Cathy Guisewite

“I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.”

“I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.”

“Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.”

“The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise.”

“The specifics of Cathy's and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.”

“Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.”