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Friday December 6, 2024

Lynn's Comments: This is the kind of stuff you can’t make up. Some of my best lines came from real day-to-day happenings. We had a large readership among dentists who appreciated seeing their days in the clinic illustrated by someone who knew what went on and was understanding and sympathetic.

Thursday December 5, 2024

Lynn's Comments: Now and then we put notes on the patients’ charts to let us know something personal about them for the next visit. TG might mean, “tends to gag.” PTIN could mean: “periodontal treatment for inflammation necessary,” but in reality, it meant, “pain in the neck!”

Monday December 2, 2024

Lynn's Comments: When I was 16, I got a part-time job at a big Vancouver department store. It was Christmas and I was in the jewellery department. What surprised me was the number of men who came in at the last minute on December 24th looking for something for their wives!

Monday November 11, 2024

Lynn's Comments: This punch line became a title for one of the books. Whenever we released a collection, I’d go thorough the strips that would be included and find a good comment to use on the cover. I was happy to find this one. After choosing a title, it was then a challenge to decide how to draw up the cover illustration!

Sunday November 10, 2024

Lynn's Comments: I usually do my research before I go to work, but I didn’t this time. After I drew up this Sunday page, I went and looked at some “steamy” magazines. None of the women in the sensuous photos were smiling. It made me wonder how much joy was in this business—for them