The specifics of Cathy's and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.

The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.

I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.

Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.

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.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married in real life. So both are shocks to me.