tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41159587608163523412024-02-19T03:59:38.194-05:00FOOBAROne moment, the foobs were in a teal-and-lavender monstrosity of a wedding, and the next they were propelled back into the past. But it was a different version of the past. What happened?April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-67548772361325012212010-06-09T16:25:00.003-04:002011-09-12T16:16:48.442-04:00Here it is....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5C6VooWCAn54S0eCsa11bUNHDxgXLEilLn-FAdREsNWfy6ZleOtrDBthaH3h37-EkM-GGgxrFSRLaNicVKrrkptnsTDHVfHmP5PL_7skRV9iCzQr3VRCeo3cwGfgi7TiPb8sqeHy4jfTQ/s1600/06-09-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5C6VooWCAn54S0eCsa11bUNHDxgXLEilLn-FAdREsNWfy6ZleOtrDBthaH3h37-EkM-GGgxrFSRLaNicVKrrkptnsTDHVfHmP5PL_7skRV9iCzQr3VRCeo3cwGfgi7TiPb8sqeHy4jfTQ/s400/06-09-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Erg. Since I'm not home, I had to use a different scanner, and it did some funky stuff to my image quality. So, let's see. I modeled the layout and also the first and third panels after the August 12, 2007 "cookout" strip, the one where Elly scares Robin by saying that she'll blow up if she eats ONE more thing, only to eat one more thing. That's also what the final panel here refers to. I was going to put more people and business in that first panel, but I realized I'd probably need an extra week if I did that! So while Mike burns what's on the grill, everyone else is assembled inside, and they all come out a moment later!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Panel two has John speaking with Ted. That's Dee in the left, bottom corner of panel three and Uncle Phil on the right side. Liz is talking to Aunt Georgia in next panel. Next are Abby Caine and April, then Greg Thomas with Steve Nichols, then Francie. Anne Nichols is agreeing to cater Nick and Lawrence's wedding reception. And finally we have Meredith reassuring Robin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm reminded that certain little-used characters never really got a consistent look: Ted, Steve, Greg, Nick, Anne. In some strips, Nick looked like Anthony, in others he looked like Gord, and in some, he looked like their highly unlikely offspring. Similarly, Greg strikes me in some places as a Gordo/Ted hybrid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, yeah. This is it. I just really wanted to close off with a sense that things are continuing. Life is happening. (Please imagine that a respectful time has elapsed between Elly going catatonic and Mike having a cookout.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have no plans to take this blog down, though probably in a couple of weeks, I will switch to screened comments. With ARB, I noticed that a dormant blog becomes a comment-spam magnet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to all of you who have visited this site. I've had fun doing FOOBAR!