Profile: Cathy Guisewite

Author(s)

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

3-31-2019

Abstract

Cathy Guisewite was born in Dayton, Ohio, and spent the first five "Wonder Years of Life" there before moving to Midland, Michigan - the deeply rooted Midwestern foundation she believes made the rest of her life possible. She created the Cathy comic strip in 1976, which ran in nearly 1,400 newspapers for 34 years. The strip earned Guisewite the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award in 1992, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for the TV special Cathy in 1987, and the high honor of having her work displayed on the front doors of refrigerators across the land.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

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eCommons Citation

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, "Profile: Cathy Guisewite" (2019). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1145.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1145