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Cathy #19

by Cathy Guisewite

Livro de banda desenhada

Genres: Comics, Humor

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

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

[Laura]

Interesting and funny time capsule from the mid '90s. A lot of relationship and body image issues.

[Kieraanne]

I remember really enjoying the Cathy Comics in the Sunday paper growing up. There was a brief period as an early teen when I thought I could be someone who collects comic strips, so I started cutting Cathy out of the paper. That didn't last long, and Cathy did not age well. I remember her being a strong independent career woman, but her unhealthy obsession with her weight and every fad diet just hit differently now that I am also an adult. It was interesting to remember some of the diets that were "in" when I was growing up, but funny to see Cathy make a doctors appointment to get on Phenphen pre-lawsuit. The simplistic black and white drawing were able to convey a lot of angst in their lines and I did appreciate at least Cathy's consistency in her personal life. I'm still a little confused as to what it is exactly she does though.

[Cynthia]

Her offerings are always relatable!