Lynn's Comments: I don't think front doors are made with mail slots any more. Too bad...we had a lot of fun with ours!
Starting From Scratch: Browse The Strips
Tuesday March 5, 2024
Wednesday March 6, 2024
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?
Thursday March 7, 2024
Lynn's Comments: This strip's punch line became the title for the collection book in which this story appeared.
Friday March 8, 2024
Lynn's Comments: I had as much trouble trying to teach our dog when to bark as I did trying to teach him when NOT to!
Saturday March 9, 2024
Monday March 11, 2024
Tuesday March 12, 2024
Wednesday March 13, 2024
Lynn's Comments: The river rising "foreshadows" the serious events yet to come.
Thursday March 14, 2024
Friday March 15, 2024
Saturday March 16, 2024
Monday March 18, 2024
Tuesday March 19, 2024
Wednesday March 20, 2024
Thursday March 21, 2024
Friday March 22, 2024
Saturday March 23, 2024
Monday March 25, 2024
Tuesday March 26, 2024
Wednesday March 27, 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.
Saturday March 30, 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.
Tuesday April 2, 2024
Wednesday April 3, 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.
Friday April 5, 2024
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.
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.
Tuesday April 9, 2024
