Megan: Browse The Strips
Saturday, November 26, 1988
Monday, November 28, 1988
Tuesday, February 7, 1989
Saturday, April 15, 1989
Tuesday, April 18, 1989
Thursday, April 20, 1989
Tuesday, April 25, 1989
Thursday November 23, 2017
Lynn's Comments: This happened to me, too.
Saturday November 25, 2017
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 February 13, 2018
Saturday April 14, 2018
Tuesday April 17, 2018
Lynn's Comments: There were about a dozen of us at the party, all dressed up and giggling. What I remember most, besides being hot and sweaty and dancing cheek to cheek, was a burping contest. Pop was expensive. None of us had it at home very often and Carolyn’s mom had bought us a real variety.
Thursday April 19, 2018
Lynn's Comments: It wasn't a cool scene. The pop went down and came right back up again. It came out our mouths and out of our noses. I’d chosen cream soda and I was covered in it. My dress was soaked up the front, the guys were also wet and embarrassed, but we laughed anyway. The audience was silent, and I had learned something: It’s of utmost importance to practice a gag before you try to pull it off. When a gag goes wrong, the troops are called and the night ends quickly. I wasn't invited back.
Tuesday April 24, 2018
Lynn's Comments: Behind the scenes, I knew that Gordon Mayes’ family life was very difficult. His dad drank and was abusive, his mom was too tolerant and too fearful to defend Gordon from blows and belittling. I rarely talked about this in the strip. Just alluding to it gave Gordon an extra element of reality. It made him someone for whom I felt compassion and concern. His character grew after this.