Cathy - Main Characters

Main Characters

• Cathy Andrews Hillman — the protagonist of the strip and the only one not shown with a nose (although a small one was occasionally seen in side views).
• Andrea — initially Cathy's ultra-feminist foil and best friend, Andrea's role was reduced in the later years. Andrea is married to Luke, whom she met during an on-line chat, and has two teens, Zenith and Gus (who grew from infants to uninhibited teens (not seen in the strips), illustrating – especially Zenith – that the characters do age, albeit very slowly.) She seen as being obsessed with motherhood, to the point of eating special diets while pregnant and playing music on headphones into her pregnant womb to ensure her baby was born with a high IQ.
• Electra — Cathy's dog - rescued from the animal shelter as a puppy.
• Vivian — Irving's dog - also a rescued dog from the shelter. Both Cathy and Irving said that the dogs rescued them.
• Anne Andrews — Cathy's mother. Just as likely to provide frustration as inspiration. Refused to throw anything out, even online. Was highly marriage obsessed and was constantly either asking Cathy when she was getting married or trying to fix her up.
• Bill Andrews — Cathy's father. More often than not, a helpless bystander to Cathy's mom. Cathy went to him when she needed advice about work, something Cathy's mom (even though she had created jobs - M.O.Ms, Mothers on the Move, or Granny Nannies, the daycare center in Flo's house) said she knows little about.
• Charlene (née) McGuire — one of Cathy's best friends, receptionist at her office. Charlene's role expanded greatly once Andrea got married. Charlene announced her pregnancy on Sunday, May 20, 2007.
• Simon — Charlene's husband. He and Cathy dated ten times before she decided that he wasn't for her. But (at first) Cathy was adamant that Charlene should have adhered to the "woman's rules" one of which is to never date a woman's old boyfriend.
• Irving Hillman — former on-again-off-again love interest, golf and electronics addict and her husband as of February 5, 2005. The more complex the machinery, the better he liked it - even if he didn't understand how to set it up.
• Mr. Earl Pinkley — Cathy's boss, who often managed to make what little control he actually had of his work environment, go a very long way. At one point, he sexually harassed Cathy by coming on to her in her apartment. Cathy solved the problem by telling Charlene what really happened and the gossip about her boss "spending the night" (he forgot to mention it was due to the fact that he was knocked out when Cathy punched him in the nose for trying to come on to her).
• Mrs Hillman— Irving's mother who treated him like a "king." Did everything in her power to aggravate Cathy, especially regarding the 2007 Hillman family reunion.
• Mr. Hillman— Irving's father. He seemed content to let his wife do all the talking.
• Mabel represented multiple people (she was usually seen as the salesperson at any given store). She seemed to work at every single store, bank, travel agency etc. that Cathy went to and always had a pencil in her hair. She was easily aggravated by Cathy and vice versa. She sometimes had a co-worker with her. In at least one strip, the co-worker was referred to as Edith.
• Emerson was one of the first boyfriends introduced (Irving was first) when the strip debuted. He pursued Cathy who figured she could do better and irritated Irving. He was eventually dropped in favor of Irving, but is often mentioned in Cathy's list of those she dated.
• Many, many men that Cathy dated briefly