- Kate Worley
Kate Worley (
March 16 ,1958 –June 6 ,2004 ) was an Americancomic book writer best known for her work on "Omaha the Cat Dancer ". She was a writer and performer forShockwave Radio Theater ."
Omaha the Cat Dancer " is the story of an anthropomorphic female cat who worked as a stripper. Though the series gained many fans for its sexually explicit depiction of "furries", it was also highly praised for its art, characterization, and storytelling with a confidentfeminist sensibility. Omaha was created byReed Waller , Worley's husband, and after the first issue (which he wrote alone) together she wrote and he drew the series."Omaha" later went on hiatus when Worley and Waller were both injured in a car accident; this hiatus was greatly extended when they had an acrimonious
divorce , after which they refused to work together.Worley also wrote for the now-defunct
Tekno Comix .Worley married Jim Vance, another comic book writer known for his work on "
Kings in Disguise ", and they had two children. In 2002, Worley was diagnosed withcancer ; she and Waller reconciled enough to produce several more issues of "Omaha" before she succumbed in 2004.
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