
Author Archives: stripfix
Tuesday April 23, 2024

Monday April 22, 2024

Lynn's Comments: When this story originally appeared, my friend Charles Schulz was furious. He couldn't believe that Farley had been allowed to die. He called me and said, "That stupid little girl! What was she doing down at the river in the first place? That stupid little girl!" He actually blamed April and not me!
Sunday April 21, 2024

Lynn's Comments: Because some papers only carried the colour Sunday page, the story of Farley's passing had to happen, almost separately, on the Sunday page as well. This meant having to craft dialogue that covered all of the important points without going into the details of the story. For the papers that carried both the daily and the Sunday page, it was important to show a reasonable flow of information without writing too much! Normally, I didn't continue a storyline into the weekend because of this conundrum, but in this case, I had no choice. Readers who only had access to the Sunday page needed to know what had happened during the week.
Saturday April 20, 2024

Friday April 19, 2024

Lynn's Comments: Farley left the comic strip at a ripe old age and as a hero. It was a fitting end to a great character.
Thursday April 18, 2024

Lynn's Comments: On one hand, this story was running at the worst time possible. On the other hand, teachers in Edmonton were using it to teach young children about the dangers of playing in the local creeks—so dangerous in springtime.
Wednesday April 17, 2024

Lynn's Comments: Tragically, the day this strip was originally published was also the date of the Oklahoma bombing. There was no way to halt or change this story and it ran at a time when North America was in shock and people's hearts were breaking.
Tuesday April 16, 2024

Monday April 15, 2024

Sunday April 14, 2024

Saturday April 13, 2024

Lynn's Comments: I had written and drawn this episode eight weeks before it appeared in the paper. Even so, it was a bit of a rollercoaster for me to see it unfold in the paper day by day.
Friday April 12, 2024

Thursday April 11, 2024

Wednesday April 10, 2024

Tuesday April 9, 2024

Monday April 8, 2024

Lynn's Comments: This illustration was hard to draw. I was very emotional when I did it. I could see the outcome immediately, but readers had to wait for 24 hours to find out what happened next.
Sunday April 7, 2024

Lynn's Comments: My rule for a birthday party was to allow my kids to invite the number of friends his/her age was. If Aaron was 5, he could invite 5 friends. This worked well until they were teenagers and the numbers soared. Teenagers were easier to clean up after. I'd always get them to help.
Saturday April 6, 2024

Lynn's Comments: I was roundly criticized for showing April down at the river unsupervised...but these things happen—even when families are vigilant and responsible.
Friday April 5, 2024

Thursday April 4, 2024

Lynn's Comments: The Patterson house overlooks a sizeable ravine. At the bottom is a river which, due to the spring rain, has become deep and dangerous.
Wednesday April 3, 2024

Tuesday April 2, 2024

Monday April 1, 2024

Lynn's Comments: The story is starting to build here with the suggestion that April is very unhappy to have been excluded from the cruise ship holiday.
Sunday March 31, 2024

Lynn's Comments: I still have these bunny slippers.
Saturday March 30, 2024

Friday March 29, 2024

Thursday March 28, 2024

Lynn's Comments: The idea for this cartoon was "given to me" by a man who was trying to cap off a water system that was being installed in a friend's inground swimming pool. When he reached up to stop the water coming from a pipe, it gushed down his arm and through his waterproof suit onto the ground—soaking him from head to toe.
Wednesday March 27, 2024

Tuesday March 26, 2024

Monday March 25, 2024
