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Cathy at the very beginning.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbCT5fXdhhc

I remember the 1987 TV Special!

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But she never ages. ???

But she never ages. ???


Neither does Beetle Bailey

So... life imitates Achewood.

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Then again, maybe it's just the beer talkin'...

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But y'know what?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Cathy_Guisewite_(1987).jpg/250px-Cathy_Guisewite_(1987).jpg

I'd hit it.  Well-played, Ms. Guisewite.  Now if you could only convince Jim Davis to call it a career...  I can dream, can't I?

If only Jim Davis finished Garfield with Jon dying of a stroke and Garfield and Odie collect on the proceeds.
>:(

I'll say this much for Jim Davis, he sure knew how to get 30 years of comic strips out of 3 years worth of material!

Cathy?  I didn't read that thing for the same reason I didn't read Cosmo.  It's obviously not for me.
:-\\

If only Jim Davis finished Garfield with Jon dying of a stroke and Garfield and Odie collect on the proceeds.
>:(

I'll say this much for Jim Davis, he sure knew how to get 30 years of comic strips out of 3 years worth of material!

Cathy?  I didn't read that thing for the same reason I didn't read Cosmo.  It's obviously not for me.
:-\\


Jon is still the same person in the comic strip.

If only Jim Davis finished Garfield with Jon dying of a stroke and Garfield and Odie collect on the proceeds.
>:(

I'll say this much for Jim Davis, he sure knew how to get 30 years of comic strips out of 3 years worth of material!



Hey, Garfield made a fine contribution in the form of those movies that had Jennifer Love Hewitt in them.

I wonder when the next Garfield/Hewitt flick comes out? ???

http://www.femail.com.au/img/jennifer_lovehewitt_garfiel.jpg

I used to read Cathy but after awhile I became really bored with it. If you read one strip, you read them all. It was the same thing over & over again. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.



Cat

If only Jim Davis finished Garfield with Jon dying of a stroke and Garfield and Odie collect on the proceeds.
>:(




Ever seen "Garfield...Minus Garfield"?

I think it's funny!

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l99lu7gjCs1qz8z2ro1_r1_500.png

I used to read Cathy but after awhile I became really bored with it. If you read one strip, you read them all. It was the same thing over & over again. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.



Cat


and she never seems to lose weight always eating that junk food.

Maybe her daughter can resume producing the strip in a few years...  :)

How about Cathy 20 or 30 years in the future?  ???

How about Cathy 20 or 30 years in the future?  ???


I think that Cathy Guisewite, the creator of Cathy, is planing on a Bill Waterson, meaning that Cathy is indefinitely ended.

Ever seen "Garfield...Minus Garfield"?

I think it's funny!

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l99lu7gjCs1qz8z2ro1_r1_500.png


Oh, yes.  Laughed my ass off!  I recommend "Garfield Minus Garfield" with all my heart.
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I used to read Cathy but after awhile I became really bored with it. If you read one strip, you read them all. It was the same thing over & over again. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.



Cat

I did too. The comic started off with a lot of hoopla about finally there was a comic from a modern woman’s point of view, a step up to the viewpoint of Annie Hall to the old boy network of newspaper syndicated comics.

Soon it turned in to a whine fest, usually over three things: Food, clothes and her tentative boyfriend/relationship issues. It got really tiring and, I, for one, thought it was somewhat ironic that the “modern woman” comic strip did more to stereotype the life and concerns of women than any preconceived notion the other comic strips ever could.

Cathy never resolved any issue, or tried to overcome them. She just complained about being a victim of the clothing manufacturers, a victim of the food industry and not having a boyfriend or the faults of her boyfriend. Her life was shaped by these three things and she had no other outlook or opinions life. 

Cathy: I love food, it makes me fat. The clothes the stores sell don’t fit. My boss is unreasonable. My boyfriend doesn’t want to commit..Ad infinitum.

Depressing and not funny. Good riddance.

I think that Cathy Guisewite, the creator of Cathy, is planing on a Bill Waterson, meaning that Cathy is indefinitely ended.


What do you mean? The comic strip?  ???

I did too. The comic started off with a lot of hoopla about finally there was a comic from a modern woman’s point of view, a step up to the viewpoint of Annie Hall to the old boy network of newspaper syndicated comics.

Soon it turned in to a whine fest, usually over three things: Food, clothes and her tentative boyfriend/relationship issues. It got really tiring and, I, for one, thought it was somewhat ironic that the “modern woman” comic strip did more to stereotype the life and concerns of women than any preconceived notion the other comic strips ever could.

Cathy never resolved any issue, or tried to overcome them. She just complained about being a victim of the clothing manufacturers, a victim of the food industry and not having a boyfriend or the faults of her boyfriend. Her life was shaped by these three things and she had no other outlook or opinions life. 

