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.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.

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.

It's funny to be playing a mom. I mean, I'm not a mom in real life. I don't even have a dog.

I wasn't intending to create a comic strip to begin with. So I think I wasn't aware that when the strip started, there had never been a woman's voice quite like this in the newspaper.