List of fictional cats in comics
This list of fictional cats and other felines in comics is subsidiary to the list of fictional cats. It is restricted solely to notable feline characters from notable comics. For characters that appear in several separate comics, only the earliest appearance will be recorded here.
Character | Origin | Creator | Notes |
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Alley-Kat-Abra | New Teen Titans | Feline magician formerly with the Zoo Crew[1] | |
Anise | Magico | ||
Aquamarine | Mamotte! Lollipop | ||
Arlene | Garfield | Jim Davis | Garfield's girlfriend. She is pink with a gap in her front teeth. |
Artemis | Codename: Sailor V | Naoko Takeuchi | A white cat that helps Minako Aino to awaken her powers as Sailor Venus. |
Atom | Atom the Cat | Al Fago | Published by Charlton Comics in 1957 |
Attila | Mother Goose and Grimm | Mike Peters | A purple cat |
Azrael | The Smurfs | Peyo | Gargamel's red cat who is just as evil as his master.[2] |
Babu | Sankarea | ||
Basil | Basil the Royal Cat | Published in 1953 by St. John Publications | |
Bill the Cat | Bloom County/ Outland / Opus | Berkeley Breathed | A largely comatose orange tabby cat. |
Billy | Billy the Cat | Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg | Billy is a boy who was killed in a car accident and reincarnated as a cat. |
Biniou | (Phil et) Jordi | François Bel | Phil's white cat.[3] |
Blacksad | Blacksad | Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido | John Blacksad, an anthropomorphic black cat/panther who works as a private detective. |
Bucky Katt | Get Fuzzy | Selfish, cynical, and lazy. His ears are nearly always drawn laid back flat on his head, a feline sign of defiance, aggressiveness and/or unfriendliness. | |
Business Cat | Business Cat | Tom Fonder | An anthropomorphic cat who is a businessman, but who nevertheless didn't lose his cat instincts. [4] |
Butch | Pogo | Walt Kelly | A brick-throwing housecat. |
Cal | Boes (Ox Tales) | Wil Raymakers and Thijs Wilms | |
Calico Cat | Takemitsu Zamurai | ||
Carrot | Pepper&Carrot | David Revoy | An orange striped cat who is Pepper's pet. |
Cassandra Cat | Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids | Bob Weber Jr. | A cat who is a jewel thief and gets by on her charm and beauty. |
Catbert | Dilbert | Scott Adams | The evil human resources director. |
Cat | Filament | ||
Cat | Hiiro no Marionetta | ||
The Cat of Marlinspike Hall | The Adventures of Tintin | Hergé | A nameless black and beige stray cat who lives with Tintin and Captain Haddock at their manor in Marlinspike Hall. The cat originally had a rivalry with Snowy, but in later albums they seem to be friends. |
Célimène | Chlorophylle | Raymond Macherot | A cat who kidnaps mice and forces them to steal salami sausages for her in exchange for their lives.[5] |
Cha | Cha! Chu! Cho! | ||
Chaffoux | Chaffoux | Bom [6] and Patrice Cadot [7] | A gag comic about an unlucky cat which appeared in Tintin in 1986. |
Chaminou | Chaminou | Raymond Macherot | An orange anthropomorphic cat who is an aristocrat who wears a monocle, smokes cigars and works as a secret agent.[8] |
Le Chat | Le Chat | Philippe Geluck | A grey obese cat who wears a suit. He always addresses the reader with absurd monologues.[9] |
Chewie | Captain Marvel | Brian Reed and Roberto De La Torre | An ordinary looking cat that turns out to be a Flerken. The cat was renamed Goose for the 2019 live action film. |
Chubby Huggs | Get Fuzzy | Oversized, overaffectionate cartoon cat. | |
