RIGHT WORDS, WRONG MOUTH

Book excerpt: Comments from Cathy's mail: * Our work day doesn't officially begin until we've all discussed the latest installment of Cathy in the morning paper. We always swear you've taken a page from one of our life histories to write the strip." (Topeka, KS) * "It is so true--every word, gesture, and feeling! We love it!" (Pasadena, CA) * "No matter what happens in Cathy's life, just knowing she's there to laugh and go AACK!! with us is of immeasurable therapeutic benefit to me!" (Fairfax, VA) * "I feel like you're my best friend." (Bridgeport, CT) * You have been having me followed, have tapped my phone conversations, and have bribed my dates and relatives for information all these years." (Detroit) * "Your cartoons are pinned to office walls and stuck on refrigerators all throughout the city of Chicago." (Chicago) * "Your comic strip is what keeps my daughter and me speaking to each other." (New York) * "Don't forget to take your vitamins, Sweetie." (Mom)