Childhood Memories

The only person who will understand the significance of this photo in my life is my brother Todd, and it's a good bet he's not even reading this blog.  When we were kids, we discovered the strange world of Marlys Mullen, her groovy sister Maybonne, sensitive oddball brother Freddy, and their random cousins and bizarro friends running amok in Ernie Pook's Comeek, the alternative weekly comic strip from Lynda Barry.  Drawn from a child's point of view, the strip perfectly captured the joy and sorrow of childhood, from baton lessons and toys from Sears to first love and the last day of school, callous teachers, indifferent parents, ruthless classmates and the inevitable social traumas of growing up.  If you're not familiar with Lynda Barry you are missing out on some of the great right ons of childhood, yours and mine.