Chi | Chi's Sweet Home | An adorable gray and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her family and is found by a young boy, Youhei, and his mother. They take the kitten home and Chi then has a splendid time living with her new family, learning about different things and meeting new people and animals. Adapted into an anime series. | |
Chiyo-chichi | Azumanga Daioh | Chiyo's "father". He may not be a real cat, as he only appears in dreams or as a stuffed toy. | |
Cicero's Cat (real name: Desdemona [10]) | Cicero's Cat | Bud Fisher | A spin-off of Mutt and Jeff.[11][12] |
Corporal | Boule et Bill | Jean Roba | Neighbourhood cat.[13] |
Cybil | Liō | Mark Tatulli | Liō's white cat.[14] |
Dex-Starr | Green Lantern | A member of the Red Lantern Corps. | |
Dinky | Rupert Bear | Alfred Bestall | The black cat of Beryl Sweet, one of the girl guides.[15] |
Donyatsu | Donyatsu | Yūsuke Kozaki | |
Doraemon | Doraemon | Fujiko F. Fujio | A famous children's manga series about a blue robot cat from the future (22nd century) who helps the owner great-great grandfather, Nobita Nobi to achieve better life later. Doraemon have many gadgets and items that considered most advance technology from the future, to help Nobita Nobi dealing with his daily life.[16] |
Edgar | Jack, Jacky and the Juniors (Jan, Jans en de Kinderen) | Jan Kruis | A friendly fat red tomcat and the family's pet.[17] |
Faron | Peanuts | Charles M. Schulz | Lazy Cat that is carried around by Frieda. The animal made only about a dozen appearances in the comic strip |
Fat Freddy's Cat | Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers | Gilbert Shelton | The lazy striped cat of the trio. He later received his own spin-off comic.[18] |
Fellini | Macanudo | Liniers | The cat of Enriqueta.[19] |
Flossie | Flossie | Gerard Wiegel | A pantomime comic about a black cat.[20] |
Fluffy | Darkwing Duck | ||
Fluffy | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | David Law | Walter Brown's cat.[21] |
Fritz the Cat | Fritz the Cat | Robert Crumb | An anthropomorphic striped cat who enjoys sex and drugs.[22] Made into an animated feature by Ralph Bakshi in 1972.[23] |
Fukumaru | A Man and His Cat | Umi Sakurai | A cat who was passed over for adoption because he was ugly, then adopted by an old man. |
Garbonzo | Winston | Jim Burnett and Johnny Sajem. | A black cat.[24] |
Garfield | Garfield | Jim Davis | Orange-and-black striped cat known for his enormous love for lasagna and sarcastic commentary. He is also very lazy and hates Mondays.[25] |
Gaston Lagaffe's cat | Gaston | André Franquin | Nameless playful black-and-white cat of Gaston, who creates a lot of mayhem.[26] |
Gaturro | Gaturro | Cristian Dzwonik | A domestic cat, who freely wanders the neighbourhood and causes trouble at school. |
GCAT | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | First guardian of post-scratch Earth |
Gekkou | Fujimura-kun Mates | ||
Gin | The Way of the Househusband | Kousuke Oono | Tatsu and Miku's cat, who freely wanders the neighborhood. |
Graystripe | The Lost Warrior | Erin Hunter | Originated in the Warriors novel series. |
Heathcliff | Heathcliff | George Gately | Other felines from the strip include: The Catfather.[27] |
Heinz | Heinz | René Windig and Eddie de Jong | A grumpy, sarcastic striped cat.[28] |
Hessu-Kissa | Hessu-Kissa | Wallu | A grey striped cat whose adventures appear in the pre-school magazine Lastenmaa.[29] |
Hercule | Pif le chien | José Cabrero Arnal | Pif's nemesis.[30] |
Hershey the Cat/Hershey St. John | Sonic the Hedgehog | A female black and white cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie Comics. She first appeared in the Endgame Saga and was shown as the girlfriend of Drago Wolf, a member of Lupe's Wolf Pack team, Drago forces Hershey to stage the killing of Sally by making it look like Sonic was the culprit. After the demise of Doctor Robotnik, Drago's removal from his group and Sonic's name being cleared, Hershey would later join the Royal Secret Service alongside Geoffrey St. John, they became lovers and eventually married at gunpoint. Hershey disappears during a mission and is presumed by her husband to be dead. | |
