[50] [100] [150] [200] [250] [300] [350] [400] [450] [500]
If you're looking for a particular cartoon, look through the descriptions,
or use your browser's search function to find keywords.
Click on a line to access the cartoon in the DFC Archives.
--Mark Rosenfelder
1 Eating scene; Billy speaking
2 Dolly sitting on top of Bil who's on the couch
3 Thel washing dishes as Dolly sits naked on a toy horse
4 Thel and Jeffy talking while Bil packs
5 Thel on phone amid a frenetic scene with all 4 kids
6 Thel watching Dolly praying
7 Jeffy shows Thel something in a glass jar
8 4 kids confront Bil in a hammock. Billy speaking
9 Bil cheering up a gloomy, baseball-outfitted Billy
10 Jeffy pointing at a broken plate on the floor
11 Dolly shows Jeffy something long and black; Gramma in background
12 Dolly jumping rope as Bil watches
13 Dolly and Jeffy eating cereal
14 Bil with video cam facing all kids & pets; Dolly speaking
15 Jeffy posing with dandelions
16 Jeffy on Bil's lap, looking at a faraway jet
17 Dolly holding a pair of enormous joke glasses
18 Billy explains some carrotty object Thel's found in a drawer
19 Billy talking to a happy-looking Dolly
20 Dolly comes up to Thel carrying a book
21 Barfy licking PJ; Dolly comments to Thel in background
22 At Gramma's; bottom shelves cleared of stuff
23 Entire fam packing up to leave Gramma's; Jeffy speaking
24 Jeffy on a swing, with no ground visible
25 Billy contemplating an enormous clock radio; Dolly speaking
26 Dolly looking at pictures on Gramma's bulletin board
27 Dolly weighing herself as a girlfriend watches
28 Gramma helping Jeffy on with his pants
29 Dolly explaining something to another girl
30 Jeffy looking out the window, seems bored
31 Dolly complaining as she and Bil fish
32 Jeffy says something to Thel who's buying popcorn
33 Dolly, Jeffy, Bil with binox; Jeffy's looking at the ground
34 Billy explains something to two kids in a classroom
35 Dolly to a black girl; Thel in background doing laundry
36 Dolly talking as Thel holds her, on doorstep
37 Jeffy speaking into a phone that's dangling off its hook
38 Jeffy, Dolly, Billy eating burgers; Billy speaking
39 Dolly points to Kittycat sleeping on Bil's briefcase
40 Billy walks in with two friends
41 Jeffy points to himself as he passes Dolly
42 Kids with musical instruments confront Thel; Billy speaking
43 Dolly threatens Jeffy with a toy pterodactyl
44 Thel explaining something to Dolly; Jeffy imagines Dolly's skeleton
45 Billy examines Jeffy's stomach with a stethoscope
46 Billy to Thel as a young woman with twins walks by
47 Dolly talking to a happy-looking Jeffy
48 Thel to Bil, as kids are all on the couch playing boat
49 Dolly reprimanding Barfy at the door
50 Billy talking offscreen while on Thel's lap; Thel has big earrings
51 Bil, looking hung over, buttons Billy's shirt
52 Dolly painting in a Pocahontas book
53 Dolly to Thel as she gets out of the car
54 Billy talking, sadly, to a blond kid
55 Billy heading out the door with a baseball bat and pizza box
56 Dolly holding a painful elbow
57 Bil, applying chapstick, to Dolly and PJ
58 Dolly at the door with a friend and an enormous black dog
59 Dolly, with Thel in church, examining a stained-glass window
60 Bil to Billy as they walk in the dark woods
61 Jeffy to Thel as they read a book together in bed
62 Thel sprinkling something on Jeffy's food; Jeffy speaking
63 Jeffy extending a hand to a surprised-looking PJ
64 PJ following Thel with dotted line; minister on the TV
65 Dolly examining a wedding album
66 Bil wisecracking to Jeffy who's in cowboy suit with banana in holster
67 Grandma speaking to Billy, sitting on her lap
68 Billy examining a watch with Dolly, before a portrait of Grandpa
69 Dolly reading from a Fairy Tales book to Billy
70 Dolly talking to Jeffy, who has a book with a ghost picture in it
71 Jeffy in a devil costume
72 Billy, dressed as a hobo, to another kid dressed as a clown
73 Dolly to the family as they leave church
