Given the timing of this comic strip originally published on September 23, 1990, it seems like this is Lynn Johnston’s homage to her father Mervyn Ridgway, who passed away August 2, 1990. Lynn’s mother, Ursula Ridgway had passed the year before on September 22, 1989; so she lost both parents within a year of each other.
Given the timing of this comic strip originally published on September 23, 1990, it seems like this is Lynn Johnston’s homage to her father Mervyn Ridgway, who passed away August 2, 1990. Lynn’s mother, Ursula Ridgway had passed the year before on September 22, 1989; so she lost both parents within a year of each other.