Men Should Come With Instruction Booklets: A Cathy Collection [Paperback]

Cathy Guisewite (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1984

Cartoons offer a humorous look at dating, tax returns, shopping, housework, interior decorating, television, work, and parents.

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Andrews and McMeel (January 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0836220552
• ISBN-13: 978-0836220551
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,582,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cathy Guisewite launched Cathy in newspapers in 1976, becoming one of the few female cartoonists to hit the daily strip Big Time. Cathy Guisewite's many awards include a 1993 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year and an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for her CBS Cathy special.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable and funny, October 17, 2009

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This review is from: Men Should Come With Instruction Booklets: A Cathy Collection (Paperback)

As usual, Guisewite takes us on a guided tour of every emotional state a woman is able to challenge herself with. Cathy is a synonym for "paradox". she is strong but fragile, smart but naive, dedicated and efficient professionally but a total mess in her love life, a woman who zooms back to childhood faster than one can say "pigtails" when facing her mother, who shows great willingness to improve her life but is "willpower challenged" when it comes to food and shopping... and the list is non exhaustive. Every page is a pleasure to read, and laughing while reading Cathy is like finally being able to laugh at ourselves, losing all feeling of guilt on the way for being exactly like her in our own every day life.
I guess there are 2 ways to go through "Cathy's life": either by picking books at random and end up feeling like Cathy's best friend, trying to understand -not always successfully- her very complicated love life, or by letting the story unfold progressively (approx. a 20 years adventure spread on a book per year, to be read following printing/publication years).