Run for Your Life...The Man Is a Cow

by Cathy Guisewite

Cathy began as a series of drawings on the author's letters home. It grew into a comic strip thousands find instantly identifiable--the story of a young working woman trying to rate a promotion, lose pounds, and find love. Selected cartoons from trade edition (Andrews & McMeel) of $14 in the Bank and a $200 Face in My Purse.

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

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

[Connie Curtis]

As surprising as the title may be, it's a fun book. Lots of cartoons dealing with fighting fat. Typical Guisewite cartoons, and I enjoy them