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----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmaster 700. "17,369 Pulls and Not a Pop"* (Bloom County, June 30, 1986) / Breathed. -- Summary: Mr. Binkley has taken an axe to his Lawnmaster 700, and is thinking of becoming a lawnless monk. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmower Blades. "He Doesn't Feel that a Mower Blade is Really Sharp Until You Can Read a Newspaper Through It"* (Crankshaft, May 16, 2001) / Batiuk & Ayers. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmower blades" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmower Blades. "You Can Never Have the Blades Too Sharp"* (Crankshaft, May 15, 2001) / Tom Batiuk & Chuck Ayers. -- Summary: Ed is sharpening the lawnmower blade, and has created quite a pile of grindings on his workbench. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmower blades" ----------------------------------------------------- "Lawnmower Kit"* (Close to Home, July 7, 2001) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: The new lawnmower disassembles itself when the starter cord is pulled. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- "The Lawnmower Man" / by Stephen King and Walter Simonson. p. 5-25 in Bizarre Adventures, no. 29 (Oct. 1981). -- "A suburban nightmare." -- Call no.: PN6728.4.M3M337no.29 ----------------------------------------------------- "Lawnmower meets Dog"* / Bill Woodman. p. 78 in The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons (New York : Knopf, 1995). -- Summary: A man with a lawnmower looks across his lawn to see a dog missing a wide section of hair. -- Artist identification from index in back of book. -- Call no.: NC1428.N473 1995 -----------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers. The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or topic. Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 1940) "Shaved by the Lawnmower"* (Blackout, Oct. 1940) / by Bob and Bert. -- Summary; A bearded man asleep on the lawn gets run over by a lawnmower. -- Wordless strip. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 1941) "Brush, Freckle Remover, Lawnmower"* (Uncle Otto) / by Heck. 1/2 p. in Jumbo Comics, no. 32 (Oct. 1941). -- Summary: Otto is selling door to door. He tries to sell a hairbrush to a bald man, freckle remover to a Black man, and a lawnmower to a man with a long beard. -- Call no.: Film 15791r.179 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 28, 1942) "We Can't Mow The Lawn, Unca Donald, The Mower Broke!"* (Donald Duck, Aug. 28, 1942) -- Summary: The boys broke the lawnmower with a sledghammer; Donald watches them from his hammock while they cut it with scissors. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 30, 1947) "Something Has Been Added" (Priscilla's Pop, May 30, 1947) / by Al Vermeer. -- Summary: Pop's using the push mower with two kids riding on his back: "Before we were married I could cut a lawn twice this big without getting tired!" -- Call no.: PN6728.P76F6 1947 v.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1950?) "Why Can't Someone Invent a Lawnmower with Marlin Blades?" / Frank Beaven. p. 16 in Hogan's Alley, no. 9 (=v. 3, no. 1) (Summer 2001). -- An advertising cartoon reproduced as filler, probably from the 1950s, showing a man with a push mower. -- Call no.: PN6700.H6no.9 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 31, 1950) "Look What I Get Done While I Ain't Even Here!"* (Out Our Way, July 31, 1950) / J.R. Williams. -- (Why Mothers Get Gray) -- Summary: He has attached a reel of pictures to the push mower, belted to the lower roller. Passers-by are each expected to mow enough lawn to see all the pictures. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 10, 1952) "Mother Won't Be Here With You for a While After This Week"* (Gasoline Alley, July 10, 1952) / King. -- Summary: Nina tells Chipper and Clovia she's going to help Corky and Hope at the diner, while Skeezix oils the push mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 9, 1953) "The Suckers" (Out Our Way, May 9, 1953) / J. R. Williams. -- Summary: A lawnmower rigged with a pan lid and a coil of wire gets passers-by to try mowing his lawn out of curiousity. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 1, 1953) "Child Labor"* (Louie, Aug. 1, 1953) / Hanan. -- Summary: A little boy cries to get Louie to let him push the lawnmower, and a woman swats Louie with her umbrella for making the boy mow the lawn. -- Wordless strip. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 10, 1955) "We Stayed Home All Those Years While He Studied Nights. Now He's an Executive and Trying to Break 80 at Golf" (The Neighbors, June 10, 1955) / Clark. -- Situation: Two women talking over their backyard fences; a push mower leans against a house in an unmowed lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "golf" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 21, 1963) "Well, I Hope It Doesn't Work!"* (Out Our Way, Aug. 21, 1963) / J.R. Williams. -- (Why Mothers Get Gray) -- Summary: The boy has combined a wagon and a push mower in such a way that a wheel of the wagon should turn the drive wheel of the mower, and the mower should then cut the tall grass off several inches above the ground, "them babies that duck when th' mower goes over 'em, then pop right up again!" His mother figures he's then going to charge her twice for mowing the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 27, 1964) "The Loose Ends" (Out Our Way, July 27, 1964) / J. R. Williams. -- Summary: The sight of the lawnmower crippled him, but his friends are reluctant to help him fake the charleyhorse. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1965?) "Whip for the Lawnmower"* (Henry) / Don Trachte. p. 167 in The National Cartoonists Society Album 1965 ; p. 168 in The National Cartoonists Society Album 1972-77 ed. ; and p. 178 in The National Cartoonists Society Album 1988 ed. -- Summary: A man is frustrated trying to start his lawnmower with its cord; Henry brings him a bullwhip. -- Call no.: NC1300.N3 1965, 1972, 1988 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 8, 1967) "Where Did I Get the Idea of Taking Janie Higgins to the Dance Friday? From All the Other Girls I Called!" (Carnival, Aug. 8, 1967) / by Dick Turner. -- Setting: Pouring gasoline into a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 25, 1967) "Better Run For It, Baxter" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 25, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Neighbor Harvey Baxter is in his yard with his push mower as Amos' father leaves on his motorcycle; Amos is about to launch a story about a special assignment for the governor. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "motorcycles ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 16, 1968) "New Sounds in the Neighborhood" (Our Boarding House, May 16, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major describes the new family, the Burbles. They hear their lawnmower, which sounds like a bowling ball in a cement mixer. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 17, 1968) "He Pretended Not to Hear" (Our Boarding House, May 17, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The riding lawnmower next door actually sounds worse than Buster's car. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 5, 1969) "His Story is that the Mower won't Start"* (Fred Basset, June 5, 1969) / Graham. -- Summary: She looks after the borders, and he's supposed to cut the lawn, except he's in the hammock. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 14, 1970) "He Might At Least Have Started the Mower For Her Before He Left"* (Fred Basset, May 14, 1970) -- Summary: Fred's master leaves for golf, and his mistress is displeased. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "golf" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 11, 1971) "Uncle Charlie Adapted to Automation 20 Years Ago" (The Neighbors, Aug. 11, 1971) / by George Clark. -- Summary: Uncle Charlie's in his hammock, and his push mower is almost hidden in the tall grass of his lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 29, 1972) "Do You Have to Use the Lights and Siren Every Time You Cut the Grass?"* (The Badge Guys, July 29, 1972) / Bowen. -- Summary: His riding lawnmower is adapted for use as a police vehicle. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 1972) "The Loco-Mower" (Tom and Jerry) 8 p. in Tom and Jerry, no. 267 (Oct. 1972). -- Summary: Tom, Jerry and Tuffy get a backyard model train setup, and use it to help mow the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4 O85no.267 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1975) "The Adamant Spaghetti"* (Another True Life Adventure of Cub Calloway, Ace Reporter) p. 1-2 in Dan O'Neill's Comics and Stories, v. 2, no. 2 (1975). -- The spaghetti was terrorizing the town, and was finally stopped with a push lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6728.45.C6D3v.2no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 1976) "Power Mower Won't Stop"* cover gag on Everything's Archie, no. 52 (Oct. 1976). -- Summary: Archie starts the lawnmower, and knocks Veronica's father into his swimming pool. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.A7E9no.52 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 13, 1978) "One Day He Was Bound To Finish in the Ornamental Fish-Pond!"* (Fred Basset, July 13, 1978) / Graham. -- Summary: Fred's master has ended up in the water with the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 10, 1981) "Give Them Time to Move In"* (Flintstones, July 10, 1981) -- Summary: Fred can't wait to borrow the new neighbors' lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 30, 1982) "RRRRRRRR"* (Ziggy, June 30, 1982) / by Tom Wilson. -- Summary: The lawnmower is chasing Ziggy. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 20, 1982) "But I Still Love Him"* (Flintstones, Oct. 20, 1982) -- Summary: Fred has mowed a swath to the lawn chair and stopped; Wilma is talking to her father's portrait. The lawnmower is a turtle. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Jan. 11, 1983) "I Wonder If Lawn Mowers Get Lonesome in the Winter?"* (Marvin, Jan. 11, 1983) / Tom Armstrong. -- Setting: Marvin is watching the snow fall from his window. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 21, 1983) "I See You've Been Out Again This Morning Letting People Know How You Feel About Noisy Power Mowers" (The Neighborhood, June 21, 1983) / Jerry Van Amerongen. -- Summary: The front of his car is covered with lawnmower parts. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 20, 1983) "Time Left to Lie Down in the ol' Hammock"* (Shoe, Aug. 20, 1983) / MacNelly. -- Summary: The new riding mower looked like a good thing, until it destroyed the hammock. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 2, 1983) "I Can't Understand a Bloke Who Doesn't Take Care of His Tools!"