Monthly Archives: November 2017
Thursday November 2, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I introduced this rather ominous character "Dirk" to give both my readers and myself a break from the "sweetness" of the Patterson family. I wanted to inject a bit of creepiness into the mix.
Friday November 3, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I also wanted the challenge of dealing with teenaged stepkids. This wasn't something I knew about from experience, so as soon as I began to do some research, I found myself in over my head!
Saturday November 4, 2017
Sunday November 5, 2017
Lynn's Comments: Wordplay like this made my work difficult to translate, so it was not seen in foreign language newspapers. This problem was pointed out to me on several occasions. Still, I couldn't resist having fun with English.
Monday November 6, 2017
Lynn's Comments: With friends who were dealing with step-children and new, mature marriages, I had plenty of material to work with. The tricky part was in keeping the identities of the moms and children who talked to me openly about their lives secret.
Tuesday November 7, 2017
Lynn's Comments: All of the Remembrance day strips were done for my mother, my dad, and his brother who were all veterans of the Second World War. My dad was an instrument mechanic and my mother ordered all the parts for the aircraft. They met in England and had some wonderful stories to tell. Uncle Joe was a motorcycle dispatch rider. He never spoke about the war.
Wednesday November 8, 2017
Lynn's Comments: How lucky my generation was to have grown up in the post war era. My children, too, have lived in a peaceful environment. I worry about what’s happening now, however. Every day the newscasts are full of unimaginable posturing by powerful men with nuclear weapons who are sounding and acting like children.
Thursday November 9, 2017
Friday November 10, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This scene was done with reverence and gratitude.
Saturday November 11, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I am always profoundly moved by this ceremony.
Sunday November 12, 2017
Monday November 13, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This strip was done when certain 4 letter words were rarely used and never in mixed company. Now, they are commonplace. How sad. There was a time when we were proud of our language, and now we are working hard to protect it.
Tuesday November 14, 2017
Lynn's Comments: My mother did this. She bought my brother and me each a thesaurus and we were to learn a new word each day. Far from resenting this project, we enjoyed it. If you want to express yourself well, you need a vocabulary!
Wednesday November 15, 2017
Thursday November 16, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I really liked the Brad Luggsworth character. Too bad I rarely included him. Maybe he was too mean to be believable!
Friday November 17, 2017
Saturday November 18, 2017
Sunday November 19, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I can't write anything about this strip. I would get crabby about it all over again!
Monday November 20, 2017
Tuesday November 21, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I had a lot of fun with Michael and Martha. Through them I went back to my own giddy and hopeless schoolyard relationships—the ones that make you as high as a kite, but never quite get off the ground!
Wednesday November 22, 2017
Lynn's Comments: I did this and said this. Didn't you?
Thursday November 23, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This happened to me, too.
Friday November 24, 2017
Saturday November 25, 2017
Sunday November 26, 2017
Lynn's Comments: Our dog Willy would wait until we had finished eating before he dug into his kibble. If there was the smallest chance of leftovers, he wanted to be sure he had room. I did this strip with compassion and understanding—I wouldn't want to eat the same thing everyday either!
Monday November 27, 2017
Lynn's Comments: Interesting to see the word "like" becoming an essential and repetitive part of a kids’ vernacular. This strip was done in the 80s! I had no idea "like" had been so annoying for so long.
Tuesday November 28, 2017
Wednesday November 29, 2017
Thursday November 30, 2017
