Lynn's Comments: Although he enjoyed having company, he never returned my feelings. That didn't deter me. I was sure, with perseverance, he'd come around.
Author Archives: stripfix
Monday May 6, 2019
Lynn's Comments: This is so close to the bone, I hardly want to comment! Ah, but I'm into this now, so here goes. I had a real crush on Calvin, a boy in my class. After school, he delivered the paper on East 5th street (my street), so I'd wait for him and walk with him as he folded and tossed the papers onto porches—house after house.
Sunday May 5, 2019
Saturday May 4, 2019
Friday May 3, 2019
Thursday May 2, 2019
Lynn's Comments: I don't remember my son's first girlfriend, but I do remember my brother's. I must have had more fun teasing my brother.
Wednesday May 1, 2019
Tuesday April 30, 2019
Monday April 29, 2019
Lynn's Comments: I have been in a fat mood since 2009…but I still find myself buying clothes. I guess it's in the blood…like carbs and cholesterol.
Sunday April 28, 2019
Saturday April 27, 2019
Friday April 26, 2019
Lynn's Comments: The last time I went to a movie theatre, there was hardly anyone there. You didn't have to worry about finding a good seat…empty seats were everywhere. Sadly, movie theatres are another example of great gathering places that are slowly disappearing.
Thursday April 25, 2019
Wednesday April 24, 2019
Tuesday April 23, 2019
Monday April 22, 2019
Lynn's Comments: I enjoyed coming up with “HLGFTZ” –the stammering sound Gordon is making as he’s forced to take the phone. Sometimes one small word made a strip worth sending in.
Sunday April 21, 2019
Lynn's Comments: Any opportunity to draw Farley at his scruffy best, gave me a thrill. I loved to draw him eating and scratching and burping and being thoroughly, happily disgusting. Not only was he great fun to draw, I had to “get into the spirit of the dog” in order to draw him well. Being Farley for a few hours was a happy, funny and relaxing time...and I have to say, he really was my favourite character!
Saturday April 20, 2019
Friday April 19, 2019
Thursday April 18, 2019
Lynn's Comments: Well, this is interesting. I was using the vernacular of the day when I came up with this dialogue. I guess kids have been saying, “she went/he went” for a long time. No wonder it drives me crazy!!
Wednesday April 17, 2019
Tuesday April 16, 2019
Lynn's Comments: Oh, I passed. Now that my kids are 46 and 41, I can check off the boxes…and I passed.
Monday April 15, 2019
Sunday April 14, 2019
Lynn's Comments: I read somewhere that a composer looked at birds perched on wires and saw a musical pattern in the way they positioned themselves. He then set these patterns to music. Anyone know if this is true?
Saturday April 13, 2019
Lynn's Comments: This strip brought appreciative mail from moms and dads who unloaded their own “KABOOM” moments. I always felt vindicated when I knew I wasn’t alone.
Friday April 12, 2019
Thursday April 11, 2019
Wednesday April 10, 2019
Tuesday April 9, 2019
Lynn's Comments: Looking at the furnishings in the last panel, I have no idea where in the house Elly and Mike are. I was pretty diligent, especially after we started doing the animated specials, in keeping the house architecturally real and placing everything in the same location. Strange.
Monday April 8, 2019
Sunday April 7, 2019
Lynn's Comments: The Fasts and the Bergans were friends in Lynn Lake; two of our favourite families. I loved to put the names of people we knew in the strip. It was a funny surprise. After the strip was published, their friends and family would contact them! It was a wonderful, continuing surprise.