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Sunday October 30, 2022

Lynn's Comments: In Lynn Lake, Manitoba (where we lived for six years), there was a Halloween tradition called, "Trick or Drinking." Lynn Lake was a tiny town. You could walk from one end to the other in about half an hour, so you could visit a friend, drink your fill and not have to worry about driving home. "Trick or drinking" happened after the kids were done with their rounds and had gone to bed. It was a time for the grown-ups to have some fun by dressing up, going to a friend's house and demanding a drink. If the host couldn't figure out who you were, they still had to invite you in, give you a drink and then wait until the next morning to find out who had been in the house! One Halloween, a gorilla walked into our house and demanded a drink. I gave him a beer and watched as he worked it into his head. No matter what we said or how hard we tried, we couldn't determine the gorilla's identity. Around noon the next day, we found out it had been the bank manager—one of the shyest and most unlikely pranksters in town! This just goes to show you that a costume not only changes the way you look, but can change your personality as well.

Friday November 4, 2022

Lynn's Comments: Another bit of info to suggest that Gordon will go into the automotive business. At the time, I never planned on his eventual success, but deep down inside, I wanted the "underdog" to win!

Saturday November 5, 2022

Lynn's Comments: For this illustration, I used a really good die-cast model, which showed the underbody of the car. I used realistic models—of all kinds—all the time, and I encourage cartoonists and other graphic artists to buy them whenever they have the good fortune to find them.

Saturday November 12, 2022

Lynn's Comments: This is so true. My mother insisted on us having "eating lessons." My brother and I would have to sit at the table with a "Golden Book" under each arm, a yardstick down the backs of our shirts (I’m not kidding!), and she'd show us the proper way to use cutlery. It was crazy, but we learned table manners and can easily spot the folks who didn't!