Cathy Guisewite
Cathy Guisewite
Cathy Lee Guisewiteis an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships and having a mother—or as the character put it in one strip, "the four basic guilt groups."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Author
Date of Birth5 September 1950
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
trying claims
In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work.
shopping people stories
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
two high-heels secret
There are only two secrets to a slimmer shape ... High heels and shoulder pads!
christmas remember sometimes
Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.
insecurity i-can conscience
I can't tell my conscience from my insecurities.
children believe thinking
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.
reality battle wages
Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.
funny-life world materials
Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.
mother intuition great-ones
All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.
mother hug stories
The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.
love funny mother
Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.
eye giving funny-clever
When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.
aware begin comic create quite strip
I wasn't intending to create a comic strip to begin with. So I think I wasn't aware that when the strip started, there had never been a woman's voice quite like this in the newspaper.
connect cut feeling felt liked millions strip women
Generally, I liked feeling able to connect with millions of women on a very deep level. It felt special that women especially would cut out my strip and place it on a refrigerator.