It sure looks like old Ed is going to make a return appearance doesn’t it? Well, kiss him good-bye. This is his last appearance in the comic strip.
SPOILER this part:
My theory is that Elly’s relationship with old Ed was the test run with what Lynn Johnston hoped would come about eventually with her own father once her mother died from cancer and did come about with Elly’s father (Grandpa Jim) in the comic strip after Elly’s mother died. When this comic strip was originally published in 1988 Lynn Johnston would have known her mother was very sick, but she has revealed in interviews that at that time she did not know her father also had cancer. He would die within a year after her mother died, so he did not move to live closer to Lynn.
This reminds me so much of my Pepere Adrien. He married my grandmother (her 4th husband) AFTER her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. He cared for her & loved her for almost 10 years while she got progressively worse. He also became a true grandfather to us grand"kids"…remembering each of our birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc. He even took my younger brother fishing. He stayed that way even after my grandmother died. The day he died I lost a huge chunk of my heart. My younger daughter’s middle name is Adrienne, in his honor.
howtheduck over 7 years ago
It sure looks like old Ed is going to make a return appearance doesn’t it? Well, kiss him good-bye. This is his last appearance in the comic strip.
SPOILER this part:
My theory is that Elly’s relationship with old Ed was the test run with what Lynn Johnston hoped would come about eventually with her own father once her mother died from cancer and did come about with Elly’s father (Grandpa Jim) in the comic strip after Elly’s mother died. When this comic strip was originally published in 1988 Lynn Johnston would have known her mother was very sick, but she has revealed in interviews that at that time she did not know her father also had cancer. He would die within a year after her mother died, so he did not move to live closer to Lynn.
Wren Fahel over 7 years ago
This reminds me so much of my Pepere Adrien. He married my grandmother (her 4th husband) AFTER her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. He cared for her & loved her for almost 10 years while she got progressively worse. He also became a true grandfather to us grand"kids"…remembering each of our birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, etc. He even took my younger brother fishing. He stayed that way even after my grandmother died. The day he died I lost a huge chunk of my heart. My younger daughter’s middle name is Adrienne, in his honor.
summerdog86 over 7 years ago
Come to my house, Ed. I’m a great cook, and plenty of it.
rfeinberg over 7 years ago
Who ARE these people? Who the #$&% was “Mrs. Baird” anyway??