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Edit</b>: I almost forgot to explain about Françoise. She's quoting "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" by Albert Camus, where he concludes that one must imagine Sisyphus happy. Sisyphus has resisted suicide and considers himself superior to his fate. My silly way of lampooning how absurdly (ah, geddit?) advanced Francie has been portrayed in the strip. :)</div></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-73036038922451719362010-06-09T06:00:00.003-04:002010-06-09T06:00:04.522-04:00Ugh, please bear with me!This is taking longer than I'd expected. I'll update as soon as I can. Sorry about that! (I know, Lynn can consider me a total wimp. Oh, well--I'm in such good company! :) )April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-16721191400903758052010-06-07T06:00:00.001-04:002010-06-07T06:00:02.789-04:00Breather...I need to take a little breather--the epilogue goes up Wednesday.April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-42293227630786929542010-06-04T06:00:00.031-04:002010-06-04T06:00:08.545-04:00Inside the Pattertonic Head<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZzVENOyQABtd_kLBv9QXaZ6-Hsp8OVKWzcnDOheH2kYnGf_lmxJ7qpGPYHq7d-ngsjtc0tDHB8V98_4gzcwU7ZXpIuWCFhxVsy4C9i23KEidNDP_6kM4Mn3s43pWIg6c2GnxxeHQ8svz/s1600/06-04-200_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZzVENOyQABtd_kLBv9QXaZ6-Hsp8OVKWzcnDOheH2kYnGf_lmxJ7qpGPYHq7d-ngsjtc0tDHB8V98_4gzcwU7ZXpIuWCFhxVsy4C9i23KEidNDP_6kM4Mn3s43pWIg6c2GnxxeHQ8svz/s400/06-04-200_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
Well, <b>howtheduck </b>totally <a href="http://allfoobedup.blogspot.com/2010/06/pattertonia.html?showComment=1275483010920#c3888583795369622952">called this</a>. Yes, Elly, in her catatonic state, is thinking the reprints. This is an image I've had in my mind for more than a year--ending* FOOBAR with Elly catatonic, John wondering what she's thinking about, and the last panel showing Elly with that day's reprint in her thought bubble.<br />
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I of course didn't know what reprint would be running on that day. I think the one that this landed on is oddly appropriate. It seems to fit in with the theme of never having appreciated what she had when she had it. (Not that John was such a prize, but you know what I mean.)<br />
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*But I'm not <i>quite </i>ready to end--there will be some epiloguey goodness to follow.April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-51032146389603286122010-06-02T06:00:00.008-04:002010-06-02T06:00:06.407-04:00Pattertonia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWHMwKQYeVKclH9S_ZbJrDxrNEdqxH9v_oyFXwQoT4o85R-xGzCeDJ-Qreh8isgN4tcBqFySMsHVNlX4dJYUEwAdeMp5JN765WxpQ1dBIwnFnGgc4ZtUtoGwYn43u63g4e253EiP3vNhr/s1600/06-02-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWHMwKQYeVKclH9S_ZbJrDxrNEdqxH9v_oyFXwQoT4o85R-xGzCeDJ-Qreh8isgN4tcBqFySMsHVNlX4dJYUEwAdeMp5JN765WxpQ1dBIwnFnGgc4ZtUtoGwYn43u63g4e253EiP3vNhr/s400/06-02-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-6796891283581255582010-05-31T06:00:00.008-04:002010-05-31T06:00:00.733-04:00The Story Not Written<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPhTxmnJ69r-DZD5inovPdytEVTLUtT3cy_y-UdMxV3ZmOsnMnEx3NURHOObI0cySBXdvwyu6T2ax0uhQ3dCgom-5hwk3vsRPG95UNIBnLpl2S44fsaVQz8Wu7TbNBuM35-QAGTJvOhGi/s1600/05-31-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPhTxmnJ69r-DZD5inovPdytEVTLUtT3cy_y-UdMxV3ZmOsnMnEx3NURHOObI0cySBXdvwyu6T2ax0uhQ3dCgom-5hwk3vsRPG95UNIBnLpl2S44fsaVQz8Wu7TbNBuM35-QAGTJvOhGi/s400/05-31-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
