Revelations from a 45-Pound Purse: A Cathy Collection

Cathy #15

by Cathy Guisewite

Cathy is an American icon. She represents Everywoman for millions of women around the world. The noseless character has earned a place in the pantheon of America's most beloved cartoon characters. Of course, Cathy is oblivious to all that. Her relationship with Irving and her new diet are distracting her.

Author Cathy Guisewite has tapped into he zeitgeist of a generation. This installment of America's most beloved calorie-counting, workaholic, sweetheart, Revelations From a 45-Pound Purse is not to be missed.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Cartoon, Bande Dessinée

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

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

[Pamela(AllHoney) · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the comics that I always read when I get a newspaper. I love Cathy and can relate to much in her life. Fun and humorous!

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in the 1990s but still relevant.
It'll be my new coloring book. :)

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love Cathy, this is a must have. Enough said.

[Book Shark · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's Cathy if you like Cathy, you'll enjoy it.

Never realized how long she and Irving were on and off also... Bradley hope not to see him again! Adios!

[Herdiana Hakim · Rating 5 out of 5]

all cathy comics have been merrying my life in such a hilarious way! this is only one of at least a dozen of them.

[Michelle Asatrian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first experience with Cathy, and I really enjoyed it. Very fun.