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Cathy Special Collections
Series · 4 books · 2001-2005

Books in series

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#3

Food

A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

2001

Cathy 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 Food. This is a cartoon soul mate. Readers will find comfort, solace, and lots of laughs.
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#4

Love

A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

2001

"I guess if anything I've ever written could cause them to one day remove the fluorescent lights from the swimwear department, then I've lived a full life." —Cathy Guisewite in Biography magazine 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 is based on one of Cathy's most popular Food. Cathy is a cartoon soul mate, who stresses over the four basic guilt group. Readers will find comfort, solace, and lots of laughs.
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#6

Work

A Celebration of One of the Four Basic Guilt Groups

2001

A hilarious look at women in the workplace starring one of America's favorite comic-strip heroines. "I guess if anything I've ever written could cause them to one day remove the fluorescent lights from the swimwear department, then I've lived a full life." —Cathy Guisewite in Biography magazine 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 book is based on one of Cathy's most popular Work. Cathy is a cartoon soul mate, who stresses over the four basic guilt groups. Readers will find comfort, solace, and lots of laughs.
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#7

The Wedding of Cathy and Irving

A Cathy Collection

2005

"The comic-strip character Cathy, one of America's most famous single career women, finally got married to her hapless longtime boyfriend, Irving—and on Valentine's Day, no less. It's the end of an era-or was it?" —USA Today "YES." Rarely has one word, one positive response, resonated so loudly from the world's comic pages. But when leading lady Cathy finally took the plunge—after nearly 30 interminable years!—and accepted boyfriend Irving's marriage proposal, the occasion certainly deserved notice among Cathy fans around the globe. The Wedding of Cathy and Irving captures all the fun, magic, and—yes—the nerve-racking overanalyzing that filled the Cathy strips leading up to the big decision and the big day itself. This collection features some of the couple's most memorable moments from throughout their long relationship, but the spotlight shines most on the year that included the unexpected "ring find," the proposal, the "YES," and the frenetic wedding plans that Cathy and Mom both endure and perpetuate. The longest courtship in cartoon page history came to an end on February 5, 2005. But as The Wedding of Cathy and Irving shows, nothing is quite that simple in Cathy's world. Whether she's pondering pastor possibilities or worrying wedding dress selections to death, Cathy is unequalled in capturing the conundrums of modern women everywhere. It's all Cathy, through and through.

Author

Cathy Guisewite
Cathy Guisewite
Author · 29 books

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.

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