Butterflies Are Free ... 1973

 

Chicken Serial Killers ~~ The Far Side ~~ 1993

Frank & Ernest Cartoon ~~ Sent Via Grandma Letter ~~ 1985

She's Still A Puppy Yet ...

Heathcliff ~~ 1984

What We Say To Dogs ~~ The Far Side ~~ 1983

Calvin and Hobbes - 1993

Hagar The Horrible ~~ 1983

Far Side Cartoon ~~ 1980s

Ziggy ~~ 1995

Grandma sent this to me in a letter!

Calvin & Hobbes ~~ 1994

The Far Side (Crack the Whip)

Calvin and Hobbes ~~ 1994

Berry's World ~~ 1977

Grandma Letter & Enclosed Family Circle Cartoon ~~ April 1995

She wrote:

Dear Shelby,

Received  your cute card yesterday. 

I went to Donna's for Easter.  She doesn't look good.  She made me an Easter basket.

I'm still watching that little duck on her nest. She is always there.  I don't know when she eats.

Ruth will be going to Oklahoma in a few weeks.

That picture of the man holding the baby says it all.  It is inconceivable that someone could do such a thing.  There are a lot of monsters in the world today.

Did I tell you I made a pillow top for Becky?  It is the ring bearer's pillow.  I cross stitched it and Becky will make it (the pillow).  I had to figure out how to make the names and date in it.  It was a circle of flowers & the names went in the middle and then little pearl beads in the flowers.  She is coming over tonight to get it.  It is lovely.

I must get going. I want to make some broccoli soup for lunch.  Write soon & love to you & Jack.  

Love Always,

Grandma

P.S.  Thank you for the lovely Easter card.

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The photo that she referenced was this one taken in the aftermath of the Oklahoma Bombing.  I wonder what she would make of events going on in today's world?

Bootsy Tries to Play it Cool

Love Is ... ~~ 1980s

Mom had clipped these "Love is ..." cartoons from the newspaper and used all three as one collective bookmark.  

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Prize Pen Knife - October 1947

Grandma's husband Irving won the New Yorker cartoon caption contest in October 1947 and received this engraved pen knife as a prize.  I tried to find that particular cartoon online but with no success.  The New Yorker magazine site has the archives but you have to pay to view it ... rats!

It's a Message From Your Dentist

Grandma would sometimes enclose cartoons in her letters and here's a gem from the late 1980s:

Curve Ball