We don’t all like the same things fortunately, and, although you’ve been very attentive, we’re in that portion of the process where some readers inevitably begin to grumble, “I’m tired of this Mary Lou business.” Well, I am, too, a bit, but let all know that the entire series (Let’s call it “Gene’s Summer Job.”) is in the can, and the end will come.

I have in the past drawn a lot more serial strips than I have the last few years, as evidenced by the occasionaly wobbly pacing in the current story, but I have enjoyed getting back to it. I expect I’ll do more.