
Elly: Browse The Strips
Saturday January 16, 2021

Lynn's Comments: This strip became the title of one of the annual collection books. Finding a title was often the hardest part of putting a book together. I always tried to find the title in the text of the strips that appeared in that book.
Sunday January 17, 2021

Lynn's Comments: Sunday pages gave me the opportunity to stretch things out. It was especially enjoyable when I could come up with TV jargon and funny game show dialogue. "I'll take a P" and the subject of cross-dressing were against the censorship rules, but in a case like this, it was lost in the mix. Great fun.
Monday January 18, 2021

Lynn's Comments: We're living in Vancouver now, so I sure don't miss the snow! The rain, however, is worth grousing about!
Tuesday January 19, 2021

Wednesday January 20, 2021

Thursday January 21, 2021

Friday January 22, 2021

Saturday January 23, 2021

Monday January 25, 2021

Lynn's Comments: They say that each car has a "face." By the way the lights are placed and the grill is shaped, a car can have a real personality. One of the Volkswagens was designed to have such a visible face that eyelashes were created just to augment the illusion! I noticed recently that the new Lexus has a face...it looks surprisingly like a boss I once had. If I owned a Lexus, I'd call it "Mitch."
Tuesday January 26, 2021

Lynn's Comments: My daughter saved up for her first car. She was so excited about buying one. She had a used car picked out and was ready to negotiate the price, but the salesman kept referring to her dad. Eventually, her dad told the salesman to talk to the actual buyer! Kate took the reins and negotiated a great deal. It was a high five for all of us!
Wednesday January 27, 2021

Thursday January 28, 2021

Friday January 29, 2021

Saturday January 30, 2021

Lynn's Comments: This is one of the first instances where we see Gordon's interest in vehicles.
Sunday January 31, 2021

Monday February 1, 2021

Tuesday February 2, 2021

Wednesday February 3, 2021

Lynn's Comments: This suggests the kind of home Gordon comes from. I knew myself what his life was like. I never got to show the readers more than just a glimpse of it.
Thursday February 4, 2021

Lynn's Comments: This really raised a lot of questions from readers. I got calls from interviewers wanting to know where I was going with it and how much detail I was going to go into.
Saturday February 6, 2021

Monday February 8, 2021

Tuesday February 9, 2021

Lynn's Comments: This strip left readers wondering and imagining what was happening behind those closed doors. Not showing anything more was a good thing—it kept the strip from becoming too negative, and it gave readers the opportunity to think about what goes on in their own neighbourhoods. You can suspect something is happening, but you might never know for sure.
Saturday February 13, 2021

Lynn's Comments: I really enjoyed making Elly look horrible. If I didn't look like this from time to time, it was certainly the way I felt!
Sunday February 14, 2021

Saturday February 20, 2021

Monday February 22, 2021

Lynn's Comments: Again, pets and babies provide a needed break from serious things.
Tuesday February 23, 2021

Wednesday February 24, 2021

Thursday February 25, 2021

Sunday February 28, 2021
