Mom: A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

Cathy Special Collections

by Cathy Guisewite

Cathy is like a longtime friend who shares the same fears and frustrations as most the frightening sight of too-tight swimsuits in a dressing room mirror, the relentless call of the refrigerator, and men who are never quite right. This gift book features one of Cathy's most popular Mom. This is a cartoon soul mate. Readers will find comfort, solace, and lots of laughs.

Genres: Humor

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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

[Katrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very quick read but not really for me. It’s a light hearted take on mother’s and motherhood interspersed with comic pictures. I thought it would be told from the mums pov but it was a grown daughter talking about her mum and while it was light hearted I didn’t really relate. I found myself skimming over the comic pictures towards the end too.

[Christie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading these comics every week in the newspaper. I loved them then and I still love them. When I first read them, I read them as a daughter, and now I read them as a mom.