Monthly Archives: August 2024
Friday August 2, 2024
Saturday August 3, 2024
Lynn's Comments: Because it was such a dramatic story, I felt I had to mention Farley’s death again. Some readers thought it was a dumb idea to insert Farley’s face into the branches of the tree here, but others really appreciated the gesture. No matter what I wrote or drew, there was always a difference of opinion!
Sunday August 4, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This is another true story. After this ran, I received a letter from a reader who told me a story: She had been sitting with a friend who was dying and didn’t have much more time to live. Her friend told her that when she died, she would come back as a humming bird and let everyone know she was OK. A few days after the friend passed away, the reader was outside filling her feeder when a humming bird came and hovered right next to her for an extended period of time. Her husband was able to take a photograph. She said it was the most comforting thing imaginable. I still have the photo she sent me.
Monday August 5, 2024
Tuesday August 6, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This was an opportunity to talk about Canada...without making it seem like a documentary. I have driven and flown across this country several times and there is not one province that I don’t find to be absolutely wonderful!
Wednesday August 7, 2024
Lynn's Comments: In reality, my in-laws lived within walking distance from our home in Ontario. We had all moved from Northern Manitoba to Northern Ontario, so it seemed like a good idea, in the strip, to keep them in the prairies. This way, I could create story lines about visiting them and the cousins there.
Thursday August 8, 2024
Lynn's Comments: Showing the Patterson’s drive across the country allowed me to draw and write about Canada, which was both fun and entertaining. If I was entertained, I figured my readers would be, too. Many wrote to tell me about their travels here and how much they enjoyed themselves.
Friday August 9, 2024
Saturday August 10, 2024
Sunday August 11, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This strip is another scene from my childhood. My brother and I would walk down to the North Vancouver waterfront, go onto the docks where the small fishing boats were moored and fish for minnows. When we had quite a few, we’d throw them one by one to the seagulls. One day, one very aggressive gull outmaneuvered all the others and was the only one left to grab the fish. This gull was big and mean and threatening. When he was sure that he was guaranteed a free meal, we tied a codline to a minnow and tossed it up to the gull. The gull swallowed the fish and took off into the air. We allowed the codline to unwind to the end of the spool where it snapped tight forcing the gull to stop in mid air. Zannngggg! What a sight! The gull would not let go of the fish and fought us as we reeled it in—flapping and fighting against the pull of the line. Terrified, we hung onto the codline to see who would give up first—us or the gull. Inevitably, the gull regurgitate the fish, but not before he had given us the scare of our lives!
Our friends, the O’Grady’s enjoyed seeing their name in the Sunday funnies.
Monday August 12, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This was a big problem for me as a kid. Everywhere we went, we had to spend time with my parents’ friends. These people never seemed to have anything for kids to do, so my brother and I had to wait in bored frustration for these visits to end. It was then that I swore I’d have toys and games for kids to play with when I had a house of my own!
Tuesday August 13, 2024
Lynn's Comments: When driving through the prairies, make sure you use the bathroom when you gas up. There will be no “safe squatting spots” along the highways!
Wednesday August 14, 2024
Thursday August 15, 2024
Friday August 16, 2024
Saturday August 17, 2024
Lynn's Comments: I did miss the West Coast. I was very settled in Northern Ontario at the time, but it’s impossible to forget the ocean and the mountains of BC.
Sunday August 18, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This punch line comes from my mother. These are her words exactly as we cleaned up the garbage from yet another lovely picnic spot.
Monday August 19, 2024
Tuesday August 20, 2024
Lynn's Comments: The last panel is a tribute to my hero, cartoonist Len Norris. His drawings of police and border guards always made me laugh out loud. I learned so much from him.
Wednesday August 21, 2024
Thursday August 22, 2024
Friday August 23, 2024
Saturday August 24, 2024
Sunday August 25, 2024
Monday August 26, 2024
Lynn's Comments: Yup…another bad pun. I often wondered why my editors didn’t ask for a revision. Maybe they were sympathetic…they, too, were controlled by relentless deadlines.
Tuesday August 27, 2024
Wednesday August 28, 2024
Thursday August 29, 2024
Lynn's Comments: I once gave each of the girls who worked for me the gift of a professional glamour portrait. I told them that someday they’d look at these photographs and be glad they had them. It’s 20 years since I did this. I hope they look at those portraits from time to time and see how lovely there were.
Friday August 30, 2024
Saturday August 31, 2024
Lynn's Comments: There were few references to Gordon’s family and the kind of home he grew up in. From time to time, I gave readers a clue.