Comic: THEM CATS in "Sisters Are We"

When you're visiting your 100% morning-person sibling: A THEM CATS comic collaboration with my sister, author of the children's book series, "Limey the Cat."

Tess McCarthy

Jul 17, 2025

THEM CATS comic strip featuring Sister Cat trying to wake Me Cat, leading to escalating refusals and a comedic reversal when Me Cat becomes wide awake after Sister Cat gives up. — THEM CATS in “Sisters Are We” sans Therapist Cat!

Title: "Sisters Are We"
- by T.McCarthy & Kat McCarthy
Panel 1:
Me Cat and Sister Cat sitting, dialogue bubble showing A SISTER x SISTER COLLAB
Panel 2:
Sister Cat saying "WAKE UP, WAKE UP!" to Me Cat in bed who responds "NO."
Panel 3:
Sister Cat continues "WAKE UP, WAKE UP!" and Me Cat responds "NOOOO"
Panel 4:
Sister Cat persists "WAKE UP, WAKE UP!" and Me Cat responds "NOOOOOO!!!" with dramatic shading
Panel 5:
Sister Cat says "COMMON" then "OKAY! I'M GOING BACK TO BED!"
Me Cat responds "NOOOOOO!!!"

Panel 6:
Final panel shows Me Cat awake in dark setting.
Me Cat says "I'M SOOO WIDE AWAKE NOW!"
Me Cat continues "UGH!" then, "THANKS A LOT."

Sister Cat (Off Panel) snoring with "ZZZ" sleep symbols.

Wait, what? New character, who dis?

We take a normally scheduled break from The Therapist Cat as they're on holiday. In place of Therapist Cat, we introduce Sister Cat in "Sisters Are We," because its been in my drafts since April. This one is about the time I was visiting siblings, and both are early risers.

My sister is working on a children’s book based on a character I created in the 90’s called “Limey the Cat” who was this cat who snuck aboard a pirate ship and ate a bunch of limes and then turned lime green. A few years ago, my sister resurrected the title and re-created the character to be a younger one living in the States.

Her remix, I’ve decided, was the thing she needed to get over the loss of Daddy—our pop. We both miss him in many ways.

TRANSLATIONS:

FILIPINO (Tagalog): "GISING NA, GISING NA!" → "HINDI." "GISING NA, GISING NA!" → "HINDIII" "GISING NA, GISING NA!" → "HINDIIII!!!" "SIGE" → "OKAY! BABALIK NA AKO SA KAMA!" → "HINDIIII!!!" "GISING NA TALAGA AKO NGAYON!" → "UGH!" → "SALAMAT HA."

JAPANESE: "起きて、起きて！" (Okite, okite!) → "いや。" (Iya.) "起きて、起きて！" → "いやああ" (Iyaaa) "起きて、起きて！" → "いやああああ！！！" (Iyaaaaaa!!!) "ちょっと" (Chotto) → "わかった！寝る！" (Wakatta! Neru!) → "いやああああ！！！" "もう完全に起きちゃった！" (Mou kanzen ni okichatta!) → "うう！" (Uu!) → "ありがとう。" (Arigatou.)

SWEDISH: "VAKNA UPP, VAKNA UPP!" → "NEJ." "VAKNA UPP, VAKNA UPP!" → "NEJJJ" "VAKNA UPP, VAKNA UPP!" → "NEJJJJ!!!" "OKEJ" → "OKEJ! JAG GÅR TILLBAKA TILL SÄNGEN!" → "NEJJJJ!!!" "JAG ÄR SÅ VAKEN NU!" → "UGH!" → "TACK SÅ MYCKET."

GERMAN: "WACH AUF, WACH AUF!" → "NEIN." "WACH AUF, WACH AUF!" → "NEINNNN" "WACH AUF, WACH AUF!" → "NEINNNN!!!" "KOMM SCHON" → "OK! ICH GEHE ZURÜCK INS BETT!" → "NEINNNN!!!" "ICH BIN JETZT SO WACH!" → "UGH!" → "VIELEN DANK AUCH."

SPANISH: "¡DESPIERTA, DESPIERTA!" → "NO." "¡DESPIERTA, DESPIERTA!" → "NOOO" "¡DESPIERTA, DESPIERTA!" → "NOOOO!!!" "VAMOS" → "¡ESTÁ BIEN! ¡ME VUELVO A LA CAMA!" → "¡NOOOO!!!" "¡ESTOY TAN DESPIERTA AHORA!" → "¡UGH!" → "MUCHAS GRACIAS."

FRENCH: "RÉVEILLE-TOI, RÉVEILLE-TOI!" → "NON." "RÉVEILLE-TOI, RÉVEILLE-TOI!" → "NONNN" "RÉVEILLE-TOI, RÉVEILLE-TOI!" → "NONNN!!!" "ALLEZ" → "D'ACCORD! JE RETOURNE AU LIT!" → "NONNN!!!" "JE SUIS TELLEMENT RÉVEILLÉE MAINTENANT!" → "UGH!" → "MERCI BEAUCOUP."

The Post Script

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