Lynn's Comments: "FLADDAP" is one of the words I was accused of stealing from MAD Magazine artist, Don Martin. I had no idea that I had done so. Can you "steal" a sound effect?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.