"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.“


-Cathy Guisewite

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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.

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