ACK! Cathy, the comic: Defend the Absolutely, Totally, Indefensible!

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― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago)

women be neurotic

― purple patch (electricsound), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:36 (twenty years ago)

Cannot be defended.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Cathy should start dating Andy Capp. That'd be an ugly ruckus.

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Then they could get into spouse-swapping with the Lockhorns.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:39 (twenty years ago)

cathy and that dude from robotman would make an appropriate couple

― purple patch (electricsound), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:40 (twenty years ago)

A live action movie of Cathy should be made, starring Roseanne Barr.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:40 (twenty years ago)

There is nothing in comics I despise more than Cathy, not even stupid right-wing crap like Mallard Filmore. She's sort of a forebearer to Bridget Jones, obsessed only with men, dieting & shopping.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:43 (twenty years ago)

there was a robert crumb version of cathy that was, um, entertaining

― purple patch (electricsound), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Look at those arms in the last panel of the woman covering her face. How come such shitty artists get to draw cartoons these days?

I mean, I was only published in my college newspaper, but at least my characters had NOSES for chrissake.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago)

oh wtf cathy you've been fighting for the right to feel good in a bikini for years wtf

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:57 (twenty years ago)

When I was reading her when I was, what, nine or something, I just liked all the weird blobby drawings and all that. I didn't get anything of what was being talked about!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 23:58 (twenty years ago)

To add insult to injury, one of my relatives gave me a Cathy doll for my birthday when I was 9. Why???

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:00 (twenty years ago)

did you freak out a lot and sweat profusely when excited?

― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:04 (twenty years ago)

have you ever, ever, said ACK!!!?!?!?!

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:05 (twenty years ago)

I have said 'Thpbt.'

http://www.dragonswest.com/bill.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago)

speaking of, remember when Bloom County was ending and they all got jobs in other strips, and Steve showed up on Cathy saying "I brought my own toothbrush"?

That was funny.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:28 (twenty years ago)

thbpt is one of the greatest contributions to the american vernacular.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:30 (twenty years ago)

i liked on the simpsons when homer couldn't believe that cathy was a woman.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago)

When I was reading her when I was, what, nine or something, I just liked all the weird blobby drawings and all that. I didn't get anything of what was being talked about!

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), September 1st, 2004 8:58 PM. (Ned) (later)

hahaha that's really funny!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Cathy is so awful. I'll take Mark Trail any day. Maybe she should get a cat, like, uh, Garfield.

― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:58 (twenty years ago)

I knew the creator of Gil Thorpe! (RIP) He even gave me an original strip that I still need to get framed (totally pop art yooknow)

Come to think of it, I knew Mort Walker too. Still have a couple beetle and sarge drawings he gave me somewhere.

( i sound like a king features groupie or something. But really it's nothing like that.)

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:55 (twenty years ago)

: (((((

Who is this Cathy, who everyone hates? I can't see jeremy's picture.

― Cathy (Cathy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:42 (twenty years ago)

me neither. For a moment I thort someone really had produced a comic about you.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.themynx.com/archives/Cathy.gif

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.luv2run.com/photos/cathy_retirement.gif

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.oliviasworld.net/archives/030102-Cathy.gif

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:55 (twenty years ago)

cathy is so... mediocre. It's really depressing.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago)

I'd vaguely heard of this other Cathy, but I had no idea she was so bad! I used to like my name...

http://members.tripod.com/snickers99/comics/cathy1-9.gif

― Cathy (Cathy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago)

there are only 5 good cartoon strips and they are

Peanuts
Doonesbury
If....
Calvin & Hobbes
Dilbert

PROVE ME WRONG!

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 2 September 2004 08:05 (twenty years ago)

krazy kat
(ok its kinda old but still...)

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 2 September 2004 08:33 (twenty years ago)

Far Side?

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:28 (twenty years ago)

Funky Winkerbean!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Tumbleweeds!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Dondi!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:52 (twenty years ago)

Broom Hilda!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Back up there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago)

Dilbert is not good.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago)

Cathy is SO terrible. I like when she raises her index finger and beads of sweat come flying from her forehead.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

Dilbert is fantastic. Well, it is if you work for a big company because it is so true!