74 Dolly introduces a friend to Gramma (with PJ on lap)
75 Billy talking to Thel who's writing a letter; PJ holds bottle up
76 Billy coming in with a slingshot
77 Billy pointing outside into the rain as Jeffy and PJ watch
78 Thel to Bil as she comes into Billy's sickroom with a tray
79 A woozy-looking Bil says something to Thel; kids playing outside
80 Dolly to Jeffy as he walks by while she & Bil rake leaves
81 Dolly to Thel as she arrives from school with a paper
82 Dolly rummaging under the bed
83 Billy on phone; Thel and Sam peek from around the corner
84 Billy confronts Mom with a list
85 Jeffy comments to Thel about an old man on the bus reading the comics
86 Jeffy holds up a sports car as kids open Xmas presents
87 Bil lifts PJ to ceiling; Dolly watching; Billy speaking
88 Jeffy explaining a messy room to Thel
89 Dolly to Billy, as they're playing checkers
90 Thel, vacuuming, as kids minus Dolly watch football on TV
91 Dolly shows her Pocahontas doll to Thel in the kitchen
92 Dolly comes in with two big rods
93 Billy explains something to Dolly at the table; Thel watching
94 Billy pointing out a typewriter to a friend
95 Jeffy, after Bil's thanksgiving prayer (split panel)
96 Dolly shows Jeffy a cornucopia
97 Bil getting up, hung over, no glasses (color)
98 Bil on TV greets family at home, who're all outside
99 Dolly to Bil who's reading 'The First Christmas' to Jeffy and PJ
100 Dolly greets the new day (color)
101 Dolly being dressed for winter by Thel
102 Jeffy shows a teddy bear to sleeping parents; Dolly speaking
103 Jeffy to PJ, who's tearfully holding a ratty blanket
104 Billy to Thel, as kids watch Jeffy & Dolly playing croquet on video
105 Jeffy bouncing up & down before Gramma; both speaking
106 Billy to Jeffy as they're building a snowman
107 Jeffy, after a reprimand from Thel (split panel)
108 Dolly to Billy, holding a tape; Gramma fooling with tape deck in background
109 Thel whispers to Bil as kids play with Christmas presents
110 Dolly and Jeffy watching a political convention
111 Jeffy with a pill bottle
112 Billy to Bil who's frantically working his way thru a video game
113 Jeffy holds out the phone to Thel
114 Billy enjoying a bowl of what looks like hair
115 Billy & Jeffy playing golf in the bathroom; Billy speaking to Thel
116 Billy, taking notes, approaches Bil
117 Billy to Bil, as they sit in the surf
118 Jeffy shows Bil a ball
119 Jeffy on stairs, to Thel who's picking up a crying PJ
120 Billy, on seeing Kittycat smiling in a shoebox
121 Jeffy's dancing in front of the TV; Dolly complains
122 Dolly, coming in the door wiggling, to Thel
123 Dolly to Jeffy, as Bil watches baseball on TV
124 Billy at the computer, talking to Thel
125 Bil hugging a dejected Billy; other baseballers walk by
126 Billy to Jeffy, as a young couple walks by
127 Billy, reading 'The Little Scientist,' to Dolly
128 Dolly to Thel in the bathroom
129 Dolly to Jeffy, watching a blonde go by walking a big dog
130 A bliffy-looking Billy, getting out of bed, to Thel
131 Black-haired melonhead, at the door, to Thel; Bil is reading
132 Billy holds up his fortune at the Chinese restaurant
133 Billy to Jeffy after a wagon accident; Thel visible in background
134 Dolly to Billy and Jeffy, watching out the window as a car goes by
135 Thel to lawn-mowing Bil, as all 4 kids are in a tree
136 Dolly to Billy, in front of a half-constructed house
137 Thel to Bil, as she bandages both Jeffy and Billy
138 Dolly to Jeffy, as a chipmunk spurns their potato chips
139 Kids & Gramma looking for keys, but PJ has them
140 Dolly to kids and Bil as they watch Olympic torch on TV
141 Dolly offers a dandelion bouquet to Jeffy
142 Dolly coloring a picture of a rhino
143 3 kids in the tub as Bil reads; Dolly speaking
144 Billy in football helmet, to another kid; parents in background
145 Dolly objects as PJ climbs right on top of her
146 Jeffy contemplates a globe
147 Dolly happily contemplates a macaroni-like dish
148 Billy announces something to Jeffy who's posted at the toilet
149 Jeffy cuddles up to Thel
150 Dolly advises Billy who's drawing FC cartoons
151 Billy with a soccer ball, pointing
152 Thel makes an announcement as she's assailed by all 4 kids
153 Jeffy points to a bowling ball; Billy & Dolly are there too
154 Dolly to Billy, both sweaty, peeking at Bil who's reading
155 Dolly contemplates a picture of a giraffe
156 A naked Jeffy explains something to Thel in the bathroom
157 Billy swings open a door to find a half-dressed young woman
158 Dolly's watching TV; boys avert their eyes
159 Kids pile on top of Thel; Dolly speaking
160 Billy, nailing stuff, looks up at a crying Dolly
161 Jeffy confronts PJ, who's eating
162 Jeffy looks in Barfy's mouth; Dolly speaking (to Thel)
163 Split: Jeffy sneezes; Dolly responds
164 Jeffy holds up a banana
165 Dolly comments on Bil, asleep on the bed amid the clean laundry
166 Billy considers Thel in a formal gown
167 Family watching themselves on video; Billy speaking
168 Jeffy on table after putting his hand in a pitcher; to angry Thel
169 Billy, pillow on his head, examines a tooth on the bed
170 Gramma on the phone after receiving mail from the kids
171 A long line of kids is held up by PJ crawling up the slide
172 Jeffy emptying sand from his shoes in his bedroom, to an angry Thel
173 Billy reports on a trip to the stadium
174 Jeffy has peeled a whole bunch of bananas
175 Billy comes up carrying money, as family leaves a restaurant
176 Dolly announces a brush salesman
177 Mailman holds mail above a throng of kids
178 Billy, playing cards, is furiously assaulted by PJ
179 A nervous Dolly to Bil who's rooting in the fridge
180 Billy points the ladies' room out to Thel
181 Billy to Thel, coming in the door; outside is a horde of kids
182 Jeffy wakes up Thel
183 Dolly explains something to PJ; Thel passing by in background
184 Dolly, as Bil photographs the Iwo Jima memorial
185 Fam buys hot dogs in DC; Billy speaking
186 On a tour bus in DC; Billy is unimpressed
187 Fam at Washington Monument; cop on horse goes by; Billy speaking
188 Dolly points out something on a space capsule
189 Fam considers White House; Dolly speaking
190 Jeffy asks Dad, who's gardening, a question
191 Jeffy shows the airsickness bag to Bil
192 Kids looking at Congress; Jeffy comments to Thel
193 Bil to Jeffy, as they exit a tour bus, still in DC
194 Kids pound on a locked door; Billy speaking
195 Bil returns to the car with gas; Billy complains
196 Dolly points out to Bil and an angry Jeffy that her plant is growing best
197 Dolly points out something to two bemused visitors
198 Dolly to Billy, as he arrives to the table
199 Jeffy, with books, speaks angrily; PJ sucks thumb behind him
200 Dolly explains something to PJ and Billy, holding up 3 fingers
201 Bil arrives home to find Thel dressed up and 4 beaming children
202 Thel reading 'Little Red Riding Hood', but Jeffy's not buying it
203 Billy arrives from school, beaming
204 Gramma standing in the living room; Billy reports to Thel
205 Billy points something out to Gramma, who's driving
206 Thel to one of the kids, unrecognizably wrapped up in winter clothes
207 Thel demands that Jeffy explain an empty cookie jar
208 Dolly to Thel, cooking; Jeffy is on a chair nearby
209 Jeffy points out a seedling
210 Dolly confronts Jeffy who's shot her with a rubber-tip arrow
211 Bummed-looking Jeffy, to Billy, wearing the infamous checked jacket
212 Billy to Bil, as he and Dolly are decorating with shamrocks
213 Thel remonstrates with a kicking, screaming Jeffy
214 Jeffy exclaiming over some birds at a feeder
215 Billy to Dolly, as they consider Gramma watching TV
216 Dolly to someone offpanel; P.J. looks at her mindlessly
217 Billy in a tree; Thel pointing at him from inside the house
218 Billy motioning the kids back as Bil approaches his desk
219 Jeffy, with a ruled sheet of paper and "Good on you mate" T-Shirt
220 Billy points out something on a cat calendar to Dolly and Jeffy
221 Dolly to Jeffy, as Thel takes Billy's temperature
222 Jeffy, in pajamas, announces something to his parents, watching TV
223 Dolly, as Thel clips coupons
224 Jeffy's having trouble closing the front door on a windy day
225 Billy to Thel as he arrives from school, in the laundry room
226 Bil, doing his taxes, reprimands the fighting children
227 Jeffy to Bil, who's fixing a backed-up toilet
228 Thel to kids, who are running around the living room
229 Thel arrives home with the kids; Bil is working on the car
230 Billy talking, as he and Dolly eat alphabet soup
231 Jeffy stands on his head
232 Jeffy comes in the door, with his arms extended
233 Dolly listens skeptically to a call on a string-and-cup phone
234 Jeffy sits up in bed with a thought
235 Billy contemplates a kaleidoscope image as Bil watches
236 Thel points out a broken mirror to Jeffy and Billy: Just wait till Daddy's home
237 Thel watches a professor on TV; Billy comments
238 At Dr. Cuthbertson's: Dolly comments to Thel, Jeffy, PJ
239 Jeffy comments on the Bible Story of Creation Thel is reading
240 Dolly cautions Jeffy about the confab Thel's having with a female friend
241 Thel is about to cut into a pie; Dolly speaking
242 Dolly in drag-- wearing Thel's clothes-- confronts a blasé Jeffy
243 Dolly plaintively reaches forward in a meadow of grass
244 Jeffy, angry and beat-up, says something to Dolly who has antibiotics
245 Dolly comments to Jeffy about a limousine at curbside
246 Jeffy indicates the answering machine: "We can't come to the phone right now..."
247 Dolly high-fives Jeffy
248 Bil plays football with the kids; Dolly and Billy ineffectually tackle him
249 It's the cat's ass! Jeffy comments on the cat drinking out of the toilet
250 Bil's admiring the Neanderthal in a museum; Billy addresses him
251 Dolly, with a doll for once, points out something to a black friend
252 Billy explains to a curly-haired friend why he has two different mittens
253 Dolly asks Thel for a tissue
254 Jeffy, in cowboy drag, proudly points to his star
255 Dolly, in pajamas, reacts to a TV ad for, apparently, industrial waste
256 Jeffy's watching cartoons, says something to Thel, vacuuming
257 Billy comes home wet and dirty, explains himself to Thel; Sam cowers
258 Jeffy answers the telephone's insistent query, "Is your mother free?"
259 Billy in his room, with clothes hung up all over
260 Billy, in the shower, happily tells us something, covered with suds
261 Thel finds Jeffy crawling out from under the bed; Jeffy speaking
262 Billy explains a bad grade to an angry-looking Thel
263 Kid in an evil-looking clown mask answers the telephone
264 Thel looks on as Billy pulls a curvy wire in from the living room; Billy speaking
265 All the kids are under the dining room table; Thel waters a plant; Dolly speaks
266 Jeffy holds up the skeleton of a bunch of grapes
267 Billy offers advice to Jeffy on a broken vase; Barfy's ears perk up
268 The kitchen and the kids are a mess; Dolly explains something to Thel; O. Yeah runs off
269 Dolly shows a picture of a boa constrictor to PJ
270 Jeffy points at PJ, eating messily in his table-chair
271 Bil snores on the couch; Jeffy holds his ears and addresses PJ
272 Dolly whispers to a classmate as the teacher blows a pitch pipe
273 Billy happily tells us who's on the phone
274 Dolly angrily protests, as Jeffy looks smug in the background
275 Jeffy eats a cookie he's taken from PJ, who's crying
276 Billy gets on the schoolbus as the fam watches; Grandma comments
277 Kitchen is a mess; kids are dirty; PJ's naked; Dolly addresses Thel
278 Dolly explains something to Jeffy about a girl who's holding her ears
279 Dolly, in Mickey Mouse ears, addresses a black girl with a doll
280 Dolly comments to Billy about a passing jet
281 Outside church, Dolly comments to Bil, holding PJ
282 Leaving school, Billy comments sadly to a black friend
283 Halloween trick-or-treating: Bil's videotaping; Billy (?) speaks; Bart Simpson leaves
284 Thel is pouring coffee; Dolly comments to Jeffy
285 Thel reads a fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant; Bil's writing a check
286 Jeffy contemplates Dolly's butt; Dolly speaking
287 The circle is a pizza, with one slice missing, revealing an angry Thel
288 The fam leaves "Souvenirs By George"; Billy's happy about his long thin package
289 Bil in his underwear weighs himself; the fam passes by, all dirty
290 Thel points the way for a crying Billy to leave the room
291 Dolly holds up a dress for her doll
292 Billy leaves the house carrying a toy boat
293 Dolly comments to PJ as they watch a witch flying on TV
294 Billy, prodded by O. Yeah, remembers something and wakes up his parents
295 Dolly makes a request of Kittycat, seated at the table; Jeffy smiles
296 Thel asks the kids about a flat square package
297 Barfy steals the football the kids and a frumpy Bil are playing with; Billy speaking
298 Dolly prances in with a bunch of flowers
299 Dolly comments to Billy as Thel talks to a pregnant blonde
300 Billy, opening a soda can, explains something to a Travolta-jacketed Grandma
301 Dolly keeps Jeffy and PJ out of the kitchen
302 Arriving at Grandma's, Jeffy starts talking before Grandma's unbolted the door
303 Billy explains something to Jeffy, as Bil regales a couple with some tiresome anecdote
304 Billy reaches for a puppy held by a black friend; Barfy & Sam look on
305 Jeffy is holding a tantrum despite his "I'm a Happy Camper" T-shirt; Dolly comforts him
306 Dolly points at an angry Billy, who's shining a flashlight in the dark
307 The fam (Bil unshaven) looks out from their tent at a rainy day; Dolly comments
308 The kids are watching a ninja or superhero on TV; Bil comes down the stairs; Dolly angrily addresses PJ
309 Dolly angrily addresses Jeffy who's apparently blown out her birthday cake
310 Jeffy tells Billy what Bil's telling him over the walkie-talkie, as they play with plastic soldiers
311 Billy is-- yes-- playing the piano with his ass, and addressing the other kids
312 Dolly points out something for Jeffy about his plateful of dirt
313 Thel and Bil carry Dolly between them as they walk in the park; Dolly speaking
314 Thel reminds Billy, leaving the house, to take his schoolbooks
315 Jeffy comments to a prissy-looking Bil about a waterfall
316 Billy, Jeffy, and Bil contemplate a "Deer Crossing sign
317 The kids rush up to tell the parents something; they're camping
318 Outside, a rapturous Dolly confides something to Jeffy
319 Billy in doctor's outfit: "Anything you want taken out?" Bil has a smartass response
320 Bil is flying a kite with Jeffy; Dolly comments
321 Billy explains to Thel why he's leaving the house with a fishbowl
322 Bil on a seesaw (teeter-totter), outweighing all four kids; Billy speaking
323 Dolly comments to Jeffy as they contemplae a lone tree and a steep hill
324 Thel deals with a snarled fishing rod; Dolly's hair is snarled too
325 Billy offers some instruction to Bil, stupidly contemplating some firewood (camping again)
326 Billy asks Thel about Bil, relaxing by the tent listening to the radio
327 Jeffy points out a happy-looking PJ, in the front seat of the car in his carseat
328 Dolly has a bright insight while she, Jeffy, and Bil are fishing in a boat
329 Dolly reacts angrily, in a pool; there's a whirlpool next to her
330 PJ's coming down a slide to Bil; Dolly comments to Jeffy
331 Jeffy explains something to Thel about a broken plate; the other kids watch
332 Jeffy asks something about a big globe
333 Bil addresses a few timely words to Billy, who's leaning against a wall
334 Dolly comments to Thel, who's looking at a bright star outside at night
335 Picnic time, with another couple; Dolly asks Thel something
336 Billy, with his ear to a telephone pole, comments to the other kids
337 Billy explains a sloppy-looking garden to Bil, coming home in suit and tie
338 Dolly, in the bath, says something to a puzzled-looking Thel
339 Jeffy's in a treehouse; Billy points at Bil, who's attempting to climb up
340 The kitchen's a mess again; Dolly adds to Thel's misery
341 Dolly consoles Thel, as they sit alone at the dinner table while the menfolk run around outside
342 The kids are playing a board game; Dolly yells out to Thel as she answers the phone
343 Jeffy cries after seeing Bil's Fourth of July decoration of his tricycle
344 PJ's trying to push a wagon from inside using the handle; Jeffy offers advise
345 Jeffy scratches the cat's back with a backscratcher
346 Jeffy points out a flyswatter on the wall to Thel
347 Kittycat jumps off Jeffy, who protests about some injuries
348 Bil's pushing the kids in a wheelbarrow; Jeffy comments to Thel
349 Dolly comments to Barfy, and they and Sam watch Kittycat walk on the kitchen counter
350 Jeffy holds Kittycat and addresses some loving words to it
351 Dolly, in bed, with Kittycat, says something to Thel who's checking in on her
352 The kids are feeding Kittycat all sorts of things; Dolly yells an explanation off-panel
353 PJ, Barfy, and Jeffy look at Kittycat through the front window; Jeffy speaking
354 Jeffy points at PJ, who's in his table-chair again
355 Dolly points at a shadowy PJ and Kittycat in front of the window
356 Dolly is drawing a picture, and asks Bil something
357 Jeffy, hands dripping, points out a hand towel to Thel
358 Jeffy runs into the kitchen to comment to Thel about what's on TV
359 Kittycat contemplating an alarmed-looking bird in a cage; Dolly comments to Thel
360 Billy holds Barfy back from massacring Kittycat, held by Dolly
361 The kids are enthralled as Kittycat enters the house; Dolly speaking
362 The fam is in the car, off camping again; Billy speaking
363 Thel yells at Kittycat, who's jumping off the counter; Jeffy indicates a cowering Barfy
364 Dolly, on top of a shaky Bil who's carrying her through a pond, to Thel
365 Jeffy, while fishing, dreams of sitting on top of a giant fish
366 Thel's fixing hamburgers; Bil's reading the paper; Jeffy makes a request
367 Dolly to Jeffy, after they've crashed into a tree while sledding
368 Dolly to Thel, as she stands at the bedroom door with Jeffy watching her clean
369 Dolly looks on in horror as Jeffy consumes what was in her E-Z Bake Oven
370 A perky teacher addresses a roomful of parents, including Bil and Thel
371 Dolly enters the house, with a mop and covered with suds
372 Billy's is happily handing out his school pictures; Bil seems less impressed
373 The kids are in a hammock in the woods with Thel; Jeffy speaking
374 Jeffy asks a question of a spotted, smoking painter
375 Bil is erecting a framework in the yard; Billy climbs up and says something
376 Thel's feeding PJ in his chair-table; PJ covers his eyes; Jeffy comments
377 Bil playing solitaire as the kids watch; Dolly comments to Jeffy as he runs up
378 Billy, in the window, addesses some snow-suited friends outside
379 Dolly, in a restaurant with panty shield on head, addresses waiter with plate of worms
380 The Keanes' car is seen from the back; Billy abuses us from inside
381 Dolly, in pajamas, complains about Jeffy, who seems to be moonwalking
382 Billy, explaining to Bil why he's arranged some cards in a circle
383 Jeffy frantically turns the faucet, trying to stop a steam of water that's overflowing the sink
384 Thel is inspecting Billy's head as Bil arrives home; Jeffy examines his eye in the foreground
385 Thel comments to Bil, as the kids lie all over Barfy on the front lawn
386 Jeffy addressing an open door, with a cookie hidden behind his back
387 PJ slurps his food while looking at Barfy doing the same
388 Thel wakes up in the middle of the night as they're camping
389 Thel looks dispiritedly at Dolly, skipping out after leaving "Mother's Little Helper" all over the floor
390 Thel comments to Bil on the kid's empty classroom, at night
391 An angry Thel confronts Billy and Jeffy, watching TV from on top of a chair; Billy speaking
392 Billy explains something to a goofy-looking boy in the schoolyard
393 The kids carting toys through a messy living room as Thel irons; Dolly speaking
394 Thel hands a feather duster to Dolly, who points at it; Jeffy humps a vacuum
395 Billy happily informs Thel of something, as she ties his shoes
396 Dolly tells Barfy that his drooling is setting a bad example for PJ
397 Jeffy with two slices of bread outside in the yard
398 Dolly offers Bil some treats; the kitchen is a godawful mess
399 Billy addresses Grandma, with PJ on her lap and Grandpa rooting around for a clean shirt
400 Shopping, Thel asks the cookie lady something; the kids are pushing the cart
401 Thel looks at the kids' additions to the shopping list, including plaztic zoldierz
402 Thel attacks Jeffy on the couch; Dolly and Billy flee; Bil is on the phone
403 Jeffy calls out to Bil, who's stepped in something objectionable while leaving the house
404 Dolly to Thel who's washing dishes; Jeffy grooves nearby
405 Dolly explains a cageful of chicks and a rabbit to Jeffy
=
406 Jeffy recoils in horror at the pastry offered by Bil
407 Billy has a jaded reaction to the New Improved the TV is hawking
408 Jeffy riffles through a book of winter scenes; Dolly complains to Thel
409 Dolly, on a pillow, boasts about something to Jeffy as they watch TV
410 Jeffy, arms akimbo, looks royally pissed
411 Jeffy crawls out of bed, looks in the mirror, seems to have a hangover
412 Dolly happily plays the piano for PJ. The clock on the wall says 2:46
413 The kids are all fighting over whose valentine is best; Thel angrily intervenes
414 Billy shows off a basketful of Easter eggs to a black kid with a Wee Pals sweatshirt
415 Jeffy comments to Thel as she sits watching TV and reading
416 Dolly is crying, as Jeffy walks by in the background
417 Jeffy, leaning against the door, offers some advice to Thel, carrying PJ into the kitchen
418 Dolly shows off a palm frond, or some other monstrosity
419 Jeffy, in cowboy outfit, sits astride Bil
420 retired
421 retired
422 The kids are leaving, but Jeffy has a final word for Grandma
423 Billy, in sweater, shows a perfect 100 to Thel
424 Bil empties a jar into the sink, which goes OING OING OING; Jeffy comments
425 Jeffy shows his teddy bear to the X-ray security woman
426 Dolly is writing numbers; she has a page of 8's
427 Dolly to Thel, as she looks outside the window at the moon
428 Billy holds up a decorated Easter egg
429 Dolly, drawing a picture of a man, has a question
430 Billy comes home from a birthday party, shows off his new trumpet to Thel
431 Dolly comments as Billy and Jeffy fight furiously on the couch
432 Dolly looks into Thel's eyes and tells her something smarmy
433 Dolly has her hands on Billy's throat; he's in bed and looks pissed
434 Billy comments to Jeffy as Kittycat walks on by
435 Dolly proudly shows us a handful of an unidentifiable substance
436 Bil is reading "Tom Tom the Piper's Son"; Dolly comments
437 Dolly explains something to a befuddled Jeffy in front of the fireplace
438 Dolly addresses Thel, approaching on a city street with arms full of packages
439 Thel angrily addresses Jeffy, who's refusing what's on his plate
440 The kids and Thel watch an explosion outside at night, except for PJ, who's cowering with Barfy
441 Thel proudly leaves the kitchen with a turkey; but Jeffy is dreaming of a hamburger
442 Bil comes home, hugs Dolly; Jeffy runs to Thel to complain
443 Jeffy whispers to a smiling Billy in church; a fat lady next to them is crying; there's a bride and groom in the aisle
444 Jeffy, holding a rocket marked USA, answers the phone
445 Color panel: kids and Bil coming home with lollipops; Billy greets Thel
446 Jeffy advises Thel, who seems to be bleeding in the bathroom sink
447 Billy contemplates an animal cracker
448 Dolly keeps PJ from walking over the board game she's playing with Jeffy
449 Split panel: Dolly smiles at a dyke friend, then winks at us
