Monthly Archives: August 2021
Monday August 2, 2021
Lynn's Comments: Even though April didn't exist in real life, all the memories of having a toddler came flooding back to me.
Tuesday August 3, 2021
Wednesday August 4, 2021
Thursday August 5, 2021
Friday August 6, 2021
Saturday August 7, 2021
Lynn's Comments: When I did workshops, I'd ask the class to come up with the written sounds for things like lawn mowers, snoring or the flushing of a toilet. Sometimes the sound effects alone were the best part of a strip.
Sunday August 8, 2021
Monday August 9, 2021
Tuesday August 10, 2021
Wednesday August 11, 2021
Lynn's Comments: The name "Enjo" was for my 5th grade home economics teacher. She was great! The Enjo characters were based on a Japanese-Canadian family I knew in North Bay, Ontario. The scenes inside the Enjo house came from the Masuda's, as did some of the story line ideas. Asking for their help was both fun and educational.
Thursday August 12, 2021
Friday August 13, 2021
Saturday August 14, 2021
Lynn's Comments: This is a little like a Bill Watterson punch line. Bill and I got along well..."like minds", I guess!
Sunday August 15, 2021
Lynn's Comments: This is one of my favourite strips. I have it framed on my wall.
Monday August 16, 2021
Tuesday August 17, 2021
Lynn's Comments: Around this time, I began to work with another graphic artist. Laura could easily duplicate my style, so with more time to do background details, the art soon became much more complicated. I would draw the strip in pencil, ink the characters, and give her the rest to do. Up until I retired from the strip, Laura became another right hand!
Wednesday August 18, 2021
Thursday August 19, 2021
Lynn's Comments: There's a song in "A Chorus Line" where one of the dancers talks about a teacher who was cruel and menacing, and when he died, she felt nothing. This line just seared into my brain because it is so profound. How can a person you have loved to distraction become someone for whom you feel nothing? It's hard to imagine when you are in the throes of romance that you might, one day, feel nothing at all.
Friday August 20, 2021
Saturday August 21, 2021
Lynn's Comments: But sometimes, that's just plain impossible.
Sunday August 22, 2021
Monday August 23, 2021
Tuesday August 24, 2021
Wednesday August 25, 2021
Lynn's Comments: The Patterson kids were now starting to have lives outside of the home. This meant adding new characters: friends, teachers and acquaintances—some of whom needed to be "fleshed out" and given substantial roles.
Thursday August 26, 2021
Friday August 27, 2021
Lynn's Comments: A better punch line would have been if the woman on the left says, "Why do kids do that?" and the other one answers, "It's a mating call."
Crafting the dialogue is important. I should have noticed this before I finished the strip. It would have been better as a Sunday page!
Saturday August 28, 2021
Sunday August 29, 2021
Monday August 30, 2021
Tuesday August 31, 2021
Lynn's Comments: When the name "The Bentwood Rockers" came to mind for a senior citizen's band, I laughed out loud. Some ideas come from "out there" somewhere. Cartoonists are forever looking up and saying, "Whoever you are...Thanks!"