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:05 (twenty years ago)

I used to work for a big ompany, and that's probably why I hate Dilbert so much.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:05 (twenty years ago)

I'd never heard of this cartoon before. She really speaks to me. really. Just the thing to read while I hope for another Bridget Jones story.

I have to say though, I never understood why anyone liked peanuts. Is it supposed to be funny? what is the appeal?

― Menelaus Darcy (Menelaus Darcy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:07 (twenty years ago)

speaking of, remember when Bloom County was ending and they all got jobs in other strips, and Steve showed up on Cathy saying "I brought my own toothbrush"?
That was funny.

so true.

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)

i knew i'd find jaymc on this thread....

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:09 (twenty years ago)

I should see if the Cathy doll is still at my parents' house, so I can post a picture of it. It is even scarier than the cartoon version of Cathy.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:10 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear. Was that someone's idea of a gift?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:13 (twenty years ago)

selling them as effigies?

― Menelaus Darcy (Menelaus Darcy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:14 (twenty years ago)

It had corduroy trousers.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:02 (twenty years ago)

I feel ill at ease.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago)

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ending with someone saying "iphone" -- comedy gold!

― my sex drew back into itself tight and dry (abanana), Monday, 4 October 2010 07:55 (fourteen years ago)

Friends, it is with deep sadness I see Cathy go - it has provided a certain therapy and "centering" for me for over 30 years. I can't write more as my lacrime falls unto the keypad. I may start a support group if anyone would join.

― Latham Green, Monday, 4 October 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago)

comics-related thing I learned today:

"Frodo" –- the alpha-male orangutan who attacked (and nearly paralyzed) Jane Goodall back in the '90s -- was the same orangutan who assaulted Gary Larson of "The Far Side" fame on a trip to the ape refuge in Uganda.

― Bougre de crème d'emplâtre à la graisse de hérisson (remy bean), Monday, 4 October 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

alas poor Frodo

― Latham Green, Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago)

frodo's the suzy of orangutans

― balls, Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago)

have my retarded baby, cathy

― tylerw, Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago)

I thought the Comics Curmudgeon had a good point about this ending:

But still, there is one thing we can really thank the strip for, and that is only revealing Cathy’s successful insemination in the final strip, rather than subjecting us to God knows how many months of strips about morning sickness. And maternity clothes! Good lord, can you imagine all the strips with Cathy trying on maternity clothes? Sparing all of us this was a true act of mercy.

― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Thursday, 7 October 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago)

AAACK!!!

― Latham Green, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

From the wikipedia entry on "Cathy":

Cathy had a love/hate affair with food (especially carbs). She loved it, but hated what it did to her thighs.

― Flavors: Onions and other flavors (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago)

Apparently Cathy's place of employment was "Product Testing, Inc." I dare anyone to think of a more generic fictional company name.

― Flavors: Onions and other flavors (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

There's those fake names that MST3K would create. ConHugeCo., TekTon...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

― cathy: ACK-er (s1ocki)

a dream made real (kinda):

http://kathyack.tumblr.com/

― Jomanda Hugankiss (donna rouge), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/117/s_7eeacb82978b4a7294e86ab0b6526081.jpg

Jean Teasdale pwns Cathy!

― beer, beer, beer (Pillbox), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)

From Wikipedia: "Marmaduke is a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to the present day"

Anderson was 30 when it started. He is now 87 years old. I don't care that it's been awful every single day; that's pretty damn impressive.

― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 23:14 (fourteen years ago)

cathy: ACK-er is possibly the greatest display name ever.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 23:25 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2361/2050574162_6333767400.jpg

Real Cathy by life-size cartoon Cathy is freaking me out!

― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 May 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)

ack!

― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 May 2011 00:54 (fourteen years ago)

Dog was just about to lift its leg...

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 May 2011 01:01 (fourteen years ago)

I'm like a chocoholic, but for booze.

― thats my meme dont were it out (Pillbox), Thursday, 26 May 2011 04:50 (fourteen years ago)

aack!!!!

― Latham Green, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)

andy samberg movie, who's with me

― goole, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

where's her fucking nose

― Latham Green, Thursday, 26 May 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)

As a real person she would be so terrifying.

Finding this thread has made my day. I love a conversation about the Cathy comic strip. As a child I really liked it-and the Family Circus! oh well, maybe children are the target audience.