So, yeah, that's Deanna with Michael. I refuse to put her in the dreaded bowl haircut, but when I lengthen her hair, she looks disturbingly Aprilish. So--Dee. Not April.April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-73869318395162550692010-05-28T06:00:00.014-04:002010-05-28T06:00:05.106-04:00Flat Stanley as Michael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfx8XhVXdrN9NIFL3B29GCEtG6tUB_UoDS6i_mlrAjt4gtTJDhZ1RjcllBtEd2zfCRiEoiUj0xdhUGh1s-Od4vzkHg9DLaCoFMP538GRe-RH1TxMKHlrvOhZGNou1ErAcTGPXpqY5RNie/s1600/05-28-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfx8XhVXdrN9NIFL3B29GCEtG6tUB_UoDS6i_mlrAjt4gtTJDhZ1RjcllBtEd2zfCRiEoiUj0xdhUGh1s-Od4vzkHg9DLaCoFMP538GRe-RH1TxMKHlrvOhZGNou1ErAcTGPXpqY5RNie/s400/05-28-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge</i></span></div>Maybe because of the way I drew the table, I couldn't get Michael not to look <i>flat </i>in panel one (and yes, I did erase, redraw, erase redraw). Oh, well, maybe it's symbolic of the way Elly tried to steamroll him. ;)April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-84739381506726712602010-05-26T06:00:00.007-04:002010-05-26T06:00:07.821-04:00And Elly STILL unhinges that jaw!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tdmV8nae_XDmT5EzbAA3Xa1bZtwocWkiG0ZFoa6lOaOdAw48cc0WSQM0nCVUEwjgRCnrIP-PHaKuaxoB9Nlgx-bfYB_-qJTij0G80L9ZspK_PXRlDic7Ry83Y7EE9h2V5gg0xhcwQA17/s1600/05-26-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tdmV8nae_XDmT5EzbAA3Xa1bZtwocWkiG0ZFoa6lOaOdAw48cc0WSQM0nCVUEwjgRCnrIP-PHaKuaxoB9Nlgx-bfYB_-qJTij0G80L9ZspK_PXRlDic7Ry83Y7EE9h2V5gg0xhcwQA17/s400/05-26-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-32873997781785165572010-05-24T06:00:00.007-04:002010-05-24T06:00:06.384-04:00A Pattern?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_f1j3uayv47aMDpzNP9xoEGYdOLuFyYjO5laJyxYGDr8cIqJ9-7InP6bGACjXqiNzFv3WW0fj7_zjqE7RomC7LDDoY16wcpPBM0xuMi-a5ZS_yAal6iMD3uhWWps-FZ-i85e1OFj3903/s1600/05-24-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_f1j3uayv47aMDpzNP9xoEGYdOLuFyYjO5laJyxYGDr8cIqJ9-7InP6bGACjXqiNzFv3WW0fj7_zjqE7RomC7LDDoY16wcpPBM0xuMi-a5ZS_yAal6iMD3uhWWps-FZ-i85e1OFj3903/s400/05-24-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-41929235592271460982010-05-21T06:00:00.004-04:002010-05-21T06:00:06.723-04:00Elly's little chat with Liz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_Bgq53kk1LJefWkJx6Xt-o9OJ2zqKLjM-rk6rBdzew82B7xVL3OU5NsE84ZEv4VXKO7s7BwVpK_5wKoY53E3Z0DogXCLi_NydIgSLquXDvQl4vYDyFrt5J8bRrezKvTN7dLpvKUFBicx/s1600/05-21-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gpydIcaS94gKchXWZ75oXVxTZTIbm0o_DWwXVpOqGEb_QIQW4lfn5janFvqJaoCoqG-P-yBy_mVWDrc7jaiuiYJ9wBgVc1NsSGH0PCciu1NyRS_BHDVMtf68QJ-qP4PFH6VPQH30JCKF/s1600/05-17-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gpydIcaS94gKchXWZ75oXVxTZTIbm0o_DWwXVpOqGEb_QIQW4lfn5janFvqJaoCoqG-P-yBy_mVWDrc7jaiuiYJ9wBgVc1NsSGH0PCciu1NyRS_BHDVMtf68QJ-qP4PFH6VPQH30JCKF/s400/05-17-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-66067263711272287072010-05-14T06:00:00.013-04:002010-05-14T06:00:04.439-04:00John has a drink with Ted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEmRPPdyZlLUo6NCJvfHB46GwpcpjR-kzonTZIbtYgk3ZhbQGgfSGBykwtDzs1JXUSV4dy44-NRXWuEKt7B19jpBRpmy-vsGB4XprD12vntZxoqxsN8n3E-ZSPzFV67b223deTufGP2vb/s1600/05-14-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEmRPPdyZlLUo6NCJvfHB46GwpcpjR-kzonTZIbtYgk3ZhbQGgfSGBykwtDzs1JXUSV4dy44-NRXWuEKt7B19jpBRpmy-vsGB4XprD12vntZxoqxsN8n3E-ZSPzFV67b223deTufGP2vb/s400/05-14-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>You know what I just realized? John's hair in the second panel doesn't match the way I have it in the first and third panels. I used one of the strips from the Settlenuptials as