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Cathy Guisewite

Writing

Born September 5, 1950 · Dayton, Ohio, USA

Biography

Cathy Lee Guisewite is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and having a mother—or as the character put it in one strip, "the four basic guilt groups."

Awards & recognition

  • Reuben Award · 1992
  • Ohio Women's Hall of Fame · 1988
  • Primetime Emmy Award · 1987

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