Cathy Guisewite
| Cathy Guisewite | |
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.jpg) Cathy Guisewite in 1987, holding her Emmy Award |
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| Born | September 5, 1950 Dayton, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Notable works | Cathy |
| Awards | 1987 Emmy Award 1993 Reuben Award |
Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5, 1950) is the cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, about a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and being a mother. As Cathy put it in one of her strips, "The four basic guilt groups."
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Guisewite grew up in Midland, Michigan and graduated from Midland High School in 1968. She started writing comic strips at the urging of her mother and was first published in 1976 by Universal Press Syndicate, now Universal Uclick.[1] She attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. In 1972, Guisewite earned a Bachelor's degree in English. She also holds seven honorary degrees.
[edit] Awards
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 Starring Johnny Carson.
One of Guisewite's classmates at University of Michigan was Lawrence Kasdan. When Kasdan's movie The Big Chill (1983) opened, Guisewite devoted an entire week of Cathy strips to it, with Cathy and her co-workers enthusing over the film and seeing it repeatedly.
On August 11, 2010, Guisewite announced the strip's retirement, and it came to an end on Sunday, October 3, 2010, after 34 years.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "'Cathy' comic strip ending after 34 years" from AP
- ^ Huget, Jennifer LaRue (September 30, 2010). "Cathy Guisewite, creator of 'Cathy' comic, on weight". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/28/AR2010092801689.html?wprss=rss_health&sid=ST2010092801746. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
