Monthly Archives: February 2018
Friday February 2, 2018
Lynn's Comments: My brother and I were expert teases. We savoured every "gotcha" and every "Aaaughh!!!!" We added them up, we made sure we were even. I don't think we stopped until we were in our twenties!
Saturday February 3, 2018
Lynn's Comments: I have one eye higher than the other. A lot of us do!
Sunday February 4, 2018
Lynn's Comments: This really happened, but it was me who waited in the snow for the garbage truck. It took awhile to realize I was out there on the wrong day!
Monday February 5, 2018
Lynn's Comments: It’s amazing how much we forgive our dogs.
Tuesday February 6, 2018
Lynn's Comments: After all the care we put into choosing their food, a dog usually prefers garbage. A garbage-flavoured kibble might be something to consider.
Wednesday February 7, 2018
Thursday February 8, 2018
Friday February 9, 2018
Saturday February 10, 2018
Lynn's Comments: This didn't happen, but as the renowned author Farley Mowat said, "It should have."
Sunday February 11, 2018
Lynn's Comments: This actually happened.
Monday February 12, 2018
Lynn's Comments: I confess…I have purchased my share of dumb, gross, stupid and downright insulting greeting cards. My philosophy is: "If it’s funny, it’s fine."
Tuesday February 13, 2018
Wednesday February 14, 2018
Thursday February 15, 2018
Lynn's Comments: I remember being a go-between for a girlfriend and the guy she liked. I remember wondering what in the world she saw in him. We were in third grade and already she was talking about marriage. With memories like this, I don't dismiss the thoughts and feelings of "little kids." You're never too young or too old to fall in love!
Friday February 16, 2018
Saturday February 17, 2018
Lynn's Comments: When the "Mike and Martha" series was running for the first time, my son was being asked at school who the heck Martha was. He told everyone there was no Martha and that his mother had just made her up. Nobody believed him—even though they were with him every day and could see that Martha didn't exist. Strange how closely my kids were compared to the kids in the strip—even though I had changed their ages, their names and their circumstances.
Sunday February 18, 2018
Monday February 19, 2018
Tuesday February 20, 2018
Wednesday February 21, 2018
Lynn's Comments: This is a story from my past. I babysat our neighbour’s four girls. They were a real challenge. I was seriously outnumbered and had to improvise my way through the hours they were in my care. I truly earned the few bucks I was paid.
Thursday February 22, 2018
Friday February 23, 2018
Saturday February 24, 2018
Sunday February 25, 2018
Lynn's Comments: The other punchline I had for this strip was the kid yelling in the last panel: "Don't touch me!" That idea has been done quite a lot, so I had the assistant fall asleep instead. This wasn't one of my best Sunday pages, but when you're on a deadline, you sometimes turn in something you're not crazy about. Here, I felt that the drawing was sufficiently well done to carry the strip, but when it came out in the paper, I wished I’d given it another ending!