June 15, 2012

Happy Father’s Day!

By Matt Gajdoš

When I was young, my Dad would tell me stories about Nyla & Jimmy – a little boy and a little girl who lived in a treehouse and had lots of fun adventures.  The story I loved the most was about a great eagle who came to take them on a fantastic journey.

When I started thinking about Nyla & Jimmy again a few days ago I realized that I always imagined Jimmy to be me and Nyla to be my little sister Catherine.  So this is my drawing of that story from all those years ago!

Happy Fathers Day, Dad! I love you and thanks for helping me use my imagination!

To help you know this is me in the 80s, I put Ronald Reagan on the eagle too.

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About Matt Gajdoš

I'm a cartoonist and elementary substitute teacher. Kids make me laugh and inspire me to be like them. View all posts by Matt Gajdoš

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10 Responses to “Happy Father’s Day!”

• shavenwookiee
  June 15th, 2012 at 9:56 am

  Brilliant pic!

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  • Matt
    June 15th, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    thank you!

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• Anonymous
  June 15th, 2012 at 6:02 pm

  Beautiful.

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• delightfullypeculiar
  June 16th, 2012 at 10:19 am

  That’s so sweet!

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  • Matt
    June 16th, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Thank you! He’s a good fella

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• Rog
  June 16th, 2012 at 10:55 pm

  U were and r Jimmy! Ragan only stopped by to give the “eagle traffic controllers” association a break.

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  • Matt
    June 17th, 2012 at 12:06 am

    HAHAHAHA!!

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• azita
  June 18th, 2012 at 2:26 pm

  short sweet & touching! glad to find your site

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  • Matt
    June 18th, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    Thank you for visiting!

    Reply
• Catherine’s Imaginary Friend « Mister G Kids
  June 22nd, 2012 at 12:04 am

  [...] little sister Catherine was thrilled about last week’s eagle ride.  She reminded me that she had an imaginary friend named Garvin.  This is us circa 1985. [...]

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