Wow, Paul. I’m impressed. I read this strip as a kid and am just now coming back to it. I am amazed at how extensive the family tree is for this strip and your ability to keep track of it all.
Well, the “Tom” of “Gretchen and Tom” is my own creation from the fanfic I wrote on the old TMS board, as is Gus’ lawn care business. Jim keeps drawing Gus and Kathleen as if they were nine or ten years old, even though they were born in December 1992. I decided to write something that showed Gus doing something a 14-year-old (in the summer of ‘07) kid might be doing, and mowing lawns to make extra money seemed like a good idea.
Gus and Kathleen are twins, so a crush seems like a likely storyline for a 15-year-old girl. Hell, Greg Evans dragged out Luann’s crush on Aaron Hill for what, fifteen years?
We last saw Eve being dragged off by the cops after she invited her biker friends to crash at Walt’s back in 2004 (before Gertie came along), so I figure she might be up for parole by now.
“Skeezix and Nina have invited Walt and Gertie over for dinner” was the starting point for the storyline we’ll probably never see in the strip, no matter how old everyone gets.
Paul1963 almost 16 years ago
MEANWHILE, Gretchen and Tom are out on a date…
MEANWHILE, Gus is wrapping up the second summer of his lawn-mowing service…
MEANWHILE, Skeezix and Nina have invited Walt and Gertie over for dinner…
MEANWHILE, Eve is up for parole…
MEANWHILE, Kathleen Elly has a crush on a guy at school…
MEANWHILE, Corky and Hope want to take a trip and need someone to watch the diner…
MEANWHILE, Judy does something to remind us she’s still alive…
Eugeno almost 16 years ago
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imrobert almost 16 years ago
Wow, Paul. I’m impressed. I read this strip as a kid and am just now coming back to it. I am amazed at how extensive the family tree is for this strip and your ability to keep track of it all.
Subtorp401 almost 16 years ago
MEANWHILE: Eugeno seems to be lost in Dogpatch.
Kudos to Paul for keeping up with all this. I’ve missed a few years of the strip.
Paul1963 almost 16 years ago
Well, the “Tom” of “Gretchen and Tom” is my own creation from the fanfic I wrote on the old TMS board, as is Gus’ lawn care business. Jim keeps drawing Gus and Kathleen as if they were nine or ten years old, even though they were born in December 1992. I decided to write something that showed Gus doing something a 14-year-old (in the summer of ‘07) kid might be doing, and mowing lawns to make extra money seemed like a good idea. Gus and Kathleen are twins, so a crush seems like a likely storyline for a 15-year-old girl. Hell, Greg Evans dragged out Luann’s crush on Aaron Hill for what, fifteen years? We last saw Eve being dragged off by the cops after she invited her biker friends to crash at Walt’s back in 2004 (before Gertie came along), so I figure she might be up for parole by now. “Skeezix and Nina have invited Walt and Gertie over for dinner” was the starting point for the storyline we’ll probably never see in the strip, no matter how old everyone gets.