Cathy Leamy is a cartoonist based out of the Boston area, and a member of the Boston Comics Roundtable collective.
She writes and draws the autobiographical/humor minicomic Geraniums and Bacon. Her anthology work includes stories in the Craigslist-inspired I Saw You... and Friends of Lulu's The Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff, as well as Womanthology: Heroic. She also contributed historical research and co-writing for the Marvel Comics collection Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades. From February to October 2009, she collaborated with writer Clarence Smith, Jr. on the webcomic Planet Wifey
As a long-time member of the comics collective Boston Comics Roundtable, her stories have appeared in the BCR's anthology comic Inbound (issues #2, 4, and 5). Her contribution to the Boston history-themed issue (#4), "The Old Howard" about the once world-famous burlesque theater was adapted as a short radio drama by WBUR's Radio Boston.
When she's not cartooning, Cathy works as a web developer in health care IT.
Bibliography[]
- And Don't Forget the Droids
- "Found in Translation"
- Geraniums and Bacon
- The Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff
- "Who Loves Neckties?"
- Greenblooded: An Introduction to Eco-Friendly Feminine Hygiene
- I Saw You...
- "Hello There Doctor Love"
- I Survived Gwar
- Inbound #2, 4-5
- "unWendy"
- "The Old Howard"
- "Chase That Cheese!"
- Reggie & Brian and the Lousy Nickname