Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for July 18, 2010

Was that mannequin bought with her credit card too?

naturally!

The boys with the white jackets should be arriving in 3….2…1.

Plot for the Cathy movie: finally overcome with frustration at not being able to fit into flattering outfits, she finally goes off the deep end (a la Vincent Price as Henry Jarrod in 1953’s House of Wax), starts abducting slender fashion models and clothes saleswomen and turning them into living mannequins. They are alive and conscious, but cannot move or speak. Instead of being placed in high-fashion boutiques, they are sold to discount and outlet stores where they will spend eternity dressed in tacky clothes, giving Cathy the revenge she truly craves.

Hi Cathy, who’s your friend?

I’ve been reading Cathy since the 1980s, but I can’t remember the last time I saw her in profile.

mmmm phylis kirk in house of wax…….mmmmmmm… naked in 3d…….mmmmm….phylis kirk naked in 3d mmmmmm

oops, sorry-…..runar had my mind wandering there

I can’t remember the last time I saw her at work. Did she and Irving win the lotto and forget to tell us about it? :-)

Before she brought out that mannequin, the other two weren’t paying any attention to her, which is fine. But now, that’s all they’re talking about.

How strange… go back about five days, and you’ll see Cathy looking more or less a normal human being weight. Then, around Thursday, she seems to start expanding, yesterday she’s noticeably chunkier, and today she’s hefty enough for the joke. Cartoon Physics in action!

That song was popular in 1960.

Maybe the two bikini girls were thinking “I hope I’m not that shallow or insecure or image-obsessed or defensive when I’m her age [however old Cathy is supposed to be now].”

How great if one of them said to Cathy “Get over yourself, Grandma.”

People grow up and people grow out.

Cathy should get a skirted tankini or a miracle bathing suit. She’d be a lot happier.

This is the first time I’ve seen Cathy in a muu-muu. Housedress. Whatever it is.

How come if Cathy has a nose in profile she doesn’t have one face-on?

My ma used to sing me that song when we were on the beach - I remember ‘…she was afraid to come out of the water’. There’s Cathy’s solution - get in the pool and submerge the blubber or, shocking thought, swim some of it off instead of lying like a beached whale.

I once saw Cathy Guisewhite do a presentation and she discussed the fact that Cathy is seldom seen in profile because of the nose issue. She simply has never given her a nose.

I like her look in the second to the last panel lol