Hobbes | Calvin and Hobbes | Bill Watterson | The plush Bengal tiger and best friend of the comic's protagonist, Calvin, Hobbes is perceived by Calvin as being a live tiger, but by every other character as a stuffed toy. Hobbes, whose name is an allusion to the English political philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, often tries to be the voice of reason for Calvin during their numerous adventures. |
Jasper | Sam and Silo | Mort Walker & Jerry Dumas | The courthouse cat.[31] |
Jaspers/Frigglish | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Rose Lalonde's pet, stolen (accidentally) by Roxy Lalonde and subsequently killed. Corpse was returned to Rose. |
Jaspersprite | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Rose Lalonde's pet, corpse was prototyped and turned into Rose's sprite. Later prototyped again with an eldritch princess sprite. |
Jasprosesprite^2 | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Rose Lalonde's pet, corpse was prototyped and turned into Rose's sprite. Sprite was prototyped and turned into Roxy's sprite. Also contains a godtiered Rose Lalonde corpse and an eldritch princess plush. |
Kat | Kat and Kanary | Leo Baxendale and Charles Grigg | A black-and-white cat who lives in never-ending rivalry with a yellow canary. Originally published in The Beano.[32] |
Cassandra "Roast Beef" Kazenakis | Achewood | Chris Onstad | |
Kitty Puss the Cat | Teddy Tail | Charles Folkard,[33] Harry Folkard,[34] Herbert Sidney Foxwell Arthur Potts,[35] | Friend of Teddy Tail, created by Herbert Sidney Foxwell.[37] |
Kitty | Stand Still, Stay Silent | Minna Sundberg | Also known as Missekat, Pusekatt, Kissekatt, Kisu, or Kisa.[38] |
Koppy Cat | Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids | Bob Weber Jr. | A cat who is an art forger. |
Korky the Cat | Korky the Cat | James Crighton[39] | A black and white cat whose gags ran in The Dandy. |
Krosp | Girl Genius | Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio | Emperor of All Cats.[40] |
Krazy Kat | Krazy Kat | George Herriman | Black cat who is in love with Ignatz the mouse. Yet Ignatz always hurles a brick at his head.[41] |
Kuro | Blue Exorcist | A black and white cat-sìth with horns and two tails. He can change his size from a normal sized cat to a cat big enough to be ridden on. He's Rin Okumura's familiar. | |
Kuro | Cyborg Kuro-chan | A black and white tuxedo robotic cat. | |
Kuro | Love Hina | A black cat | |
Kuroneko-sama | Trigun | A black cat (also what his name literally means) who appears in every single episode of Trigun. | |
Loedertje | Jack, Jacky and the Juniors (Jan, Jans en de Kinderen) | Jan Kruis | A mischievous Siamese cat and the family's pet.[42] |
Ludwig | Arlo and Janis | A ordinary house cat, sometimes treated as a human by Arlo. | |
Luna | Sailor Moon | Naoko Takeuchi | A black cat that helps Usagi Tsukino to awaken her powers as Sailor Moon. |
Maya | Azumanga Daioh | Sakaki's pet Iriomote Cat. | |
Magdala | Magdala | Andrea Romoli | A curious and naïve female cat.[43] |
Maxime | Kramikske | Jean-Pol | The cat of police officer Juffrouw Welgemoedt.[44] |
Meebo | Meebo and Zuky | Laura Howell | A cat who lives in constant rivalry with the dog Zuky and often kills him in violent ways. The series is published in The Beano. |