* (Andy Capp, Sept. 2, 1983) / Smythe. -- Summary: Andy goes to borrow Harry's mower, and it's broken. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 10, 1983) "It Was a Relic of the Dark Ages, and It Cost me $20 to Have it Sharpened Before I Could Even Use It"* (Born Loser, Sept. 10, 1983) / Art Sansom. -- Summary: The neighbor refuses to return Brutus's lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Nov. 15, 1983) "Cutting Crab-Grass Makes It Irritable"* (Flintstones, Nov. 15, 1983) -- Summary: Fred isn't happy with his new lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "crab grass" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 24, 1984) "Somebody Starting a Lawn Mower That's In Gear"* (Redeye, Apr. 24, 1984) / Gordon Bess. -- Summary: Redeye is listening with his ear to the ground, to a noise he can't identify. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 15, 1984) "Over Your Dead Body Could Be Arranged" (Lockhorns, June 15, 1984) / Hoest. -- Summary: Leroy is in his lawn chair, and Loretta confronts him with the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 27, 1984) "Never Eat a Sucker Near a Lawn Mower"* (Marvin, June 27, 1984) / Tom Armstrong. -- Summary: Marvin's face is covered with grass clippings. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 7, 1984) "My Very Own Riding Mower!"* (Adam, July 7, 1984) / by Brian Basset. -- Summary: Adam's new lawnmower is overshadowed by his neighbor's big farm tractor. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 30, 1984) "I Wonder if the Guinness Book of Records has a Category for This?"* (Blondie, July 30, 1984) / Young & Gersher. -- Summary: Herb borrows Dagwood's new lawnmower in the store, before Dagwood has even paid for it. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 23, 1984) "The Bensons Got a Divorce. I Wonder Who got Custody of our Lawn Mower?" (Lockhorns, Aug. 23, 1984) / Hoest. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 9, 1985) "Return Your Neighbor's Lawn Mower, Pack Your Things, and Move!"* (Willie 'n Ethel) / Joe Martin. -- Summary: Willy gets a message from his conscience. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 3, 1985) "Something as Nice as the Lawn Mower He Gave Me for My Birthday"* (Flintstones, Sept. 3, 1985). -- Summary: Wilma is shopping for Fred's birthday present. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 12, 1985) "That Explains What Happened to the Rug"* (Broom-Hilda, Sept. 12, 1985) / Russell Myers. -- Summary: Broom-Hilda has to be stopped from using the vacuum cleaner on the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 14, 1985) "Thanks for Your Snow Shovel, Irv"* (Shoe, Sept. 14, 1985) / MacNelly. -- Summary: Cosmo returns Irv's snow shovel with an apology for how long it took, then asks to borrow Irv's lawn mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 10, 1986) "He's Been Mowing Both our Neighbors' Yards for Three Years and Hasn't Realized It Yet"* (Tank McNamara, June 10, 1986) / Millar-Hinds. -- Summary: Shopping for a Father's Day gift; it seems he already has a television set attached to his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 30, 1986) "17,369 Pulls and Not a Pop"* (Bloom County, June 30, 1986) / Breathed. -- Summary: Mr. Binkley has taken an axe to his Lawnmaster 700, and is thinking of becoming a lawnless monk. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 20, 1986) "Gloating Just Because He Has a New, Big Mower"* (Flintstones, Aug. 20, 1986) -- Summary: Fred's lawnmower is a turtle; the neighbor has harnessed three sheep. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Feb. 3, 1987) "Well! This Narrows It Down!"* (Perky & Beanz, Feb. 3, 1987) / Russell Myers. -- Beanz's lawnmower is ruined, he finds he's hit a big bone, and suspects Yoyo. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "bones" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 26, 1987) "How to Start his *@#% Lawnmower"* (The Middletons, June 26, 1987) / Summers. -- Summary: Wilson's mom asks what Mr. Middleton taught him today. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 29, 1987) "I Just Lined Up a Golf Game"* (Hi and Lois, Aug. 29, 1987) / Dik Browne. -- Summary: Chip has fixed the lawnmower, but now Hi has other plans and Chip is stuck doing the yard. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 17, 1987) "Are You the Guy Who's Been Running that Loud, Stinky Mower All Evening?"* (The Neighborhood, Oct. 17, 1987) / by Amerongen. -- Summary: Mr. Carlisle is boinking Smitty on the head for his lawnmowing. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 8, 1988) "Trying to (Gasp) Start the Lawn Mower"* (Geech, June 8, 1988) / Bittle. -- Summary: Artie hasn't finished mowing the lawn, but he's already worn out. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 15, 1988) "It Coughed"* (Fred Basset, June 15, 1988) / Graham. -- Summary: On the umpteenth try, the lawnmower shows a sign of starting. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 22, 1988) "Ted's Parlor of Massage and Mower Maintenance"* (Sally Forth, June 22, 1988) / by Greg Howard. -- Summary: Ted has a cover in case of police raids. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 30, 1988) "Bad Argument" (Arlo 'n' Janis, June 30, 1988) / by Jimmy Johnson. -- Summary: Arlo tries to avoid mowing the lawn by saying that tall grass is a good wildlife habitat. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 26, 1988) "Shaves as Close as a Blade or Your Money Back" (Mother Goose & Grimm, Aug. 26, 1988) / Mike Peters. -- Summary: Grimmy has had an encounter with a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 5, 1988) "I Don't Believe You Two Have Met" (Hazel, Sept. 5, 1988) / by Ted Key. -- Summary: Hazel has brought the lawnmower out into the tall grass to the man in the lawn chair. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Dec. 7, 1988) "The Other Side of the Fence" (Moon Mullins, Dec. 7, 1988) / Ferd & Tom Johnson. -- Summary: Brandishing her rolling pin, Mamie tells Willie to push the lawnmower, but she doesn't say where. He heads for Teddy's Tavern. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Dec. 17, 1988) "Flying Lawnmower"* (Broom-Hilda, Dec. 17, 1988) / Russell Myers. -- Summary: Flying by on her broom, Broom-Hilda sees several small aircraft including one made from a riding lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 10, 1989) "It Means Someone is Hard at Work and I'm Not"* (Born Loser, June 10, 1989) / Art-Chip Sansom. -- Summary: Thornapple likes the sound of a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 23, 1989) "Cat Nap on the Lawnmower"* (Crankshaft, June 23, 1989) / Batiuk & Ayers. -- Summary: Cranshaft is mowing the lawn with a cat sleeping on the hood of his riding mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1990?) "Vern Considers It a Sign of Weakness if he Empties the Grass Bag Before He's Finished the Lawn" (Close to Home, undated (1990?)) / McPherson. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 6, 1990) "Chip Always Develops Engine Trouble When He Gets Close to Mary Leigh's Yard"* (Hi and Lois, July 6, 1990) / Browne. -- Summary: The sound of the lawnmower stops. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 1, 1990) "Might be a Good Idee, if'n I had Ten Times the Grass"* (Born Loser, Aug. 1, 1990) / Sansom. -- Summary: Brutus tells neighbor Hiram he should get a power mower, so he could cut ten times the grass in half the time. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 7, 1990) "It's a Rider Mower"* (Shoe, Sept. 7, 1990) / MacNelly. -- Summary: The new golf cart improves their game. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1991) "Not a Good Idea : 200 Feet of Electrical Cord and a Whirling Blade" (Real Life Adventures, copyright 1991) / Wise-Aldrich. -- Summary: A man and his electric lawnmower are entangled. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 15, 1991) "I Fixed the Lawn Mower"* (Doonesbury, Apr. 15, 1991) / G.B. Trudeau. -- Summary: Boopsie is worried how hurt and threatened B.D. is going to be when he finds out what she's done. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 6, 1991) "Do You Know How To Start The Lawn Mower?"* (Geech, Sept. 6, 1991) / Bittle. -- Summary: Artie's mother-in-law wants to help, and Artie has an idea. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 15, 1991) "I Entered This Contest, See"* (Peanuts, Oct. 15, 2003) / by Charles Schulz. -- Summary: Spike shows the prize, his new lawnmower, sitting in the sand among the cactus plants. -- Original copyright 1991. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 16, 2003) "So I Wrote to the Contest People, and Told Them I Had no Use for a Lawn Mower"* (Peanuts, Oct. 16, 2003) / by Charles Schulz. -- Summary: So now Spike has a nice toy sailboat in the desert. -- Original copyright 1991. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 17, 1992) "Now There's a Crime with a Built-In Punishment"* (Willy n' Ethel, June 17, 1992) / Joe Martin. -- Summary: Willy reads about the theft of a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 7, 1992) "Whatever Would I Need to Wish For?"* (Born Loser, Aug. 7, 1992) / Art-Chip. -- Summary: Gladys blew out the candles, and since she already got a lawnmower for her birthday she didn't make a wish. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 15, 1992) "Lucky For You, a New Job will Seem Like a Bed of Roses" (Horrorscope, Sept. 15, 1992) / by Eric Olson and Susan Kelso. -- Summary: A riding lawnmower is jumping out of control into a rose garden. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Nov. 17, 1992) "Good! We're Out of the Garage!"* (Peanuts, Nov. 17, 1992) / by Charles Schulz. -- Summary: Rerun is on the bicycle, backseat driving mom past the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Feb. 2, 1993) "I'm Not Signing Anything Until I Get my Lawn Mower Back"* (Galacto Guys, Feb. 2, 1993) / Cole. -- Summary: Mediation between two planets on the brink of nuclear war reaches a sticking point. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 8, 1993) "We Don't Spend Enough Time Together"* (Blondie, May 8, 1993) / by Dean Young & Stan Drake. -- Summary: Alexander wants to be with his dad, so Dagwood borrows a second lawmmower and they mow the yard together. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 25, 1993) "Next Winter I'm Gonna Have to Store This Thing Indoors"* (Broom-Hilda, May 25, 1993) / Russell Myers. -- Summary: Various animals have been living in Broom-Hilda's lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 10, 1993) "Can't You Get It Started?"* (Geech, July 10, 1993) / Bittle. -- Summary: Artie's problem is that the lawnmower starts. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 14, 1993) "We Were Talking About the Lawnmower, Mom!"* (Middletons, July 14, 1993) / Summers. -- Summary: They decide to get rid of the noisy, sputtering lawnmower, and Mom overhears. