HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mom!!!!!
My mom is one of the best people in the entire world. I mean that.
The first comic I drew with the intention to get published was an elaboration on a four-panel, year-old Mother’s Day card that my mom had kept. That comic was bought by Ms. Magazine, and was published an agonizing year later. (Note a little Alison Bechdel influence??)
Of course, Mom starred in “I Was Seven in ‘75″ (my comic about growing up in the 70’s, in my Unitarian/ nudist-camp-visiting/ liberal family). A number of people told me they had a disconcerting crush on her. Even more people said they envied me my obviously very cool parents. ( Very cool parents = true.)
This is a portrait I did of me and Mom - I’m demonstrating the lip-twisting face she’d taught me (which she has now taught my enthused 12-yr-old nephew, Roy, via Skype):
When she was a kid, Mom used to make faces in front of a mirror, and gave them names: The Red Skelton. Fishy Lips. The Stare (that one used to Freak. My. Aunt. Out.). The Grimace. These days, as a pediatrician, Mom’s face-making skills help her charm (and probably, sometimes frighten) her patients. Yay, the doctor is a goofball! Yes, I will say “ahh!”
When I was 25, Mom was 50, and my Grandma Florence was 75, my Aunt Evy tried to take a nice portrait of us. Many failed attempts later, we finally gave up and did one that would obviously not work — and of course, it came out the best:
I love you, Ma!!
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Wow. Ellen you are something else. I am so lucky to be your mother - even if your eyes are crossed and your tongue hangs out. I love you. MOMOX
Nice to see that the genes have been delivered in tact to the next generation. Diane and Ellen practice different arts in their own wonderful ways. We are so lucky!
Anne in Ardmore (PA)
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