Pickles by Brian Crane for December 18, 2019

Nelson buttered her up for fudge the other day!

Just seeing Roscoe’s reaction in panel 3!

I didn’t know that Nelson might swing that way.

For a popsicle, Nelson might ‘say’ that he wants to be a gramma when he grows up, but not a gramma like YOU, Opal!

Nowadays, folks would say that’s possible.

She just can’t let Earl feel good about a compliment, huh?

Nice try Opal but …. Nahhhhhh !

Kids are smart, see what Ruthie did on One Big Happy today.

No one ever wants to grow up and bee like the dog..

My grandmother was the greatest influence in my life. In a way, I hope I did grow up to be a grandparent like her.

She was my port in a storm. She was the one person who understood me better than I understood myself. If she told me to jump up, I’d ask how high. I loved and respected her more than anyone else – including my parents.

It’s rather ironic that this cartoon appeared today because it was on this date in 1967 that she died. The last thing she asked about was if my mother had sent her (Grandma’s) Christmas card to me in Ireland, where I was living at the time.

I only hope I’m half the grandfather to my grandkids as she was a grand mother to us.

Always fricking and fracking….LOL

And…….what would you do for a Klondike bar?

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“Alive.”

“Ask for something else.”

A quid pro quo!! Grandpa must be removed from this comic strip.

There ain’t enough popsicles to wanna be like you.

I bet Michael Jackson said that too at that age.

The kid’s a natural politician.