― MrDasher, Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)

I always hated Cathy so much - I always wanted her to be smashed by a dragon from Prince Valiant

― Latham Green, Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:16 (fourteen years ago)

can I post the totally NSFW R. Crumb/Bagge parody "Caffy" now

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:29 (fourteen years ago)

omg

― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqA55_VzFI/AAAAAAAAHBI/5p_T2yF21A8/s640/CAFFY1.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqAvucwgBI/AAAAAAAAHBA/EUdKEJr0rpc/s640/CAFFY2.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqAlAMcM8I/AAAAAAAAHA4/WDN1wJhvZtE/s640/CAFFY3.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqAaBPVWFI/AAAAAAAAHAw/vjLP-fnlggk/s640/CAFFY4.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqAPg7ww-I/AAAAAAAAHAo/YtVxXJiHntE/s640/CAFFY5.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THqAEKckZOI/AAAAAAAAHAg/WLqXriRflpY/s640/CAFFY6.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/THp_3H9zDBI/AAAAAAAAHAY/VBg8wdVKaCY/s640/CAFFY7.jpg

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.againwiththecomics.com/2010/08/what-if-robert-crumb-took-over-cathy.html

― Mordy, Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)

"ow! Bit my tongue again"

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 May 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

hm, that site says bagge wrote it and crumb drew it -- surely it's the other way 'round?

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)

To me it looks like they both could have drawn it.

― MrDasher, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:26 (fourteen years ago)

figures look very crumb-esque to me, tbh.

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:27 (fourteen years ago)

esp the first 3 panels on page 3, those are stock crumb poses caffy is pulling

― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I think the thicker Caffy looks more like Crumb, the bf looks more like Bagge.

― MrDasher, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:32 (fourteen years ago)

Not that I know anything, really.

― MrDasher, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)

art mostly looks like crumb to me, tho in the cathy style. check the shoes when caffy's all gussied up, the not-irving boyfriend (could be a pal of mr. natural's), the "boing!" and "slurp!" panels on p. 3, and yeah, that azz consistently.

― contenderizer, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)

def drawn by crumb

― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)

in weirdo #24, crumb does a similar (though much less worksafe) takedown of reed waller's omaha. probably doesn't need to be posted here...

― contenderizer, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

def drawn by crumb

really people, you don't need to look any further than the lettering, it's not like either of them could be remotely mistaken for the other

― the man who forsook his wife for fap fap fap (sic), Thursday, 26 May 2011 23:50 (fourteen years ago)

Bagge coulda done wonders with Jon Arbuckle or the Funky Winkerbean cast though.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 27 May 2011 03:36 (fourteen years ago)

two years pass...

Ever notice how The Wizard of Id actually has almost no id in it?

― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

http://thecathyckpage.tumblr.com/?og=1

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 21:10 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

I’m so into these old photos of Cathy Guisewite looking beautiful and posing with her Cathies pic.twitter.com/BFEn9QqlnX
— ORIN (@orinanne) November 9, 2018

― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 10 November 2018 03:04 (six years ago)

the robert crumb version is very sexist

― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 10 November 2018 04:04 (six years ago)

XP Would ACK With

― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 10 November 2018 04:05 (six years ago)

the robert crumb version is very sexist

his drawing is inherently sexist?

― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Saturday, 10 November 2018 07:19 (six years ago)

two years pass...

EPISODE ONE IS OUT!

aackt one: cathy comics, revisited.
i guarantee that if you think you know what happens in this series; you’re wrong. cathy absolutely FUCKS. she punches a guy’s lights out. she’s fuckin cool.

stream here: https://t.co/yAWRKX84Uc pic.twitter.com/WhZqfEbaRB
— jamieloftus 🏂 (@jamieloftusHELP) June 28, 2021

Jamie Loftus (My Year in Mensa, Bechdel Cast, others) has debuted a weekly podcast that re-examines Cathy, titled the Aack Cast.

― peace, man, Monday, 28 June 2021 16:02 (three years ago)

i love cathy

― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:02 (three years ago)

pure comfort food for me.

― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 28 June 2021 18:38 (three years ago)

one year passes...

I’m finally getting around to Aack Cast and it’s brilliant

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 September 2022 12:44 (two years ago)

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