Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon: A Cathy Collection

Cathy #18

by Cathy Guisewite

  The saga of one woman's quest for romance, career fulfillment, and the perfect bowl of double-fudge ice cream.

  Millions of women have commiserated with America's favorite frustrated female as she struggles with dieting, work, and romance in a world filled with chocolate, evil bosses, and the ever-present opposite sex. Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon is filled with some of the funniest comic strips that follow every woman's frazzled friend as she battles everything from the all-too-honest dressing room mirror to a mountainous "IN" box.

  Join Cathy as she rationalizes her way from one neurosis to the next with her trusty dog, Electra, and her aging, well-intentioned mother by her side. You'll feel right at home curling up with a bowl of Rocky Road as Cathy copes with reality and what creator Cathy Guisewite calls "the four basic guilt food, love, mother, and career."

Genres: Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

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

[Stasia]

I gave up halfway through... I've hit a plateau with Cathy for right now.

[Jeanne]

Loved her cartoons in the 80s and 90s.

[Chronically Book Shark]

it's Cathy if you like Cathy you'll be happy.

[Donnell]

Great title.

Fun to read a Cathy collection after being away from her for awhile. This one is from 1995-1996. Here Cathy dumps her younger boyfriend (the gym employee) buys a new car AND a new computer--her first--so she can meet me on-line. Ah, she was entering the modern age.

[Pam Bales]

Excellent as always - compilation of daily comic strip

[Hope]

Another great Cathy collection. So fun and so relatable.