Talk:Cathy

List of Books

It seems to me the list of books for the Cathy Comic Strips stops at 2000. Is this correct? Did the publisher just stop publishing books? Or is the list incomplete? 99.53.169.153 (talk) 08:17, 31 July 2009 (UTC)Theribold

A quick perusal of Amazon does indeed make it appear that she has had no books of chronological strips published since 'Shoes.'" Struck me as odd too - but since she's well past her prime, and arguably exponentially less funny since her 1976 inception, not entirely surprising. - AgentSeven 04:53, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Just getting started

For God's sake, I just created the article! Let me add some substance. Brooklyn Nellie (Nricardo) 04:01, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

Sorry, I was just being bold. Didn't mean to interfere with your edits. If this is consistently a problem, you might try adding {{msg:inuse}}, which adds a prominent box (like this) to the page:

{{inuse}}

Yours, Meelar 04:03, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thank you, Meelar. I have incorporated your edits and will keep the "inuse" tag in mind.

Cheers. Brooklyn Nellie (Nricardo) 04:18, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

<removed stale inuse tag> xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 05:45, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Encyclopedic Quality?

This article needs some serious work to make it encyclopedic. "The Four Basic Guilt Groups"? --Misterwindupbird 10:36, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Do you even read Cathy? There was a four-book series on the four basic guilt groups. They are explained in the article. You gotta remember: this is an article about a comic strip, not Psych. 101. Nelson Ricardo 12:37, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

I should not have to read the strip to understand the article! Hence the tag. I don't think it's badly written per se, but this is an encyclopedia article, and needs to be written in the language and style of an encyclopedia, while right now it ready like the preface to a comic strip anthology. If someone like me, who doesn't really know the strip, comes here to learn about it and ends up scratching their head and going "what the...?", I think it earns a "needs work" tag. --Misterwindupbird 19:51, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

POV?

Would it be POV to mention that this comic is commonly considered to be the worst nationally syndicated comic ever? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.65.133.76 (talk • contribs) 21:29, 31 December 2005

Yes, unless you give citations. If YOU personally don't like it, it's bias; if the 'National Society of Comic Strip Readers' takes a poll and that is the result, it's fair game. But you must give the source, and most administrators prefer a primary source. CFLeon 21:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I object

I object to the recent reversion. I feel that the additions I made were a more factually accurate portrayal of the Cathy-verse (that is, the Cathy-Universe). User Nricardo is illegitimately substituting his own bias when he callously overrules what he so flippantly refers to as "vandalism". You my good sir have vandalized the truth with your lies and I, and, I am certain, Cathy Guisewhite herself, will not stand for such capricious and arbitrary behavior on an institution of democratic academia like Wikipedia. Listen to your concience for once and let the truth set you free. 72.181.35.42 06:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)Carl "Cathy" Winslow

Vandalism though it may be, your version of the article was funnier then anything that ever appeared in a Cathy strip. You should reprint it on Uncyclopidea or somesuch. 64.131.243.239 05:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Role of Cathy's mother

"Bill Andrews — Cathy's rare father. Helpless bystander to Cathy's Mom" but then we hear that the mother is "an equal in her marriage to Cathy's Dad". Contradictory. Which is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.131.85.241 (talk • contribs) 2:35, 2 April 2007

Additions, Subtractions

I added a note about Cathy's boss at one point sexually harassing her. This is in line with other notes about major characters. Please do NOT take this out without justifying why it should not be included. It provides information on Cathy's relationship with her boss and views on men in general. 4.142.123.225 07:10, 6 October 2007 (UTC)eric

I also removed the part about the reader's feeling that Cathy getting married was a breath of fresh air. This is a POV, many like myself feel it was the opposite. Unless you have a site for that like a poll. 4.142.123.225 07:12, 6 October 2007 (UTC)eric

Picture

How about adding a picture? ThumbFinger (talk) 20:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required

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Error re: Aging

How can the character of Zachary be aging slowly if his parent-characters met in an online chat? That's hardly been possible for long enough for Zachary to be a teen already (I mean, conceivable but unlikely in terms of the extensiveness of online chat to be sufficient to appear in a comic strip with the expectation people would know what it was). Obviously, other characters must age slowly but that one clearly ages either normally or rapidly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.176.103 (talk) 07:29, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Weight Watchers

I seem to remember that Cathy was a mascot for Weight Watchers possibly in the early 90s.76.214.41.110 (talk) 05:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

What style of cartoon is this drawing style?

I love the drawing style...it's so simple and uncomplicated...Is there a name for this in cartoon tech terms??? Mt grandchildren draw in this fashion...and they have no formal training...what is it???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.188.98.226 (talk) 23:13, 28 December 2010 (UTC)