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ID: 6064
Publication Date: 1979-09-09
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: A Look Inside...For Better or For Worse: The 10th Anniversary Collection (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-09
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: A Look Inside...For Better or For Worse: The 10th Anniversary Collection (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: First Sunday strip - Wives and Lovers song, Elly smashes the radio with the vacuum cleaner
Caption: For Wiiives Must Alwayss Be Lovers Tooooooo Run To His Aarms The Moment Hee Comes Home To Yoouuuuuuu Smash
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Caption: For Wiiives Must Alwayss Be Lovers Tooooooo Run To His Aarms The Moment Hee Comes Home To Yoouuuuuuu Smash
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ID: 10979
Publication Date: 1979-09-10
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-10
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly prepares a sensuous evening repast pour deux, and no kids, having dinner with John, wafts a hint of musk, hair radiant, serves dinner, glamorous.
Caption: Are you gaining weight?
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Caption: Are you gaining weight?
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ID: 10980
Publication Date: 1979-09-11
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-11
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: John brings home associates from the Canadian Dental Association conference for a drink. Elly is in the bathroom with a mud mask and hair dye wearing her bathrobe.
Caption: Honey! Elly?... Are you here? Ellyyyy No caption
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Caption: Honey! Elly?... Are you here? Ellyyyy No caption
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ID: 10981
Publication Date: 1979-09-12
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-12
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Michael is bugging Elly while she's sewing, so she gets angry and yells that Daddy went to Thailand in a rowboat.
Caption: Hello?...Sorry, my dad isn't home right now...he went to Thailand in a rowboat.
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Caption: Hello?...Sorry, my dad isn't home right now...he went to Thailand in a rowboat.
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ID: 5955
Publication Date: 1979-09-13
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: The Lives Behind the Lines (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-13
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: The Lives Behind the Lines (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: John proclaims "Mom's Night Off", Michael comes to watch Elly lying on the couch, Elizabeth
Caption: Dad says you're slowly coming unglued.
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Caption: Dad says you're slowly coming unglued.
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ID: 10983
Publication Date: 1979-09-14
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-14
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly is overwhelmed and going through a crisis. She needs to get out of the house, needs a few days to think.
Caption: - So, why don't you pack up the kids and go visit your mother.
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Caption: - So, why don't you pack up the kids and go visit your mother.
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ID: 5957
Publication Date: 1979-09-15
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: The Lives Behind the Lines (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-15
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: The Lives Behind the Lines (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Becoming a mother, picking up laundry, cleaning up, doing a favour, Elly, Michael
Caption: Did I do you a favor?
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Caption: Did I do you a favor?
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ID: 10986
Publication Date: 1979-09-16
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
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Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-16
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Michael irritates Elly by poking, pushing and pestering her while she's on the phone. Elly smacks Michael who tells Elizabeth that Elly used to warn him first.
Caption: She usta warn me first.
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Caption: She usta warn me first.
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ID: 10985
Publication Date: 1979-09-17
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Collection Book: (This strip was not published in book form.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-17
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Collection Book: (This strip was not published in book form.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly is trying to clean Michael's face with spit on a tissue. Mike struggles. Spit clean.
Caption: You're not cleaning my face - you're spittin' all over it!
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Caption: You're not cleaning my face - you're spittin' all over it!
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ID: 3686
Publication Date: 1979-09-18
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-18
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Trying out a new bed at the furniture shop, family, John, Elly, Michael, Elizabeth.
Caption: We'll take it.
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Caption: We'll take it.
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ID: 3688
Publication Date: 1979-09-19
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-19
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Spending time with Michael, insecurity over baby sister, threatened, watching TV, favourite program, Gilligan's Island, John, Elly, Michael.
Caption: He said I could give him reassurance & understanding after Gilligan's Island.
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Caption: He said I could give him reassurance & understanding after Gilligan's Island.
