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Cathy #12
My Granddaughter Has Fleas!!: A Cathy Collection
"You don't have to be female, young, and unmarried to appreciate the humor of Cathy Guisewite. Cartoon Cathy suffers and enjoys the hassles of relationships, careers, and an attempt at domesticity. She has a mother to placate. Don't we all? She has problems. Don't we all? But the problems just seem so much easier to face when we peek at Cathy's comic strip." -- Oakland Press , Pontiac, Mich.
"For many single women, Cathy is like a best friend...No matter what we're going through, it's a safe bet that Cathy's going through it with us." -- Elkhart (Ind.) Truth
"Her cartoons are enough to make one laugh out loud, as page after page of contradictions and rationalizations capture the life and hard times of the single woman." -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal
Cathy chronicles the demands of a "thirtysomething" career woman responding to the complexities and contradictions in our everyday lives. Like so many women, she struggles with frustrations involving the "four basic guilt groups"--food, career, mother, and relationships. Always trying to do her best, Cathy finds her alternatives are clearly Be aggressive, be submissive; be ambitious, be demure; eat healthy, eat happy; act caring, act nonchalant...No wonder Cathy's confused!
"For many single women, Cathy is like a best friend...No matter what we're going through, it's a safe bet that Cathy's going through it with us." -- Elkhart (Ind.) Truth
"Her cartoons are enough to make one laugh out loud, as page after page of contradictions and rationalizations capture the life and hard times of the single woman." -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal
Cathy chronicles the demands of a "thirtysomething" career woman responding to the complexities and contradictions in our everyday lives. Like so many women, she struggles with frustrations involving the "four basic guilt groups"--food, career, mother, and relationships. Always trying to do her best, Cathy finds her alternatives are clearly Be aggressive, be submissive; be ambitious, be demure; eat healthy, eat happy; act caring, act nonchalant...No wonder Cathy's confused!
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Cathy Guisewite
107 books154 followersCathy 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.
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.
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March 25, 2025
"You don't have to be female, young, and unmarried to appreciate the humor of Cathy Guisewite. Cartoon Cathy suffers and enjoys the hassles of relationships, careers, and an attempt at domesticity. She has a mother to placate. Don't we all? She has problems. Don't we all? But the problems just seem so much easier to face when we peek at Cathy's comic strip." -- Oakland Press , Pontiac, Mich.
"For many single women, Cathy is like a best friend...No matter what we're going through, it's a safe bet that Cathy's going through it with us." -- Elkhart (Ind.) Truth
"Her cartoons are enough to make one laugh out loud, as page after page of contradictions and rationalizations capture the life and hard times of the single woman." -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal
Cathy chronicles the demands of a "thirtysomething" career woman responding to the complexities and contradictions in our everyday lives. Like so many women, she struggles with frustrations involving the "four basic guilt groups"--food, career, mother, and relationships. Always trying to do her best, Cathy finds her alternatives are clearly Be aggressive, be submissive; be ambitious, be demure; eat healthy, eat happy; act caring, act nonchalant...No wonder Cathy's confused!
"For many single women, Cathy is like a best friend...No matter what we're going through, it's a safe bet that Cathy's going through it with us." -- Elkhart (Ind.) Truth
"Her cartoons are enough to make one laugh out loud, as page after page of contradictions and rationalizations capture the life and hard times of the single woman." -- Lansing (Mich.) State Journal
Cathy chronicles the demands of a "thirtysomething" career woman responding to the complexities and contradictions in our everyday lives. Like so many women, she struggles with frustrations involving the "four basic guilt groups"--food, career, mother, and relationships. Always trying to do her best, Cathy finds her alternatives are clearly Be aggressive, be submissive; be ambitious, be demure; eat healthy, eat happy; act caring, act nonchalant...No wonder Cathy's confused!
July 12, 2020
There were some funny moments - some of the moments with Irving - and I love that Electra, Cathy's puppy, can read the Snoopy comics. I also loved the political cartoon where Cathy's so fed up with both sides that she's considering life on Mars. It's still appropriate for today.
But a lot of this collection didn't seem to be as funny as Cathy usually is - the clothing, the shopping, etc - seemed to be old hat.
But a lot of this collection didn't seem to be as funny as Cathy usually is - the clothing, the shopping, etc - seemed to be old hat.
June 11, 2021
Always amusing, and very true to life!
July 27, 2025
a time capsule.
August 17, 2014
When I was a teenager I more or less happen to enjoy these books but now it's more like some books you can spend some time with and that doesn't add much into your life.
They are meant to be funny and at times she can make it, and of course it's some sort of exaggerated perspective on whatever she is talking about, but some jokes are really "too picturesque" for me, especially the ones concerning men and women relationships and how women love shoes and shopping and men are not interested in a word you say. Kind of pissed me off at times.
They are meant to be funny and at times she can make it, and of course it's some sort of exaggerated perspective on whatever she is talking about, but some jokes are really "too picturesque" for me, especially the ones concerning men and women relationships and how women love shoes and shopping and men are not interested in a word you say. Kind of pissed me off at times.
March 7, 2016
Cathy gets a dog and it's super cute!
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