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I like the "Hybrid" strips, please keep them coming. However in regards to the "Jim and Iris" Storyline, I feel that it's being dragged out a little too long, But a great story and so true to heart. You people really do a wonderful job.

Carl T, New Hampshire

Why are Mike's kid always portrayed as much monsters? I swear, every time Robin and Meredith appear in the strip, they are screaming, crying, fighting, demanding, grabbing, throwing, or making a mess. Anthony's daughter was nothing much polite and well behaved when she appeared--even her tantrum over wanting ice cream was light years beyond how Robin normally acts. April has said in the monthly letters that Robin and Meredith are brats compared to Tracy and Gordon's two kids.

I don't get it--why portray the hero of the strip's kids as such monsters, and why do you never show Dee or Mike discipling them?

Kristen S, Seattle

Hi, just had a thought...

Lynn has made it known recently that she feels awkward dealing with today's youth due to her being a Boomer in her 60's. Current demographics being what they are, the bulk of the human population in the developed world is her cohort - Boomers who are the "sandwich generation", dealing with late-arrival children and aging parents. The young parents of today are X's, Y's and any minute now, Boom Echoes. I would humbly submit that while Lynn is correct in admitting she might not be able to relate to the generation that not only knows how to program a VCR but both listens to music and sends text messages by phone, she IS good at telling her own story (as any worthy author is)- and that story is of being a woman who has raised her family, faced surprise and heartache, and is now dealing with what society views as new and unexplored territory - the humanity of aging.

Lynn, consider this: perhaps you have transcended the Schultz bar. Perhaps your art is worthy of a Ben Wicks or a Jim Unger - social commentary disguised as the funnies. I am reminded of Lois Wyse who used to write "The Way We Are" column for Good Housekeeping, and Erma Bombeck's "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank", "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?", and "Motherhood, the World's Second Oldest Profession".

Great ladies, great company.

Lynn, you continue to break new ground, new air, and new water. These many letters and emails you receive attest to that - real people continue to reach out to you in encouragement and gratitude. Your words have weight, your insights are perceptive, your commentary is valid. Whether you continue sending your message is your decision, and will be respected. It is only natural that in our enclosed, busy worlds, your ray of sunshine is clung to. Your method is deceptively simple - no far-fetched talking animals or sci-fi creatures, just a family that looks suspiciously a lot like... us.

Here's hoping that new artists will be encouraged to explore what a comic strip can do and mean, and will find an accessable venue to communicate as you have.

Christopher, Toronto