'Every Step Is Progress': A Back-to-School Design for the Slow Starters
Not every fresh start feels dramatic. This one is built for the version of progress that looks like just showing up again.
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'They're My Idiot': The Two-Cat Household Tee
Not one cat's personality — a whole dynamic. This design is built specifically for people with more than one troublemaker at home.
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'Back to Skull': The Back-to-School Pun for People Who Aren't Kids Anymore
A skull, a pun, and an audience that includes every adult dreading the end of summer as much as any student does.
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'New Year, New Goals': Treating September Like an Actual Fresh Start
A retro doodle graphic built around a simple idea: the school year is its own kind of New Year, resolutions and all.
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'Know Your Place, Human': The Cat Hierarchy Joke, Illustrated
An orange cat, a flat judgmental stare, and a caption that finally says the quiet part out loud about who's actually in charge.
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'It's a Good Day to Learn': A Retro Take on Back-to-School Optimism
Bold retro type, a sunburst palette, and a message that means it — the Back to School collection's newest design skips grump entirely.
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'Purr-fectly Hung Out to Dry': A Softer Kind of Cat Joke
A row of cats pinned to a clothesline like laundry — the newest Manager Meow design trades sarcasm for a genuinely cute sight gag.
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'The Single Friend': Why Every Group Has One Cat Playing Third Wheel
One orange cat, permanently unbothered by the couple energy around it — the newest Manager Meow design nails a very specific cat (and friend group) dynamic.
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'Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow': A Minimalist Back-to-School Tee That Isn't Trying Too Hard
No puns, no grumpy mascots — just a clean pencil-and-cricket-wicket illustration and a message that actually means something.
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'Ugh': The One-Word Cat Tee That Says It All
Crossed arms, flat stare, a single word doing all the work — the Ugh tee might be The Manager Meow's most efficient joke yet.
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Why 'New Beginnings Start in the Classroom' Is the Back-to-School Tee for the Optimists
Not everyone dreads September. This hand-drawn design is for the people who genuinely love a fresh notebook and a clean slate.
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Not Every Cat Tee Has to Be Sarcastic: The Case for the Lazy Napping Cat Design
The Manager Meow does deadpan humor best, but this soft, fluffy napping-cat design proves the collection can do sweet just as well.
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