Thursday, 21 July 2011
Today's strip is yet another reminder that Elly isn't all that fond of the way her children behave; granted, it's not all fun and games being a parent but it seems to me that Lynn makes it look way harder than it really is.
(Strip Number 4202, Original Publication Date, 22 July 1982)
Panel 1: We start off with Mike and Lizzie using the couch as an impromptu trampoline as a means of expressing how excited they are about going to Vancouver by train.
Panel 2: He then asks Elly why she'd waited until the day before they left to tell him and Lizzie.
Panel 3: Elly says that she and John still wanted to have some springs left on the couch.
Summary: This is the sort of material that inspires my flights of hyperbole about how Lynn seems to want to abolish childhood; it's not easy to cope with over-stimulated children by any stretch of the imagination but our girl seems to enjoy depicting Elly being overwhelmed, confused and defeated by her offsprings.
(Strip Number 4202, Original Publication Date, 22 July 1982)
Panel 1: We start off with Mike and Lizzie using the couch as an impromptu trampoline as a means of expressing how excited they are about going to Vancouver by train.
Panel 2: He then asks Elly why she'd waited until the day before they left to tell him and Lizzie.
Panel 3: Elly says that she and John still wanted to have some springs left on the couch.
Summary: This is the sort of material that inspires my flights of hyperbole about how Lynn seems to want to abolish childhood; it's not easy to cope with over-stimulated children by any stretch of the imagination but our girl seems to enjoy depicting Elly being overwhelmed, confused and defeated by her offsprings.