barbecue: Browse The Strips

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Lynn's Comments: Johnny Hart (Wizard of Id and B.C.) was a wonderful cartoonist and a great friend. One of my favourite cartoons shows BC hitchhiking. Rock after rock rolls by, but the riders won't pick him up. Then the "camera" pulls back to show a sign slightly ahead of where B.C. is standing. It says, "CAUTION. DIP IN THE ROAD."

Friday, July 18, 2014

Lynn's Comments: Another cartoon I remember, was a panel in the New Yorker: Two couples are standing in front of a large, elaborate fireplace after having had an extravagant dinner in one of their homes. The caption read something like, "Dinner for dinner, lunch for lunch--.we're even." This really appealed to me. When someone asks me to dinner, I am immediately wondering when and how to reciprocate!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lynn's Comments: Having Connie and Lawrence move away was a big decision. Connie was a regular character--Elly's best friend, in fact. In losing these two familiar faces, I would have to rethink the dynamics of the neighbourhood, and create a new group of friends. I did this because I was juggling too many characters. I felt my work was getting stale and I needed a challenge.

Sunday July 26, 2026

Lynn's Comments: We had a friend who always seemed to have a funny story about himself—and he didn’t mind sharing. Larry said he’d been at a barbecue, and after a few too many drinks, sat down to enjoy a big steak. He wondered why the steak was so tough. As it turned out, he had cut through the steak and the paper plate and his pants and had begun to cut into his thigh. It was a really funny story, and I had to use it. Several more true “Larry stories” were included in FBorFW. It was a great exchange and I think he has a number of original strips on his wall!