Miaowara Tomokato | The Samurai Cat semi-graphic novel series | A former samurai serving under Oda Nobunaga who sets off on a quest to avenge the murder of his feudal lord, Tomokato is the main character of a satirical series in which he and his nephew Shiro travel through time and space - including into film universes, and eventually, Hell itself - while massacring a wide variety of fictional and historical figures. | |
Mikes | Mikes the Cat | Josef Lada | A talking black cat.[45] |
Mingus | The Unwritten | Mike Carey | A winged cat who acts as the protagonist's familiar in the Tommy Taylor novels, a fictional 13-part series within the universe of The Unwritten. |
Mirliton | Mirliton | Raymond Macherot | A gentle cat unable to hunt as he is best friends with mice and birds.[46] |
Mr. Scruffy | The Order of the Stick | Rich Burlew | Belkar Bitterleaf's animal companion. |
Myšpulín | Čtyřlístek | Jaroslav Němeček | A scientist. |
Nermal | Garfield | Jim Davis | A gray tabby kitten |
Omaha | Omaha the Cat Dancer | Reed Waller and Kate Worley | Erotic "furry" comic book character |
Pantoufle | Sibylline | Raymond Macherot | A black-and-white cat who serves as the major antagonist in the series. He later received a spin-off comic.[47] |
Paulie | Non Sequitur | Wiley Miller | A cat who often sits on Captain Eddie's shoulder |
Peekaboo [48] | Rose is Rose | Don Wimmer and Pat Brady | Rose, Jimbo, and Pasquale's cat. |
Pickles | Big Nate | Lincoln Peirce | A tuxedo cat that belongs to Francis |
Edgar Allan Poes (a pun on Edgar Allan Poe and the Dutch word "poes" for "pussy). Yet general audiences usually refer to him as "De Rode Kater" ("The Red Cat"). | Jack, Jacky and the Juniors (Jan, Jans en de Kinderen) | Jan Kruis | A red cat who is the pet of the family. He is the most iconic character of the franchise.[49] |
Ponpon | Schanulleke | Eric De Rop [50] and Patty Klein [51] | Orange striped cat who is a good friend of Schanulleke and Duddul. |
Pounce De Leon | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Nepeta Leijon's parent figure. Killed in a cave-in and later became her sprite. |
Poussy | Poussy | Peyo | Black and white cat who has a series of misfortunes.[52] |
Preston | The Flibbertys | Ray Helle | The domestic cat of the couple Stan and Fran Flibberty. |
Princess Pussycat | Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids | Bob Weber Jr. | |
Pusheen | Facebook/Everyday Cute (website) | Claire Belton and Andrew Duff | Chubby gray tabby cat. |
Puss | Puss 'n' Boots | John Geering, Morris Heggie. | A black anthropomorphic cat, often in conflict with his rival, Boots the dog. |
Rambo | The Middletons | Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers | The cat of the Wade family.[53] |
Raspoutine | Inspector Canardo | Benoît Sokal | Canardo's nemesis.[54] |
Patrick Reynolds | Achewood | Chris Onstad | |
Rulito | Rulito, el Gato Atorrante | Raúl Roux | Argentine comics series, published in the magazine El Tony in 1928.[55] |
Salem Saberhagen | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Talking cat, from the comic book, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and the television series of the same name in 1996, as well as the Sabrina, the Animated Series and its 2003 spinoff. | |
Molly Sanders | Achewood | Chris Onstad | Wife of Roast Beef |
Scourge | The Rise of Scourge | Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley | Originally named Tiny; stray cat who becomes the murderous leader of BloodClan. |
Scrameustache | Scrameustache | Gos (Roland Goossens) | An extraterrestrial alien who looks like a cat.[56] |
Scratch | Overboard | Chip Dunham | |
Scratch | Scratch9 | An ordinary house cat who gains the ability summon any of his nine lives to help him out when he's in trouble. | |
