Cathy classics brings back timeless humor from the beloved strip. Cathy—an energetic and assertive single career woman with a mocking sense of humor— was clearly a product of the women's liberation movement of the early 1970s. The comic follows cathy, a woman who struggles through the four basic guilt groups of life
Cathy Lee Crosby
Food, love, family, and work
The strip gently pokes fun at the lives and foibles of modern women.
Created by cathy guisewite, cathy is about a woman with career and lifestyle ambitions difficult to fulfill. “cathy” was an american comic strip, drawn by cathy guisewite from 1976 until 2010 The comic is about a woman who struggles through the four basic guilt groups of life — food, love, family, and work. In 1987, she received an emmy award for outstanding animated program for the tv special cathy
Guisewite is a member of the national cartoonists society and in 1993 received its highest honor, the reuben award for outstanding cartoonist of the year, for her work in 1992. The name cathy is a girl's name of english origin meaning pure One of the most popular nicknames of the fifties and sixties — and who could forget the romantic heroine of wuthering heights — now largely ignored in favor of cate or kate.
It detailed the life of a single career woman whose struggles with weight and romantic relationships were often resolved with a cry of ‘aack!’ and a binge shopping spree.
A modern everywoman, cathy has endeared herself to millions of fans who share her daily struggles with the four basic guilt groups Food, love, mother and career.