Cathy: I love food, it makes me fat. The clothes the stores sell don’t fit. My boss is unreasonable. My boyfriend doesn’t want to commit..Ad infinitum.

Depressing and not funny. Good riddance.



That's all she was good for was complaining.  ::)

I did too. The comic started off with a lot of hoopla about finally there was a comic from a modern woman’s point of view, a step up to the viewpoint of Annie Hall to the old boy network of newspaper syndicated comics.

Soon it turned in to a whine fest, usually over three things: Food, clothes and her tentative boyfriend/relationship issues. It got really tiring and, I, for one, thought it was somewhat ironic that the “modern woman” comic strip did more to stereotype the life and concerns of women than any preconceived notion the other comic strips ever could.

Cathy never resolved any issue, or tried to overcome them. She just complained about being a victim of the clothing manufacturers, a victim of the food industry and not having a boyfriend or the faults of her boyfriend. Her life was shaped by these three things and she had no other outlook or opinions life. 

Cathy: I love food, it makes me fat. The clothes the stores sell don’t fit. My boss is unreasonable. My boyfriend doesn’t want to commit..Ad infinitum.

Depressing and not funny. Good riddance.




You nailed it. The best comic strip about a modern woman IMO is For Better or Worse. At least Elly is more realist in dealing with real life situations and she has grown as an person, unlike Cathy who never changes.



Cat

Oh, yes.  Laughed my ass off!  I recommend "Garfield Minus Garfield" with all my heart.
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Well...here's the site.

garfieldminusgarfield.net

That's all she was good for was complaining.  ::)


I woulda partied with her...  :P

Well, that is, if I were a two-dimensional comic strip character...  ;D

I woulda partied with her...  :P

Well, that is, if I were a two-dimensional comic strip character...   ;D


You'd party with anybody.  ::)

I think that Cathy Guisewite, the creator of Cathy, is planing on a Bill Waterson, meaning that Cathy is indefinitely ended.


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In the words of Gary Larson, "Oh, please, oh, please...", let Mark Tatulli (Lio) do something like this for Cathy, set in the 2030s :)  (And a mash-up with For Better or Worse would be just about right.)

You'd party with anybody.  ::)


While I will agree that my standards are easily met, I would not party with just anyone.

For example, I would not party with Rosie O'Donnell or Jenna Jameson..    ;)

For example, I would not party with Rosie O'Donnell or Jenna Jameson..    ;)


I'll direct both ladies to Lyricboy's chambers and let nature take its course.  I think we'll find LB supposes erroneously!
:-*

While I will agree that my standards are easily met, I would not party with just anyone.

For example, I would not party with Rosie O'Donnell or Jenna Jameson..    ;)


I'd party with Jenna Jameson but not Rosie.  :P

Didn't Cathy have a boyfriend or a husband? ???

Didn't Cathy have a boyfriend or a husband? ???


Yes, it was Irving.

Yes, it was Irving.


Irving?  I think I get it now...but I'm not going to say it.
:-X

Irving?  I think I get it now...but I'm not going to say it.
:-X



Big short, fat Irving? The 142nd fastest gun in the west?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD8EtvWW8nw



Cat

Yes, it was Irving.


Yes I think that was the one she was going to marry.

But she never ages. ???


And she's never funny either.  ::)

Big short, fat Irving? The 142nd fastest gun in the west?


141 could shoot faster than she, so Cathy just settled for 143.

If her Wiki page says she was born in 1950,shouldn't she be 60 years old?  ??? I mean for her age she sure hides it well.

It was quaint when it started in kind of a "That Girl" way.  Then the repetitive themes and predictable jokes just kind of took over. 

This happened to comic strips I liked too, such as "B.C.," which remained relatively funny, the dailies were often terrible.

Here are two cave men panels I drew in 1976 and one of them is reading this text as a caption on a clay tablet....

How come she never wound up with anorexia with all that food she ate almost all the time?

How come she never wound up with anorexia with all that food she ate almost all the time?



Howard, you don't get anorexia by eating. You get anorexia by NOT eating-people who starve themselves, sometimes to death.  :-\\



Cat

Howard, you don't get anorexia by eating. You get anorexia by NOT eating-people who starve themselves, sometimes to death.  :-\\



Cat



How much did she weigh but she never mentioned it.

How much did she weigh but she never mentioned it.


If she ever weighed herself she would have said...

Aaaaaacccckkkkk!!!!!

Howard, you don't get anorexia by eating. You get anorexia by NOT eating people.  :-\\



Cat


Huh?

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Huh?  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/dontknow.gif


Soylent Green is Cathy!

I didn't know the surgeons could do that sorta thing, but now that the strip's over, the truth can come out.  Cathy is Charlie Brown after a transition.  That's right.  Charlie Brown was an MtF transsexual.  Haven't seen Charlie around for the past decade or so, have we?  But there's a newcomer to the funny pages.  Big round head, insecure, pround to screaming "AAAAAUGH!", gave up on the red-headed girl and his other abusive friends, and after Lucy pulled the football away from him one time too many, she started a new life.  Only thing left of her old life was her first initial.  And the neuroses. 

