April continues the same obsession with snow she had last year:
The common element in both comic strips are John's strangely deformed feet. They have little hairs on them as if they were legs, but the toe shape is oddly separated into two giant toes. It's like John has ostrich feet (see example) and put hairy socks on over them.
Thanks to the joy of living in Arizona, I have not had to shovel snow in over 2 decades now and I don't think I have ever operated a snow blower. However, I do have fond memories of when I lived in Colorado Springs, where that was an activity from October to May every year.
Shoveling "out" her car? Did she leave it outside with the doors and windows open so a bunch of snow got in her car? I knew she was dumb but I didn't think she was that dumb. In Canadian winter, too!
1. John, your toddler daughter is talking to you. That newspaper can wait. Make eye contact with her and engage in this conversation. What the hell is the matter with the "parents" in this strip?
2. A Patterson believing that it's snowing for their benefit is just a bit too on the nose for me.
What's the matter with them is Lynn's misplaced fear of what being around children means. She clearly seems to think that she's going to forget the person she was before her fear of dying alone and forgotten consumed her:
and all she sees when she looks at her family are jerks who want her to be a mindless, voiceless automaton:
It is interesting that John as 2 panels looking at the paper, 1 panel looking at April and then 1 panel looking at the readers. We readers get as much attention from John as April does.
Lynn wanted to show John looking directly at the reader, but couldn't figure out how to draw feet that were also pointed directly at the reader. So we get these weird deformed blobs attached to his legs instead.
Right. The weird, deformed blobs are so different from actual sock feet, you would think the cartoonist would recognize them as something that needs to be redrawn. For some reason, in addition to Lynn's inability to redraw anything, she also had no shame in drawing these monstrosities and trying to pass them off as feet. I wonder how many times over the last few years when the library editions of her work are being published as a permanent record of her work does Lynn wish she had not been so lazy with her art.
And of course, the toddler goes outside all by herself. Don't even try to tell me that John spends more than a few seconds watching her, either.
The toddlers in my family are never, ever outside all by themselves. This family sure doesn't act like April almost died because she was left unattended. They act as if they know that the author has no more dramas in the file so no worries, let the little girl run around outside without any supervision, she'll be fine.
April continues the same obsession with snow she had last year:
The common element in both comic strips are John's strangely deformed feet. They have little hairs on them as if they were legs, but the toe shape is oddly separated into two giant toes. It's like John has ostrich feet (see example) and put hairy socks on over them.
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or to nitwits who don't realize that the chute the snow comes out is aimed at their faces:
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Thanks to the joy of living in Arizona, I have not had to shovel snow in over 2 decades now and I don't think I have ever operated a snow blower. However, I do have fond memories of when I lived in Colorado Springs, where that was an activity from October to May every year.
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I have less fond memories of the idiots who think all-season tires are winter-compatible.
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Shoveling "out" her car? Did she leave it outside with the doors and windows open so a bunch of snow got in her car? I knew she was dumb but I didn't think she was that dumb. In Canadian winter, too!
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Lynn never actually did shovel snow. Otherwise, she'd know Elly would be shoveling her car out of the ditch.
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1. John, your toddler daughter is talking to you. That newspaper can wait. Make eye contact with her and engage in this conversation. What the hell is the matter with the "parents" in this strip?
2. A Patterson believing that it's snowing for their benefit is just a bit too on the nose for me.
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What's the matter with them is Lynn's misplaced fear of what being around children means. She clearly seems to think that she's going to forget the person she was before her fear of dying alone and forgotten consumed her:
and all she sees when she looks at her family are jerks who want her to be a mindless, voiceless automaton:
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First strip, second panel, she seems to be having some sort of a seizure.
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Lynn doesn't know how to depict enthusiasm.
without making it look like the person is having a grand mail seizure.
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It is interesting that John as 2 panels looking at the paper, 1 panel looking at April and then 1 panel looking at the readers. We readers get as much attention from John as April does.
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Lynn wanted to show John looking directly at the reader, but couldn't figure out how to draw feet that were also pointed directly at the reader. So we get these weird deformed blobs attached to his legs instead.
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Right. The weird, deformed blobs are so different from actual sock feet, you would think the cartoonist would recognize them as something that needs to be redrawn. For some reason, in addition to Lynn's inability to redraw anything, she also had no shame in drawing these monstrosities and trying to pass them off as feet. I wonder how many times over the last few years when the library editions of her work are being published as a permanent record of her work does Lynn wish she had not been so lazy with her art.
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I wonder if she'll just confess that she was afraid of correcting her work owing to a belief that she'd spend all her time erasing.
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Usually we get a comment like, "I did the best I could under the circumstances."
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And of course, the toddler goes outside all by herself. Don't even try to tell me that John spends more than a few seconds watching her, either.
The toddlers in my family are never, ever outside all by themselves. This family sure doesn't act like April almost died because she was left unattended. They act as if they know that the author has no more dramas in the file so no worries, let the little girl run around outside without any supervision, she'll be fine.
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