my reference for the second panel, and didn't think about the fact that John had his hair slicked back for the occasion. No wonder I kept thinking he looked painfully Anthonyesque. So, my wank is that there was a big gust of wind between panels one and two, and it settled down before panel three. April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-49750596834934364452010-05-12T06:00:00.011-04:002010-05-12T06:00:10.792-04:00A Little Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsjfeeme97itTVqly4Zqh1XUX-9qzrZMcs_PuzrxY7rlrsoGL2VMTJ9cM2-UfGTQVpJPxuOcUfZRNx7Ml2yaWP_CUYCP7nMDgIA9HQYLQdon5H9ykoh6HU0nbgkWNiBGjDVpJ5NrzVBkn/s1600/05-12-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsjfeeme97itTVqly4Zqh1XUX-9qzrZMcs_PuzrxY7rlrsoGL2VMTJ9cM2-UfGTQVpJPxuOcUfZRNx7Ml2yaWP_CUYCP7nMDgIA9HQYLQdon5H9ykoh6HU0nbgkWNiBGjDVpJ5NrzVBkn/s400/05-12-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
Eek, I never thought I'd do a Lynn-like teeny-tiny figures "longshot" frame. But I wanted to get everyone in--and there you go. Another homage!April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-89255918586432287772010-05-10T06:00:00.010-04:002010-05-10T06:00:04.922-04:00The Nichols Boys in 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR_tXOrPlUL7T1WehU8CCg5zI5NCcyNafSbzcn7TpPrsfMLBBZSJsUYyEEhJObpyn5fCzkmLlItyfQdoQlmPO5GCfl8zNRdZWCJP39Q8Jz0FXGl7r4bxaU7S-lGQ4Bvq0mDC79RIoCcb8/s1600/05-10-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR_tXOrPlUL7T1WehU8CCg5zI5NCcyNafSbzcn7TpPrsfMLBBZSJsUYyEEhJObpyn5fCzkmLlItyfQdoQlmPO5GCfl8zNRdZWCJP39Q8Jz0FXGl7r4bxaU7S-lGQ4Bvq0mDC79RIoCcb8/s400/05-10-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge</i></span></div>The Anne Nichols liography has Christopher and Richard both living in Alberta. Richard is a firelighter.April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-29441030359629750222010-05-07T06:00:00.008-04:002010-05-07T06:00:03.381-04:00Where Dee finds herself upon returning to 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegqGrvcH4_aUtm8wod7UAlBr6KacsI132OKpWAbowM_ixOgr7BqTeKgrKbfTeBVHpkoFRa-8twqPbsa3AxikbbsTihdokEwqOvm8XvhyphenhyphenDOX-QkrJjI-8oSxIAdhPBRzz8YkHMJ6AJjmg_/s1600/05-07-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegqGrvcH4_aUtm8wod7UAlBr6KacsI132OKpWAbowM_ixOgr7BqTeKgrKbfTeBVHpkoFRa-8twqPbsa3AxikbbsTihdokEwqOvm8XvhyphenhyphenDOX-QkrJjI-8oSxIAdhPBRzz8YkHMJ6AJjmg_/s400/05-07-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>This is an <a href="http://www.opatoday.com/documents/Asthma_COPD%20Brochure_2010.pdf">actual continuing education program</a> for pharmacists. :)<br />
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I hate to admit this, but I can kind of see Lynn's point about her not-changing-characters'-hair rule in the later years. This is supposed to be Dee with her hair grown out from that awful bowl haircut Lynn stuck her with. I referenced a couple of strips from December 1999, when Dee had just returned from Honduras and her hair was grown out a bit. Only I thought her hair looked almost mullet-ish in those strips, so I tried tweaking it, and now she doesn't look like Dee. ::sigh:: Let's just pretend she does!April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-70289116201069668992010-05-05T06:00:00.010-04:002010-05-05T06:00:02.955-04:00Anne, post-warp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEWvBuF_CJPe9FUnLzScEOzHZxoSgeT6lZSe6Otgr5pSxwD52fZ5-zlwZU5BlzVsWxinRN9g0_PJ38zGKnN-oxNHJ462bCBratqWALNDuFqlhPfTmlFQJKCyxWBGD4XwgmfXi3MQmxUPe/s1600/05-05-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEWvBuF_CJPe9FUnLzScEOzHZxoSgeT6lZSe6Otgr5pSxwD52fZ5-zlwZU5BlzVsWxinRN9g0_PJ38zGKnN-oxNHJ462bCBratqWALNDuFqlhPfTmlFQJKCyxWBGD4XwgmfXi3MQmxUPe/s400/05-05-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-36836118410340183932010-05-03T06:00:00.030-04:002010-05-03T06:00:00.647-04:00Catching up with Connie and Lawrence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B-8PvnB9ANWI9gBtTgWmtqd9-Fl2ZYSgUWcWFV0sUf5rgbCbh_HjIiF5cDGgw6O8N3UuQ2ofLUsp56Gf5DOYg0mvkencREo4JZd7ZCz_BGQn4ntjqi9UxkNvaEVfuBIhg2peJA8uGrQ2/s1600/05-03-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B-8PvnB9ANWI9gBtTgWmtqd9-Fl2ZYSgUWcWFV0sUf5rgbCbh_HjIiF5cDGgw6O8N3UuQ2ofLUsp56Gf5DOYg0mvkencREo4JZd7ZCz_BGQn4ntjqi9UxkNvaEVfuBIhg2peJA8uGrQ2/s400/05-03-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>Okay, so here is a conversation with my son, which took place the afternoon of Free Comic Book Day (this past Saturday), shortly after we got our free comics:<br />
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<b>Son</b>: What will you call your "FOOBAR" comic book?<br />
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<b>Me</b>: I don't know--I hadn't though of making a "FOOBAR" comic book. If I make one, what do you think I should call it?<br />
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<b>Son</b>: I don't know, either. Oh! <i>Elly Patterson Free-For-All</i>!April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-73481822740428505382010-04-30T06:00:00.018-04:002010-04-30T06:00:06.661-04:00Welcome to 2010<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GdC6Co2b-0Iu5Ynd46n0V_mnr1-zyvTyVeFjgbdxbhpwT_ZgDQvFnX9Z2_5l_U3cG3ZFF6E59CeuMIX37WPwJQtot4t6r0ZLFK1oeAzVRgHQyLOiEKJUtA5wm2k6JMWRefi-V_5koe0h/s1600/04-30-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GdC6Co2b-0Iu5Ynd46n0V_mnr1-zyvTyVeFjgbdxbhpwT_ZgDQvFnX9Z2_5l_U3cG3ZFF6E59CeuMIX37WPwJQtot4t6r0ZLFK1oeAzVRgHQyLOiEKJUtA5wm2k6JMWRefi-V_5koe0h/s400/04-30-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
Fear not--we'll also be checking in with other characters, and there will be more follow-up/aftermath. This is pretty much the moment after the ::poof:: of the spell, in which we see where the characters find themselves (kind of like when your pre-empted TV show comes back "in progress"). :)April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-36090585522485023822010-04-28T06:00:00.001-04:002010-04-28T06:00:01.736-04:00Farewell, 1981<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ihCsr8nOOJMNJ2U9rgwqaqDUf7xk4QMnxJ-_MrOYp7NeWeQmEdEbZ6MqXr8J2DzANO-yUE3t7ZnjPR5HwHPhNsBRqLGQXgklxEFj_rCB6SpRtn_otW03-NZtGwJzU3Zm921_85z3OZco/s1600/04-28-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ihCsr8nOOJMNJ2U9rgwqaqDUf7xk4QMnxJ-_MrOYp7NeWeQmEdEbZ6MqXr8J2DzANO-yUE3t7ZnjPR5HwHPhNsBRqLGQXgklxEFj_rCB6SpRtn_otW03-NZtGwJzU3Zm921_85z3OZco/s400/04-28-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