Anyways, that's the truth, and now you know.  All of a sudden, that Family Circus movie doesn't sound so bad now, does it?

Soylent Green is Cathy!

I didn't know the surgeons could do that sorta thing, but now that the strip's over, the truth can come out.  Cathy is Charlie Brown after a transition.  That's right.  Charlie Brown was an MtF transsexual.  Haven't seen Charlie around for the past decade or so, have we?  But there's a newcomer to the funny pages.  Big round head, insecure, pround to screaming "AAAAAUGH!", gave up on the red-headed girl and his other abusive friends, and after Lucy pulled the football away from him one time too many, she started a new life.  Only thing left of her old life was her first initial.  And the neuroses. 

Anyways, that's the truth, and now you know.  All of a sudden, that Family Circus movie doesn't sound so bad now, does it?


Still Family Circus, dude.  If we could bottle the stuff we could fight wars with it.  We could bore our enemies to death.  Family Circus is worse than Hi and Lois!
8-P

If she ever weighed herself she would have said...

Aaaaaacccckkkkk!!!!!


She always got on the scales and weighed herself.

Yes I think that was the one she was going to marry.


Well, she is married to him, they both got married alittle while back in the strip.

Well, she is married to him, they both got married alittle while back in the strip.


Yep.  That's why she announced the baby in the last strip.  :)

Yep.  That's why she announced the baby in the last strip.  :)


and that's why it was the last comic strip cause of her pregnancy?  ???

and that's why it was the last comic strip cause of her pregnancy?  ???


Yeah.  That's what finally happened to Nancy.  I know Sluggo's the dad, but he's blaming it on Spike.  Anyway, the publishers didn't feel it was good for their image...

:D

Yeah.  That's what finally happened to Nancy.  I know Sluggo's the dad, but he's blaming it on Spike.  Anyway, the publishers didn't feel it was good for their image...

:D


Who's Nancy?  ???

Who's Nancy?  ???


Here she is with Sluggo...

http://www.interestingideas.com/ii/pix/nanst.jpg

Here she is with Sluggo...

http://www.interestingideas.com/ii/pix/nanst.jpg


How old was Nancy and Sluggo? ???

How old was Nancy and Sluggo? ???


Thirty-five.  Their growth was stunted by smoking cigarettes. 

But seriously...

I can't fault anybody under sixty for not knowing Nancy comics.  I didn't know Nancy until Mad magazine did a spoof on it circa 1980!  Apparently, the strip is still in syndication.  Who reads it?  I dunno.  Old folks I guess.
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Thirty-five.  Their growth was stunted by smoking cigarettes. 

But seriously...

I can't fault anybody under sixty for not knowing Nancy comics.  I didn't know Nancy until Mad magazine did a spoof on it circa 1980!  Apparently, the strip is still in syndication.  Who reads it?  I dunno.  Old folks I guess.
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Both of them were 35? They look pretty good for 35.

Both of them were 35? They look pretty good for 35.


I was just making a joke.  I think Nancy and Sluggo are about 8 or 10.

Yep.  That's why she announced the baby in the last strip.  :)


I didn't even see the last strip until this thread. Heck, I didn't even know about the strip being retired until close to the time that it was about to.

The first one I seen retire was For Better or For Worse. I would count Calvin and Hobbes, but I hadn't really read the comics around the time Bill decided to end it.

Bill Watterson ("Calvin and Hobbes") and Gary Larson ("The Far Side") both retired their cartoons in 1995.  Sad time for fans but both cartoonist knew the key to going down as legend:  Quit while you're ahead.

Bill Watterson ("Calvin and Hobbes") and Gary Larson ("The Far Side") both retired their cartoons in 1995.  Sad time for fans but both cartoonist knew the key to going down as legend:  Quit while you're ahead.


How about Bil Keane who made Family Circus.

Bill Watterson ("Calvin and Hobbes") and Gary Larson ("The Far Side") both retired their cartoons in 1995.  Sad time for fans but both cartoonist knew the key to going down as legend:  Quit while you're ahead.


Don't forget about Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County) who retired in 1989.



Cat

Don't forget about Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County) who retired in 1989.



Cat


That was a cartoon.

Don't forget about Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County) who retired in 1989.



Bloom County was awesome!  One of my favorites! 


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Bloom County was awesome!  One of my favorites! 


http://kayatthekeyboard.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/bill_the_cat.gif


I liked that cartoon.

Don't forget about Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County) who retired in 1989.



Cat


Which spun into Outland and Opus later.

Bloom County was one of my favorites too.

Seems like one really good daily comic comes along every 5-10 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc