Notes: When I did this cartoon I all ready knew that the "self syndication" thing was a bust. But before I put the pen down on The New Neighbors I wanted to do a Jimmy cartoon. This poor little kid with the one-word vocabulary never failed to make me smile whenever he appeared on my drawing pads. The mom, though, was still a mystery to me. Even as the strip ended I had NO idea what she did for a living, where she went when she left the house each morning, or what motivated her other than putting food on the table and a roof over the family's heads. Maybe that's why she's such a lackluster character. Ya think?