Go on. / Dorothy: I could have sworn you said something. / Cat: Who are you? Where am I? / Girl: You do realize we're imaginary, right?
Cat and Girl meet 347 Local [[The Beatnik Vampire carries a picket sign.]] / Girl: Hey! Can I borrow your Shaggs LP? / Vampire: Nope. Sorry. / Girl: Why not? / Vampire: We've unionized. / [[He points to his sign. It says "Hepsters Union 347 Local."]] / Girl: What? / Vampire: Look - a twelve year old girl with a lava lamp and inflatable arm chair. An I-banker with blue hair and an imac. / Vampire: These people are diluting hepsterism beyond all usefulness! Unless we unionize we'll be replaced by cheap Canadian labor. / Girl: So my rotary phone - / Vampire: If you had one I'd have to kill you. / Vampire: Do you have one? / Girl: Um, No. / Vampire: Good. / [[The Beatnik Vampire lights a cigarette.]] / Girl: Cigarettes will kill you all. / Vampire: We're undead.
 
Cat and Girl find Buried Treasure [[Cat and Girl are tied together, back to back.]] / [[Girl spots a razor blade.]] / [[She holds it in her mouth to cut the ropes.]] / [[They try to escape the pirate ship...]] / [[...but the pirates see them and give chase. Girl jumps into the sea.]] / [[Cat wears a life jacket as Girl tows him through the water.]] / [[Girl spots a desert island.]] / [[They enter a cave on the island. Girl holds a shovel.]] / [[She uncovers a treasure chest.]] / [[Cat and Girl open the treasure chest and look inside.]] / Cat: Can it really be? / Girl: A king's ransom in mp3s. / Cat: We'll never go hungry again!
Cat and Girl Don't Need Drugs: ..To Fall Asleep! / [[Girl falls asleep in bed reading Proust. Cat falls asleep on the floor next to an emptying bottle of booze.]] / ..To Write Poetry! / [[A rainbow crosses the sky. Cat is attacked by a raven.]] / Raven: Nevermore! Nevermore! / ...To Get Arrested! / [[A box of TNT sits by a statue. Cat plugs his ears with his fingers. Girl pushes a button.]] / ..To Read Gravity's Rainbow! / [[Girl drinks coffee and reads. Cat passes out on the floor next to an emptying bottle of booze.]] / ..To Have Fun! / Girl: Are you eating paint again? / Cat: It's my major source of essential lead. / Girl: How do you explain the asbestos? / Cat: Stop inflicting your square bourgeois morals on me, you bourgeois square! / Girl: Are you calling me a square? I'll fix you! / Cat: A little late for that!
Cat and Girl battle International Communism [[Cat and Girl look around a corner.]] / [[They run across an alleyway.]] / [[They hide behind a box.]] / [[They run through the dark city.]] / [[Cat lights a match.]] / Cat: Well, I don't see International Communism anywhere. / Girl: Oh wait - I think I see it. Don't move. / Cat: Where is it? / Girl: I think you just stepped in it. / Cat: ew! Really? ew! / Girl: Gross - it's all over your shoes. / Girl: That is so disgusting. / Cat: Get it off! Get it off!
Cat and Girl wait for Polka's Big Comeback [[Cat and Girl sit. Cat is wearing lederhosen and smoking a pipe. Girl is wearing a dirndl.]] / Girl: Can I go now? / Cat: It's coming - I can feel it!
Cat and Girl meet Dog and Boy [[It's raining. Girl sits on the sidewalk holding a magazine over her head.]] / [[Boy and Dog walk over. Boy has an umbrella.]] / Boy: Hi Girl. / Girl: Oh, hi. / Boy: Can I walk you home? / Girl: Actually, I'm waiting for Cat to pick me up. / [[Boy looks at Dog.]] / [[Cat roars in on a motorcycle.]] / Cat: Jump on, and quick! We've got to get to the frosting factory! / Girl: Well, I have to go now. / Boy: I'll see you in school tomorrow? / Girl: Yep. / [[Girl pats Dog on the head.]] / Girl: Good bye, Dog. / Cat: Let's go! The frosting's not gonna eat itself! / [[Cat and Girl drive off on the motorcycle.]] / Boy: Maybe we can find someone else. / Dog: Kill.
 

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