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 15, 1993) "And You Said I was a Lousy Salesman"* (Middletons, July 15, 1993) / Summers. -- Summary: He tells the garage sale customer that the lawnmower's carburetor, muffler and starter are gone or broken, and it sells anyhow. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 11, 1993) "How Long Will It Take You To Start The Mower?"* (Luann, Aug. 11, 1993) / by Greg Evans. -- Summary: Brad says it will take him only 15 minutes to mow the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 23, 1993) "I Just Moved In Next Door. Where Do You Keep Your Lawn Mower?" (Herman Classics, Aug. 23, 1993) / Unger. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 24, 1993) "Of Course I'm Sure I Put It Back Together Exactly the Same Way!"* (Crankshaft, Aug. 24, 1993) / Batiuk & Ayers. -- Summary: The blade of the rotary lawnmower is on top, and the starter cord is coming out from underneath. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 7, 1993) "I Hear a Private Not Working!"* (Beetle Bailey, Oct. 7, 1993) / Mort Walker. -- Summary: Sarge demonstrates how well he can hear from his office: he hears a vacuum cleaner, a lawnmower, and a leaf blower working. -- Call no: PN6726 f.B55 "hearing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 18, 1994) "Mr. Wilson Says If We Ever Move, He's Gonna Give Me the Biggest Goin'-Away Party Anybody Ever Had!" (Dennis the Menace, Aug. 18, 1994) / Ketcham. -- Situation: Mr. Mitchell is doing something to his lawnmower, with Mr. Wilson watering his lawn in the background. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (1995) "Lawnmower meets Dog"* / Bill Woodman. p. 78 in The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons (New York : Knopf, 1995). -- Summary: A man with a lawnmower looks across his lawn to see a dog missing a wide section of hair. -- Artist identification from index in back of book. -- Call no.: NC1428.N473 1995 ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 1, 1995) "Warren Makes a Last-Ditch Effort to Start His Mower" (Close to Home, July 1, 1995) / McPherson. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 15, 1995) "How Come You Don't Want the Lawn to Grow Up to be Big and Tall?" (Dennis the Menace, July 15, 1995) -- Situation: Mr. Mitchell is changing the oil in his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawns" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 19, 1995) "We Don't Actually have a Meadow, but It's the Sentiment that Counts!"* (Fred Basset, Aug. 19, 1995) / A. Graham. -- Summary: Fred follows his master and the lawnmower, with a song about a meadow going through his head. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "meadows" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 11, 1995) "You Won't Be Confined by Present Boundaries!"* (Horrorscope, Sept. 11, 1995) / Kelso & Rickner. -- Summary: A man breaks through his neighbor's fence with his riding lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 5, 1996) "Then One Day, Out of Desperation..."* (Close to Home, July 5, 1996) / John McPherson. -- Summary: A running lawnmower in the living room has a baby in a baby seat on it, to "soothe her colic." -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 20, 1996) "I Think I Hit a Stone" (Close to Home, July 20, 1996) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: The lawnmower is a handle and one wheel, with the rest of it dispersed around the yard. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 7, 1996) "How Come Everybody Always Wants to Know If We Have a Good Lawyer?" (Dennis the Menace, Sept. 7, 1996) / Ketcham. -- Summary: Dennis talks to his dad while dad works on the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawyers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 4, 1997) "That's a Push Mower"* (Geech, June 4, 1997) / Bittle. -- Summary: Mr. Purvis asks for help starting his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowing (June 4, 1997) "We Don't Have a Lawn Anymore. We Planted Oats, Remember?"* (Pickles, June 4, 1997) / by Brian Crane. -- Summary: Nelson wants to earn money by mowing the lawn; Gramps hires him to be a scarecrow. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "scarecrows" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 28, 1997) "It's Still the Weekend to Me"* (Stone Soup, July 28, 1997) / Jan Eliot. -- Key words: Decks, fruit smoothies, radio, birds, lawnmowers, shorts, sandals, novels, Mondays. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "Weekends" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 29, 1997) "She'll Be Fine, It's Self-Propelled"* (Stone Soup, July 29, 1997) / Jan Eliot. -- Key words: Lawnmowers, exercise, screaming. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "Lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 1, 1997) "MacArthur's Unkept Promise"* (Rubes, Aug. 1, 1997) / Leigh. -- Key words: Douglas MacArthur, lawnmowers, history, neighbors, I Shall Return. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "Lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 1, 1997) "A Certain Ambience, a Particular Sound"* (Between Friends, Sept. 1, 1997) / Bell-Lundy. -- Summary: She tries to pinpoint what it is about long weekends, and he knows: lawnmowers. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Nov. 26, 1997) "Big Blue Lake"* (Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Nov. 26, 1997) / Wimmer. -- Items on Indonesian giant stick insects, Ian Ireland's journey on a lawnmower, and Edward Boersema's going to the same summer camp for 61 years. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 25, 1998) "Dad Promises to Pay More Attention When He's On the Mower"* (Meatloaf Nights, Apr. 25, 1998) / by Mark Buford. -- Summary: Words spoken at the grave of a pet frog. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 19, 1998) "Not Bad, but the Seat Could Sure Use Some Padding"* (Marvin, May 19, 1998) / Armstrong. -- Summary: Marvin sits on a lawnmower, thinking it's a stroller. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 19, 1998) "At Least My Lawn Mower Loves Me"* (Buckles, June 19, 1998) / Gilbert. -- Summary: Paul tries for some quality time with Buckles, but Buckles keeps hiding so Paul mows the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 24, 1998) "If You'd Taken the Mower for Servicing Like She Said..."* (Fred Basset, June 24, 1998) / A. Graham Ltd. -- Summary: The throttle stuck and the lawnmower is at rest but smoking in the garden pond. A garden gnome has been knocked over. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 11, 1998) "I Was Hoping it was Something I Couldn't Fix"* (Geech, July 11, 1998) / Bittle. -- Summary: Artie didn't look to see if the lawnmower was out of gas when it wouldn't start. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 25, 1998) "Loud, Louder, Loudest"* (Cornered, July 25, 1998) / Mike Baldwin. -- Summary: Three kinds of lawnmowers are for sale. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 3, 1998) "Hear You Traded In the Lawn-Boy" (Cornered, Sept. 3, 1998) / Mike Baldwin. -- Summary: The new lawnmower is a Harley. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 24, 1999) "He Doesn't Know How To Draw A Lawn Mower"* (Beetle Bailey, May 24, 1999) / Mort Walker. -- Summary: Beetle can't mow the lawn, and blames the cartoonist. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 26, 1999) "You're a Plugger if Your Neighbor's Lawn Mower Costs More than Your Car" (Pluggers, June 26, 1999) / Brookins. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 15, 1999) "Machine Head" (501 East, July 15, 1999) / by Ken Singleton. -- Summary: A person has the top part of a lawnmower, with a starter cord, attached to his or her head. -- Local college panel from The State News (East Lansing, Mich.) -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 4, 1999) "The Only Thing More Boring than Mowing is Watching Someone Mowing!" (Hi and Lois, Aug. 4, 1999) / Chance Browne. -- Summary: Trixie watches Hi push the lawnmower back and forth. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 11, 1999) "Ayudará Esto?"* (Fred Basset, Aug. 11, 1999) / A. Graham. -- Summary: Fred brings a hammer, hoping to help his master start the lawnmower. -- In translation from Listín Diario (Dominican Republic), Jan. 23, 2000. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 24, 1999 "Pluggers Spend More Time Cranking than Mowing" (Pluggers, Aug. 24, 1999) / Brookins. -- Summary: A plugger is trying to start his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 11, 2000) "Better Luck Next Year"* (The Duplex, Apr. 11, 2000) / Glenn McCoy. -- Summary: He gives the lawnmower a pull, and it doesn't start. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 7, 2000) "Jesus Christ, Lawnmower" (Fetus-X, Aug. 7, 2000) -- Summary: Jesus appears to kill a dog named Spot with his lawnmower. -- Strip "deemed not suitable" for The State News (East Lansing, Mich.); a website printout is filed in the library. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 9, 2000) "And She Shall Shave Her Head"* (Fetus-X, Aug. 9, 2000) / Sorrow-Millikin. -- Summary: Jesus is still pushing the lawnmower, and emitting a scripture-like monologue. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 15, 2000) "Start, You No-Good Pile of Grease-Ridden Metal!"* (Buckles, Aug. 15, 2000) / Gilbert. -- Summary: Paul sweet-talks his lawnmower into starting. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 17, 2000) "My Goodness, This Grass Has Grown"* (Fred Basset, Aug. 17, 2000) / A. Graham Ltd. -- Summary: Fred predicts the grass will keep growing, since his master can't start the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 22, 2000) "It Must be a Guy Thing"* (Six Chix, Aug. 22, 2000) / Margaret Shulock. -- Summary: A sheep in his back yard is standing by his lawnmower and fertilizer, looking over the fence at the greener grass on the other side. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "grass" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 29, 2000) "Did You Lose Something in Your Lawn?"* (Nancy, Sept. 29, 2000) / Guy & Brad Gilchrist. -- Summary: Sluggo is using a metal detector to find his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 31, 2000) "Hopefully That Should Be the Last Cut of the Year"* (Fred Basset, Oct. 31, 2000) / MBM. -- Summary: Fred's master puts the lawnmower in the garden shed one more time. -- Wikipedia (8/9/08) suggests this is drawn by Michael Martin. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Dec. 22, 2000) "Those Darn Lawnmowers Drive Me Crazy"* (Beetle Bailey, Dec. 22, 2000) / Mort Walker. -- Summary: General Halftrack thinks the war games with all the gunfire are great, but complains about the noise when he gets home. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 24, 2001) "Do You Hate Mowing Around Trees?"* (Close to Home, Apr. 24, 2001) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: What appears otherwise to be a rotary mower has a deeply concave shape to its front edge. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Apr. 28 2001) "Dad Just Used One of His Golf Words on the Lawn Mower"* (Dennis the Menace, Apr. 28, 2001) / Ketcham. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 5, 2001) "Homes in on the Smell of Aftershave"* (Close to Home, May 5, 2001) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: The lawnmower has a sensor. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 10, 2001) "Warning: Do Not Put Fingers in Chute to Retrieve Toes"* (Randolph Itch 2 A.M.) / Tom Toles. -- Summary: Randolph dreams about his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 14, 2001) "First You've Gotta Get the Mower Ready!"* (Crankshaft, May 14, 2001) / Batiuk & Ayers. -- Summary: Crankshaft has the lawnmower disassembled. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 15, 2001) "You Can Never Have the Blades Too Sharp"* (Crankshaft, May 15, 2001) / Tom Batiuk & Chuck Ayers. -- Summary: Ed is sharpening the lawnmower blade, and has created quite a pile of grindings on his workbench. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmower blades" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 16, 2001) "He Doesn't Feel that a Mower Blade is Really Sharp Until You Can Read a Newspaper Through It"* (Crankshaft, May 16, 2001) / Batiuk & Ayers. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmower blades" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 13, 2001) "How the Energy Crisis Helps Ease the Recession Job Crisis" (Non Sequitur, June 13, 2001) / Wiley. -- Summary: One man pulls a riding lawnmower, while another man rides it holding a whip. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowing" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 18, 2001) "If Your Riding Mower Costs More Than Your Car"* (Crabby Road, June 18, 2001) / J. Wagner. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 21, 2001) "The Xtreme Sports of Summer"* (Off the Mark, June 21, 2001) / Mark Parisi. -- Summary: Dangerous moments with a lawnmower, a window air conditioner, a wasps' nest, and a barbecue grill. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 4, 2001) "Before, You Said It Was a 'House with No Yard'"* (Dinette Set, July 4, 2001) / Julie Larson. -- Summary: Bob, who has a very tiny yard, has bought a riding lawnmower called a "Turf Tank" and can do his mowing in two minutes. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 7, 2001) "Lawnmower Kit"* (Close to Home, July 7, 2001) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: The new lawnmower disassembles itself when the starter cord is pulled. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 13, 2001) "Dad, You Should See Mr. Beckey's New Mower"* (Sally Forth, Aug. 13, 2001) / by Greg Howard and Craig MacIntosh. -- Summary: It's a robot mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 11, 2002) "Is It Too Early to Say, Wait Till Next Year?"* (Born Loser, June 11, 2002) / Art-Chip. -- They've played the first game of the season. Brutus is standing with a push mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 15, 2002) "They Want You To Drop By for Their Father's Day Lawnmower Parade and Barbecue"* (Sylvia, June 15, 2002) / Nicole Hollander. -- Summary: The Alpha Centaurians will pick him up on the roof. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 19, 2002) "That's Where the Bees' Nest Is"* (Frazz, July 19, 2002) / by Jef Mallett. -- Summary: The man with the riding mower still gets a workout in the one corner of his tiny lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "bees" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 24, 2002) "Living Room Lawnmower"* (Drawing a Crowd, July 24, 2002) / Benita Epstein. -- Summary: In a panel without words, a woman is driving a riding mower indoors. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 23, 2002) "Elvin, Do You Have Any Idea How Much New Carpeting Costs?"* (The Duplex, Oct. 23, 2002) / by Glenn McCoy. -- Summary: Elvin decides to shorten his shag carpeting with his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 22, 2003) "When I'm Older, I Won't Want to Mow the Lawn"* (Frazz, July 22, 2003) / Mallett. -- Summary: Caulfield wants to push the lawnmower, but Frazz says he's too young. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 25, 2003) "Trust Me, It'll Start Right Up This Way"* (Close to Home, July 25, 2003) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: The plan is to start the lawnmower by pulling the starter cord with the car. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 15, 2003) "I Entered This Contest, See"* (Peanuts, Oct. 15, 2003) / by Charles Schulz. -- Summary: Spike shows the prize, his new lawnmower, sitting in the sand among the cactus plants. -- Original copyright 1991. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Oct. 16, 2003) "So I Wrote to the Contest People, and Told Them I Had no Use for a Lawn Mower"* (Peanuts, Oct. 16, 2003) / by Charles Schulz. -- Summary: So now Spike has a nice toy sailboat in the desert. -- Original copyright 1991. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 1, 2004) "For the Record, I Do Feel Guilty when the President's Disastrous Foreign Policies Accidentally Benefit Me Personally"* (The Boondocks, June 1, 2004) / by Aaron McGruder. -- Summary: The lawnmower's out of gas. