(Friday’s comic updated really late, you may want to click back and see the completed version)

The real moral of the story…. be REALLY careful what you ask your parents, you may NOT want to know the whole story.  I know my boys don’t…

One year ago, I started this story arc with the (still) unnamed daughter coming and asking “Dad” if she could go out for the evening and he answered “…not on a school night.” which promptly started our tale of Delilah dumping Bud and that lead to the California Road Trip (yes, it did).

What a helluva a year it’s been! The art of 1977 has come a long way in just a year which pleases me the most. The daughter looks a whole lot better this year than last and I’m getting the hang of creating side characters. I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m pretty happy with what I’m churning out these days. As long as you guys are along for the ride, I’m just gonna keep trunkin’ on until I hit a wall. Not any time soon!

In 1972, at age 15, I picked up a Top 30 single (or as we called them “45s”) by Canadian rock group April Wine. I had never heard of them, but this was a great little rocker that kept me listening to AM radio even though I was thoroughly into FM rock by this point in time. Today’s comic title went to Number 1 in Canada and just into the Top 30 here in the USA. What do we know, eh? In 1977, April Wine bassist Jim Clench joined Bachman Turner Overdrive for their last two studio albums replacing the exiting Randy Bachman. When April Wine reformed in 1992, Clench rejoined and the result was 1993’s “Attitude” album which is just a damn good rock CD.

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