Editing Cathy (section)

==History==

Initially, the strip was based largely on Guisewite's own life as a single woman. "The syndicate felt it would make the strip more relatable if the character's name and my name were the same," Guisewite said in an interview.<ref>[http://cartoonician.com/cathy-guisewite-the-goodbye-girl/ "The Cathy Guisewite Interview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322041106/http://cartoonician.com/cathy-guisewite-the-goodbye-girl/ |date=March 22, 2016 }}, ''[[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]]'' April 24, 2012.</ref> "They felt it would make it a more personal strip, and would help people know it was a real woman who was going through these things. I hated the idea of calling it 'Cathy'.{{-"}} Guisewite had Cathy's long-time [[boyfriend]], Irving, propose on [[Valentine's Day]] 2004. The two characters married in the February 5, 2005 strip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/cathy/2005/02/05|title=Cathy by Cathy Guisewite for Feb 5, 2005 - GoComics.com|date=February 5, 2005|access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> That same year, Cathy appeared in the 75th anniversary party of [[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie and Dagwood]].

On August 11, 2010, Cathy Guisewite announced the decision to end the run of ''Cathy''.<ref name="cbc_cathy_to_end" /> On October 3, 2010, the final strip ran with the revelation that Cathy is [[pregnant]] with a girl.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cathy |date=October 3, 2010 |first=Cathy |last=Guisewite |work=GoComics |publisher=UCLICK LLC |url=http://www.gocomics.com/cathy/2010/10/03/ }}</ref>

On June 1, 2020, ''Cathy Commiserations'', a [[Panel (comics)|single-panel]] cartoon, began on [[GoComics]]. The earliest entry was dated March 20, 2018. The series paused May 9, 2021, but resumed on October 29, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=First Cathy Commiserations by Cathy Guisewite for March 20, 2018 |url=https://www.gocomics.com/cathy-commiserations/2018/03/20 |website=[[GoComics]] |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>