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 7, 2004) "Present for the Lawnmower"* (Buckles, July 7, 2004) / Gilbert. -- Summary: Paul gets a present, because otherwise she makes his life miserable. Then he decides he better get something for Jill too. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 17, 2004) "I'm Having Trouble Starting the Mower Himself"* (Blondie, July 17, 2005) / by Dean Young and Denis Lebrun. -- Summary: The lawnmower works okay, but Dagwood's in his hammock. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 21, 2004) "Rotten Luck"* (Spot the Frog, July 21, 2004) / Mark Heath. -- Summary: A lawnmower hits a frog. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 7, 2004) "And You Weren't One of Them"* (Zack Hill, Aug. 7, 2004) / Deering-Newcombe. -- Summary: Zack tells the lawnmower that he missed a lot of things while he was at camp. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 30, 2004) "First they Chase a Cat with a Lawnmower"* (Mother Goose & Grimm, Aug. 30, 2004) / by Mike Peters. -- Summary: Grimm describes the events in an olympic decatlon as shown on the dog channel. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 3, 2004) "Self-Propelled? No Kidding!"* (Broom-Hilda, Sept. 3, 2004) / Russell Myers. -- Summary: Broom-Hilda asks the man in the hardware store for something to shave with, and he presents a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Dec. 27, 2004) "The Plugger 'American Idle'" (Pluggers, Dec. 27, 2004) / Brookins. -- (Top Ten Pluggers of 2004, no. 5) -- Summary: He's napping in the hammock next to the lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 15, 2005) "Will You Stop Hiding Your Anakin Skywalker Toy in the Grass?"* (Fox Trot, June 15, 2005) / Amend. -- Summary: Peter hits Jason's toy with the push mower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 25, 2005) "The Sweetest Music to a Plugger's Ear is the Sound of a Lawnmower Starting on the First Pull"* (Pluggers, June 25, 2005) / by Gary Brookins. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 2, 2005) "For Your Convenience, I've Welded It to the Lawn Mower"* (Close to Home, July 2, 2005) / by John McPherson. -- Summary: He got his teenager an iPod. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 22, 2005) "He Really Shot Up the Garage?"* (Doonesbury, July 22, 2005) / G.B. Trudeau. -- Summary: B.D.'s anxious all the time, and the lawnmower wouldn't start. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 26, 2005) "As Soon As I Reassemble the Mower!"* (Garfield, July 26, 2005) / Jim Davis. -- Summary: Garfield offers a wrench to Jon, so he can mow the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Aug. 6, 2005) "Leroy has Intention Deficit Disorder" (The Lockhorns, Aug. 6, 2005) / by Hoest & Reiner. -- Summary: He's napping in the hammock, with a lawnmower, hoe and leaf rake nearby. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (Sept. 3, 2005) "Who Looks Like a Baby Now?"* (Sally Forth, Sept. 3, 2005) / by Francesco Marciuliano. -- Summary: Ted's working on the lawnmower, and Hilary's upset and upstairs trying a new hairdo. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 21, 2006) "I Found a Family of Sparrows Living in his Back Hair"* (Ink Pen, July 21, 2006) / by Phil Dunlap. -- Summary: The hair salon thinks Bixby needs something radical, and sends for a lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 22, 2006) "Why Won't You Start?"* (Buckles, July 22, 2006) / by David Gilbert. -- Summary: The lawnmower has gasoline, oil, spark plugs and everything, but doesn't start until Paul says he's calling a landscaper. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (May 26, 2007) "Your Chariot Awaits"* (Hi & Lois, May 26, 2007) / by Brian Walker, Greg Walker & Chance Browne. -- Summary: Hi wakes Chip so he can mow the lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 14, 2007) "Each Blade Must Be Hand-Trimmed to Precisely an Inch and a Quarter in Height"* (Sherman's Lagoon, June 14, 2007) / Jim Toomey. -- Summary: Fillmore rejects the idea of getting a lawnmower for his turtle grass. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (June 30, 2008) "How Much Do You Think We Could Get for the Mower?"* (Baby Blues, June 30, 2008) / by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman. -- Summary: The kids want to start a store and sell things they find. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 7, 2008) "You Gift-Wrapped a Quart of Oil and an Air Filter, Paul?"* (Buckles, July 7, 2008) / by David Gilbert. -- Summary: The lawn mower likes attention. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 8, 2008) "So What If You're High-Maintenance!"* (Buckles, July 8, 2008) / by David Gilbert. -- Summary: The lawnmower starts, then stops again at the insult. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 8, 2008) "The Vibrations from the Old Mower Finally Catch Up with Neal's Pants" (Ballard Street, July 8, 2008) / by Jerry Van Amerongen. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 9, 2008) "You're Just Jealous of Her!"* (Buckles, July 9, 2008) / by David Gilbert. -- Summary: The lawn mower broke, and Jill thinks Paul should just get rid of it. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Lawnmowers (July 11, 2008) "She Purrs Like a Kitten! I Wish I Could Marry Her!"* (Buckles, July 11, 2008) / by David Gilbert. -- Summary: Paul's getting a little too involved with his lawnmower. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" -----------------------------------------------------On down the list