The Cathy Chronicles

Cathy #1

by Cathy Guisewite

Book by Guisewite, Cathy

Genres: Humor, Comics, Comics Manga, Comic Strips

224 pages

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Cathy Lee Guisewite is the cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy in 1976. Her main cartoon character (Cathy) is a career woman faced with the issues and challenges of work, relationships, her mother and food, or as Guisewite herself put it in one of her strips, "The four basic guilt groups."

Guisewite was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Midland, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Guisewite received her bachelor's degree in English in 1972. She also holds seven honorary degrees.

In 1993, Guisewite received the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. In 1987, she received an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for the TV special Cathy, which aired on CBS. Guisewite was a frequent guest in the latter years of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Guisewite and her husband Chris Wilkinson reside in Los Angeles. She has a daughter and a stepson.

Reviews

[Jay Gabler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cathy gets a bad rap. This book is a time capsule from 40 years ago (remember the coffee boycott?), full of gags that may seem dated now but that resonated with millions of readers at the time. Aaack!

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cathy when she was still funny and not repeating old stuff over and over- and like my life as a single woman.

[Yvonne Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Cathy

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun read we can all relate to in one way or another. Although published in the later 70's the humor and insight fits very well with events of today, almost 50 years later.

[Book Shark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obvious Cathy... both of them are still figuring everything out. Not bad but I know it will get much better as the years go by.

Solid 3 out 5

[Brian Hutzell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cathy in many ways did for the comics page what The Mary Tyler Moore Show did for television: It gave us a heroine was was both funny and strong, and brought female sensibilities to a male-dominated medium. This is the first Cathy collection, and it's fun to see how the strip grew in its early years.