Some commenters here had such interesting ideas about Elly using her stated desire to do one more "Yammersons" strip as a pretext that would allow her to engage in subterfuge that I feel a bit bad that I didn't have anything like that planned. I really did just have her doing one more strip to get her digs in before the move "Back to the Future."April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-59038923102601145742010-04-26T06:00:00.008-04:002010-04-26T06:00:04.303-04:00Yammerson Frugality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JNP_eLUSDTQDVUhtrhHtWPvpz-ZJZ1UgZzukvV_bfMOn4XSvFmVxYq_TLza_RaWDItg10C_czwvYg0uPzVi0sleCCWCnV2iL8OigKRCHJhQDjgXAhFNIhxbwL9sNzsGcYPiB1tMIcznW/s1600/04-26-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JNP_eLUSDTQDVUhtrhHtWPvpz-ZJZ1UgZzukvV_bfMOn4XSvFmVxYq_TLza_RaWDItg10C_czwvYg0uPzVi0sleCCWCnV2iL8OigKRCHJhQDjgXAhFNIhxbwL9sNzsGcYPiB1tMIcznW/s320/04-26-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-34059289063565109842010-04-23T06:00:00.002-04:002010-04-23T06:00:05.185-04:00One for the time-road....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-f3ANdcFXgeGAqmTRxwmVrWYH82lE4d9K8cVMEZL-dydGd3upx0-1GYgO_aLVK0bBbE8dZ3TJdIKDNISDPFz6HfcZo5tWeMPhVGG8H_8QK70ct_u-uj0X51XvEeFBXt1fWDCMKryIl_7/s1600/04-23-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-f3ANdcFXgeGAqmTRxwmVrWYH82lE4d9K8cVMEZL-dydGd3upx0-1GYgO_aLVK0bBbE8dZ3TJdIKDNISDPFz6HfcZo5tWeMPhVGG8H_8QK70ct_u-uj0X51XvEeFBXt1fWDCMKryIl_7/s400/04-23-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
There's a bit of a meta-joke here, since using my "Yammersons" template does allow me to churn them out quickly once I've written the script. :)April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-24549700058162342022010-04-21T06:00:00.006-04:002010-04-21T06:00:04.325-04:00The memories will remain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6RjmeRK8SPA59a4rSo1bfdn54GzEw7onC15KtT1AcPSy9rljV4reznbFgY1t6pJ6OpZI0llkti4JgoQzY3N4YMDUnDXEfOQP4CuOsS2RJBbVUG3cCcUteog4hPy5kMoV7yxXU_u3720t/s1600/04-21-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6RjmeRK8SPA59a4rSo1bfdn54GzEw7onC15KtT1AcPSy9rljV4reznbFgY1t6pJ6OpZI0llkti4JgoQzY3N4YMDUnDXEfOQP4CuOsS2RJBbVUG3cCcUteog4hPy5kMoV7yxXU_u3720t/s400/04-21-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-8408511002117291402010-04-19T06:00:00.013-04:002010-04-19T06:49:48.607-04:00"Oblivious" is such a poor excuse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDpA7oA4geLUKBqJzsIP2rrWbdfMKW34G4aKwNo7dCURHvio4nHM95E_ZnOMYTr7G70lu9ydwb4mesNfYwRmr32czH7VIR9O6oEQjn1nR_aYyqc2gc27QXS_TxqS7IEnpyYJBJbexwRn2/s1600/04-19-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDpA7oA4geLUKBqJzsIP2rrWbdfMKW34G4aKwNo7dCURHvio4nHM95E_ZnOMYTr7G70lu9ydwb4mesNfYwRmr32czH7VIR9O6oEQjn1nR_aYyqc2gc27QXS_TxqS7IEnpyYJBJbexwRn2/s400/04-19-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Click to enlarge.</i></span></div><br />
I know these two have been having this conversation for a small eternity--I'm almost in grad/zits/vacuuming territory here! But... just <strike>one</strike> two more strip<u>s</u> devoted to this conversation, and then we'll mix things up a bit.April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115958760816352341.post-79155183990621321532010-04-16T06:00:00.009-04:002010-04-16T06:00:06.476-04:00Non-perseverance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbx_SDFMtWGWJ0V7EDFd37uaPXvHycbodk8_VmYpY1unylIMWfgnnLeA7J9DmK7MdsxXseFoTCpKz3WxKIYahvxs-PZd_0zQ4Ffh171Xne82aLgkSEBVn5__miOcBL4PTW__bixg70QRx/s1600/04-16-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbx_SDFMtWGWJ0V7EDFd37uaPXvHycbodk8_VmYpY1unylIMWfgnnLeA7J9DmK7MdsxXseFoTCpKz3WxKIYahvxs-PZd_0zQ4Ffh171Xne82aLgkSEBVn5__miOcBL4PTW__bixg70QRx/s400/04-16-2010_FOOBAR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span></i></div>April Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364188321350027405noreply@blogger.com15