Posted on 08/12/2010 12:02:48 PM PDT by Justaham
The comic strip "Cathy," which has chronicled the life, frustrations and swimsuit season meltdowns of its namesake for more than 30 years, is coming to an end.
Cathy Guisewite, the strip's creator, said Wednesday that deciding to end the comic strip was "excruciating." The comic has won several awards, including a 1992 National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1987, and at its height appeared in 1,400 papers.
"It's just been really unbelievably agonizing to make the decision," Guisewite said in a telephone interview from her home in the Los Angeles area. "The strip has not only been the most astonishing form of therapy for 34 years, but doing a daily comic strip for the newspaper set a certain rhythm for my life."
The final "Cathy" strip, will run in newspapers on Sunday, Oct. 3.
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Same goes for Obama and his cabinet and czars.
I liked all of those; Gasoline Alley was one of my favs for years.
I like Harry Bliss (”Bliss”) - he’s edgy, a little dark. definitely has some issues with women and his mother, and adores his dog. His web site is here: http://www.harrybliss.com
Dec 31, 1995 (My...my.. almost 15 years...where the time go???..
I’ll go against the flow and say that despite being a male heterosexual I always kind of liked Cathy.
Sally
Blondie
Katzenjammer Kids
Terry and the Pirates
Thats a man!
I do miss Gary Larson...
But where will all the women that hate themselves get their reminders that they’re fat and ugly and stupid?
I was always shocked by the success of Cathy, it’s really a very anti-women comic.
Cathy was funny once upon a time but the swimsuit and dieting jokes got old a long time ago. At least Cathy finally married. The creator was either lazy or not very creative. Cathy needed to grow up and move on with life. No real woman would spend 34 years complaining about trying on swimsuits. She would just quit going to the pool and beach.
I think I read it once or twice. It was less than mediocre.
(1970s)
I went to nerd school, that Farside was taped to the door of every single class. I think it was the teachers way of reminding us our place in the world.
Cathy was funny for the first year or two, but after that, it was phoned in.
If you’ll miss the strip, print these out and hang them in your cubicle. Rotate as necessary:
FRAME 1: My inbox is full!
FRAME 2: My inbox is full!
Repeat for Frames 3 through 6
FRAME 7: ACK!
FRAME 1: I look terrible in this swimsuit!
FRAME 2: I look terrible in this swimsuit!
Repeat for Frames 3 through 6
FRAME 7: ACK!
FRAME 1: I’m eating enough chocolate to make me sick!
FRAME 2: I’m eating enough chocolate to make me sick!
Repeat for Frames 3 through 6
FRAME 7: ACK!
I was at his alma mater the same years as he was. He provided us with considerable amusement in the college paper.
Really unassuming kind of guy. We hung in completely different circles.
I remember one good set involving Cathy’s feminist friend who then got married and had a child. This was at the time of the whole feminist notion that gender identity was due to how you raised the kids. So they gave the girl a truck, and the boy a doll. The girl put a dress on the truck, and the boy used the doll as a gun. It was really funny.
There is a Far Side-like comic called Argyle Sweater that I like very much:
http://www.theargylesweater.com/
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