It was while wearing an itchy waitress uniform in a near-bankrupt restaurant that Cathy decided to take stock of her life. She found it wanting. Almost 30 years old and feeling hopeless, she knew that something had to drastically change. What she wanted more than anything was to explore the creativity that had been so important to her as a child.  A lofty ambition to be sure, and quite unrealistic given her need to eat, pay rent and such.  Unsure of what the next step should be, she dragged herself to work with increasing dread.

Then she heard about The Art Centre, a city-run art school.  It offered a three-year-program with training in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and printmaking, all at no charge! It seemed like the perfect answer.  Until she found herself filled with insecurity and paralyzed by drawer’s block in front of an easel, trying to tune out the instructor’s lecture that the likelihood of succeeding in the arts was close to nil, and that most of the students would probably end up waiting tables!

But two short months before graduating, lying in bed very worried about what the future held for her, it simply came to her. She got up and began to sketch figures that looked very much like the drawings she had made as a child.  Below the illustrations, she wrote some captions, and there it was ... Everyday People! The cartoons effortlessly poured out of her and were well received by both students and teachers.

That was in 1999. Today, Cathy lives and works on a quiet street in Toronto, with her husband and two children, who offer her  delightful new perspectives, as well as enough challenges to inspire comedic material to last a lifetime.
 
People throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand enjoy her self-syndicated cartoon in publications such as:

NEWSPAPERS
The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)
The Canberra Times (Canberra, Australia)
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Texas, USA)
Courier-Post (New Jersey, USA)
The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia, USA)
Staten Island Advance (New York, USA)
Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia)
Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)
Tallahassee Democrat (Florida, USA)
Toronto Star (Ontario, Canada)
Ventura County Star (California, USA)

WEB SITES
babycenter.com (Johnson & Johnson, USA)
DelawareMoms.com (The News Journal, Wilmington, USA)
JerseyShoreMoms.com (Asbury Park Press, New Jersey, USA)
MassMoms.com (The Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, USA)
mom2momkc.com (Kansas City Star, Missouri, USA)

MAGAZINES
Big Apple Parent (New York, USA)
Detroit Metro Baby (Michigan, USA)
More Magazine (National, Canada)

Everyday People can also be seen in a multitude of commercial websites, newsletters, books, pamphlets, business stationary, t-shirts, greeting cards, framed prints, magnets, mugs, etc.

If you’d like to discuss the possibility of including Everyday People in your publication, please contact us to discuss your ideas.

To read more about Everyday People and Cathy Thorne, please visit the press page.