Sebastian | Josie and the Pussycats | ||
Sénéchal (Ratso) | Cubitus | Dupa | Cubitus' next-door neighbor black-and-white tuxedo cat who acts as his rival.[57] |
Shiro Tomokato | The Samurai Cat series | Gun-happy nephew of Miaowara Tomokato, who shares in his uncle's quest out of a love of violence. Even more prone to breaking the Fourth Wall than Tomokato. | |
Simon's Cat | Simon's Cat | Simon Tofield | His antics, often in the quest for food, vex his owner, Simon. He loves cat food, but also enjoys birds, mice, and fish out of Simon's koi pond. |
Simple J. Malarkey | Pogo | Walt Kelly | Cousin of Wiley Catt; a caricature of Senator Joseph McCarthy |
Skit | Skit the Kat | Edgar Henry Banger | Gag comics series, which ran between 1940 and 1946 [58] |
Raymond Quentin Smuckles | Achewood | Chris Onstad | An American Curl cat. |
Soapy | Neil the Horse | Arn Saba | A cigar smoking cat.[59] |
Solange | 9 Chickweed Lane | Siamese cat belonging to Edda Burber. | |
Splinter | The Timbertoes | John Gee | The cat of the family [60] |
Stanislas | Prudence Petitpas | Maurice Maréchal | Prudence's orange cat.[61] |
Streaky | Supergirl | ||
Superkatt | Giggle Comics | Dan Gordon | A parody of a superhero comic. |
Pelle Svanslös | Pelle Svanslös | Gösta Knutsson | An anthropomorphic black and white cat. |
Tabby | Moose and Molly | Bob Weber Jr. | |
Tim | Tim, Toots & Teeny | Main cast member in a 1929-1937 British comic strip. | |
Tom Poes (Tom Poes) | Tom Poes | Marten Toonder | A small white cat who acts as the rational counterpart to main character Olivier B. Bommel (Oliver B. Bumble).[62] |
Tuffy | Coo Coo Comics | A street cat who chases and antagonizes stray dogs. | |
Vanilla (Mingau) | Monica's Gang | Mauricio de Sousa | Maggy's pet cat. |
Vodka Mutini/Dr. Meowgon Spengler | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Mutant kitten adopted and re-adopted throughout the course of Homestuck. |
Wiley Catt | Pogo | Walt Kelly | A menacing bobcat |
Willis | Willis the Cat | Nadia Khiari | Cat who rose to become a real-life symbol of rebellion in Tunisia during the Arab Spring.[63] |
See also
[edit]Top Cat, Tom (of Tom & Jerry), Felix the Cat!
References
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- ^ "François Bel".
- ^ "Tom Fonder".
- ^ "Raymond Macherot".
- ^ "Bom".
- ^ "Patrick Cadot".
- ^ "Raymond Macherot".
- ^ "Philippe Geluck".
- ^ "American Comic Strips Before 1918".
- ^ Waugh, Coulton (1991). The Comics. ISBN 9780878054992.
- ^ "Bud Fisher".
- ^ "Jean Roba".
- ^ "Mark Tatulli".
- ^ "Alfred Bestall". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Fujio-Fujiko".
- ^ "Jan Kruis".
- ^ "Gilbert Shelton".
- ^ "Liniers".
- ^ "Gerard Wiegel".
- ^ "David Law".
- ^ "Robert Crumb".
- ^ "Ralph Bakshi".
- ^ "Johnny Sajem".
- ^ "Jim Davis (II)".
- ^ "André Franquin".
- ^ Rovin, p. 117.
- ^ "Windig & de Jong".
- ^ "Wallu".
- ^ "José Cabrero Arnal".
- ^ "Jerry Dumas".
- ^ "Leo Baxendale".
- ^ "Charles James Folkard".
- ^ "Harry Folkard".
- ^ "Arthur Potts".
- ^ "Bill Glenn".
- ^ "Herbert Sydney Foxwell".
- ^ "Stand Still. Stay Silent - webcomic".
- ^ "James Crighton".
- ^ "Girl Genius".
- ^ "George Herriman".
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- ^ "Andrea Romoli".
- ^ "Jef Nys".
- ^ "Josef Lada".
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- ^ "Raymond Macherot".
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- ^ "Eric de Rop".
- ^ "Patty Klein".
- ^ "Peyo".
- ^ "Ralph Dunagin".
- ^ "Benoît Sokal".
- ^ "Raúl Roux".
- ^ "Gos".
- ^ "Dupa".
- ^ "Harry Banger".
- ^ "Arn Saba".
- ^ "John Gee".
- ^ "Maurice Maréchal".
- ^ "Marten Toonder".
- ^ "Nadia Khiari".