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ID: 3687
Publication Date: 1979-09-20
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-20
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Questions about childhood, nap time, laundry, Michael, Elly
Caption: Nap time... "sigh" I remember nap time.
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Caption: Nap time... "sigh" I remember nap time.
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ID: 10984
Publication Date: 1979-09-21
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Collection Book: (This strip was not published in book form.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-21
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: (This strip was not published in book form.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly is changing Elizabeth. John worries about Connie's influence on Elly because Connie is single and divorced.
Caption: It's catching?
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Caption: It's catching?
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ID: 10998
Publication Date: 1979-09-22
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Collection Book: none
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Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-22
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Collection Book: none
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: John spanks Michael for hitting someone and thinks that will teach him not to hit other people. Parental hypocrisy.
Caption: That Should Teach You Not To Go Hitting People!!
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Caption: That Should Teach You Not To Go Hitting People!!
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ID: 6631
Publication Date: 1979-09-23
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
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Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-23
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly is waiting for the bunk beds to be delivered. She has to get all her errands done before they arrive, so she goes out and the delivery men turn up earlier than expected. She's not home.
Caption: Nobody home, Frank... Can't understand these women... we said we'd be here.
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Caption: Nobody home, Frank... Can't understand these women... we said we'd be here.
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ID: 3689
Publication Date: 1979-09-24
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-24
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Envying other's lives, stay at home mom, working dad, Elly, John, Michael, Elizabeth, Jean, hygienist Marie.
Caption: I Really Envy Elly's Easy Life, The Luxury Of Home ... Comfortable Surroundings ... Fun With The Kids ... Time To Relax ... The Freedom ...
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Caption: I Really Envy Elly's Easy Life, The Luxury Of Home ... Comfortable Surroundings ... Fun With The Kids ... Time To Relax ... The Freedom ...
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ID: 3690
Publication Date: 1979-09-25
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-25
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Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Feeling sick, worry from a child, Michael, Elly
Caption: But -You Can't Get Sick ... You're A Mother!
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Caption: But -You Can't Get Sick ... You're A Mother!
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ID: 3691
Publication Date: 1979-09-26
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-26
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Weight issues, loaded questions, self image, mirror, Elly, John
Caption: Don't rush me... my entire future is at stake.
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Caption: Don't rush me... my entire future is at stake.
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ID: 3692
Publication Date: 1979-09-27
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-27
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Doing what the baby does, laying on floor, Michael, Elizabeth
Caption: Y'know, 'lizabeth... you don't have such a great life after all...
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Caption: Y'know, 'lizabeth... you don't have such a great life after all...
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ID: 3693
Publication Date: 1979-09-28
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-28
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Not wanting to go to school, phoney sick routine, sewing machine, call from school because Michael is ill, Elly, Elizabeth
Caption: They never actually come out and call you negligent ...
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Caption: They never actually come out and call you negligent ...
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ID: 3694
Publication Date: 1979-09-29
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-29
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: I've Got The One-More-Washload Blues (Signed Copies)
Other Books: N/A
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly is taking out the trash; Michael drags a garbage bag down to the curb, strewing trash all the way down the driveway. He's glad to be helping.
Caption: Am I helpin' you, Ma?
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Caption: Am I helpin' you, Ma?
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ID: 6630
Publication Date: 1979-09-30
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: A Look Inside...For Better or For Worse: The 10th Anniversary Collection (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Publication Date: 1979-09-30
First Published On (if retro):
Collection Book: More Than a Month of Sundays
(Signed copies of this book are not currently available.)
Other Books: A Look Inside...For Better or For Worse: The 10th Anniversary Collection (Signed Copies)
Treasuries: Something Old, Something New (Signed Copies)
Description: Elly puts the vacuum hose to her face to look for Michael's Batman ring and leaves a ring of dirt around her eye and mouth. At the bank she wonders why people are staring.
Caption: Ever since I left the house... people have been staring at me!!
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Caption: Ever since I left the house... people have been staring at me!!
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