Lynn's Comments: This idea meant that I had to figure out how to add to a make-believe house. Architecturally, this posed a real dilemma. The layout of the house didn’t make sense as it was, so creating an addition was going to be a challenge.
Author Archives: Shannon Menu
Friday February 18, 2022
Thursday February 17, 2022
Wednesday February 16, 2022
Lynn's Comments: When my brother and I were kids, our cousins came to stay for a few weeks. Rob and Josie shared our rooms, and within a few days we were at each other’s throats. Our cousins had gone through all of our stuff and we felt violated. From the cousins’ point of view, they were just looking around. We saw it differently!
Tuesday February 15, 2022
Monday February 14, 2022
Lynn's Comments: My brother called me "Sistwerp."
Sunday February 13, 2022
Saturday February 12, 2022
Friday February 11, 2022
Thursday February 10, 2022
Lynn's Comments: For two years, I was a tough marshmallow. My admiration goes out to single parents everywhere.
Wednesday February 9, 2022
Lynn's Comments: If you aren't familiar with the old brassiere ad that described their product by saying, "it lifts and separates," then you'll miss this punch line. It was a controversial TV advertisement at the time and it spawned a lot of great comedy.
Tuesday February 8, 2022
Monday February 7, 2022
Sunday February 6, 2022
Saturday February 5, 2022
Lynn's Comments: Did you catch the error here? I show John with the bottle of cleaning solution in his right hand, but it switches to his left in the last panel.
Friday February 4, 2022
Thursday February 3, 2022
Wednesday February 2, 2022
Lynn's Comments: I once asked Aaron what he remembered about his school days and he said, "You made the best lunches."
Tuesday February 1, 2022
Monday January 31, 2022
Sunday January 30, 2022
Saturday January 29, 2022
Lynn's Comments: I mentioned before that Miss Enjo was my grade school home economics teacher. As a speaker one year for "Unique Lives & Experiences," I appeared at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver and the real Miss Enjo was in the audience. I was delighted to see her after the show. Not only did she read my strip, she remembered me—and she gave me a kimono, which I treasure. She also explained that "Enjo" was not a common Japanese name. She thought it had been changed by the Canadian border staff because her family's original name was difficult to pronounce. She was a great teacher and seeing her again was wonderful.
Friday January 28, 2022
Thursday January 27, 2022
Wednesday January 26, 2022
Lynn's Comments: With cell phones and GPS, we don't have these problems today, but when this strip was drawn, the discovery of a roadside pay phone was a blessing.
Tuesday January 25, 2022
Monday January 24, 2022
Sunday January 23, 2022
Lynn's Comments: After this strip ran, I was sent a set of video game gloves meant to keep your wrists and thumbs from getting sore from poking away at a game controller. I couldn’t believe someone had actually patented and marketed such a thing. It’s a crazy new world!
Saturday January 22, 2022
Friday January 21, 2022
Lynn's Comments: It's hard to draw something like a freeway in a comic strip. There just isn't enough room. When this cartoon was done, the papers were shrinking the size that comics were printed so these images had to be drawn on an angle in order to make them work.
Thursday January 20, 2022
Lynn's Comments: It is so important to get timing in a daily just right. In a graphic novel, you have so much more freedom, but in a comic strip, there is only so much real estate. I had to divide this one into five panels to get the timing right.