450 Billy asks Thel something, at the restaurant named "Menu"
451 Dolly explains something to Jeffy, palms up, as Thel listens
452 Jeffy reprimands PJ, who's eating the rice instead of throwing it at the newlyweds
453 Bil quizzically slams a book shut; all the kids are in his lap
454 Jeffy contemplates a book with big pictures of Lincoln and Washington
455 The fam enters a Fine Seafood joint; Billy speaking
456 Dolly wipes her mouth, walking away from PJ at his chair-table, and says something to Billy
457 Thel tells something to a smudged-up Billy
458 Jeffy ostentatiously carries a dirty diaper to the trash as Thel changes PJ
459 Jeffy speaks on a big-ass cell phone while a radio blares
460 Everyone's eating dinner; Billy points into the air and speaks
461 Billy reads to Dolly from a paper he's writing, while Thel unpacks an electric pizza
462 Color cartoon: Thel explains her needs to a furniture salesman who's showing her a green armchair
463 Color: Bil hums happily to himself at his desk, as his coworkers look on in amusement or shock
464 Jeffy, pencil and paper in hand, asks Thel something; PJ squats
465 Thel points to one of Billy's collection of trinkets
466 The kids 'help' Thel make the bed; Dolly speaking
467 Billy explains to Jeffy why Dolly's sprawled out and Thel
is collapsed in a chair in a wedding dress; Bil turns on the light
468 Dolly, placing a tooth under her pillow, comments to Billy
469 Billy talks to Santa as Thel furiously thumbs-down behind him
470 Dolly and Billy off to school, in winter; Billy addresses a big dog
471 Jeffy holds up a baseball to Bil; cartoon background is also a baseball
472 Color: Thel and two friends take tea at a restaurant; Thel titters
473 Dolly smugly comments to Jeffy on the "Snow White" title on the TV
474 Color: The four kids give Thel a group hump, er, hug, with hearts
475 Dolly cries as Billy rushes to catch a firefly on her turf
476 Dolly is a proud flower girl; Jeffy comments
477 Color: Jeffy's dotted line wanders all over the landscape; Bil's is straight
478 Dolly reading from "Snow White" to Bil; Billy and Jeffy run away holding their ears
479 Dolly, in rain gear, addresses Thel, looking wistfully out the
door wearing a corncob housecoat
480 The four kids examine a display of wedding gifts; Jeffy speaking
481 Color: Bil at his studio door, making a point, carrying some FC cartoons
482 Billy to Bil, as the kids exit Sunday School
483 Billy addresses a bemused, well-dressed young couple who've just come in, confronting the family
484 Thel is leafing through "School Supplies"; Dolly offers advice
485 Color: Billy shows a picture of an airplane to Thel; both speaking
486 At school, Dolly has a word for the big-haired blonde teacher
487 Jeffy to Bil, as they're collecting rocks on a barren landscape
488 Jeffy and PJ raiding the vanilla wafers; PJ has a handful; Jeffy, with just one, complains to someone off-panel
489 Dolly (happy) and Billy (pissed) off to school; Jeffy throwing
a hissy fit as Thel and PJ look on
490 Dolly walks into the kitchen where Thel is working; comments
on the mess under PJ's eating table
491 PJ is on Thel's lap; Jeffy comes in, introducing some kid
in an Alpine hat
492 Bil, sitting on a tuffet, explains something to preppyish Billy
493 Bil explains something to the 4 kids and Barfy, lined up before him; Christmas wreath in window
494 Dolly complains to Thel about the middle-aged egg-headed guest in the living room
495 Dolly comments to PJ, looking into the kitchen where Thel is frostily receiving the boys
496 Color: Bil on the golf course flubs a putt; an indeterminate ethnic holds up the flag
497 Thel, naked and mostly hidden behind a glass shower door, listens to shouts of "Mommy! Open up!"
498 Billy talking to Bil as he sits on his lap; both look basted; Thel listens in
499 The whole family, in Sunday best, meets a stranger in a suit; Bil speaking
500 P.J., wearing a yellow Devo jumpsuit and a single tear, stands looking at a repulsive clown on the TV.