Wake Me Up When I'm a Size 5

Cathy #8

by Cathy Guisewite

"A delightfully amusing tribute to the young, single woman of today and all she has to cope with. Right on the button." -- Mademoiselle " Cathy (is) the feminist's "Charlie Brown"...She"s funny, a little sad, and exactly like somebody everybody knows." -- Glamour "She's a role model for the modern woman, a hard-charging softie wavering between Ms. and Mr. Right, a new-age female with old-fashioned roots, who calls the shots but still calls home." -- Success Magazine The Cathy phenomenon began in 1976 when, to avoid the embarrassment of having her mother do it for her, Cathy Guisewite sent some cartoon samples to Universal Press Syndicate. When a contract arrived in the mail just days later, Guisewite "called Mom, bought a drawing board, and ate a box of donuts." Now appearing internationally in newspapers and on countless refrigerators, bulletin boards, and desks, Guisewite's Cathy has become a spokeswoman for women everywhere. Guisewite creates comic strips that are "for everyone whose life revolves around food, love, mother, and career...the four basic guilt groups."

Genres: Humor, Comics, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Cathy Lee Guisewite is the cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy in 1976. Her main cartoon character (Cathy) is a career woman faced with the issues and challenges of work, relationships, her mother and food, or as Guisewite herself put it in one of her strips, "The four basic guilt groups."

Guisewite was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Midland, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Guisewite received her bachelor's degree in English in 1972. She also holds seven honorary degrees.

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 with Johnny Carson.

Guisewite and her husband Chris Wilkinson reside in Los Angeles. She has a daughter and a stepson.

Reviews

[Megan Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's too bad that most of Cathy's neuroses about crash dieting, romantic love rooted in jealousy, and shopping addiction as a means to lazy fulfillment are still relevant today--ACK! I liked this collection more than I thought I would. It's a shallow but endearing look at "modern" womanhood that feels shockingly relevant almost 40 years later, and I found a lot of the punchline panels genuinely funny.

[Adelaide Pereira]

Ótima leitura antes de dormir em tempo de confinamento.

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

good, but not great. I usually turn to Cathy's refreshing femininity and ability to mock the predicament of the modern working woman when I'm feeling overwhelmed by more modern feminists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton. But this volume lacks that je ne sais quoi associated with most other cathy books. like on page 13 when she has one of her usually delightful "ack attacks" I just felt generally underwhelmed. three stars. thank you.

[nat · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm reading it online via googlebooks. It's so funny ^__^

[Cynthia Corrigan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it!

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute. I'm a sucker for 80s comic strips.