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
american-cartoonist cathy children close filled life relationship
I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.
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I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.
mother children advice
I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.
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In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.
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.
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The specifics of Cathy's and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.
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I wanted Cathy and Irving to actually say 'I do' and be pronounced husband and wife on Feb. 5, which is my mom's birthday.
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When Irving got Vivian it was at a point when CATHY was thoroughly disgusted with him and then suddenly saw this other side of him.
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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.
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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.
best strips truth
The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.
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I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.
imagine life love
I love comics, and I can't imagine life without them. I love newspaper comics.
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Allow yourself to graduate, every five years.