Between Friends is an internationally syndicated comic strip written by Canadian Sandra Bell-Lundy. The comic focuses on three middle-aged professional women and the problems that they face in their lives. Initially Maeve, Susan, and Kimberly were all childless, but Susan and Kimberly are now mothers. King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ... February is the second month of the calendar year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Middle age is a non-specific stage in life when a person is neither young nor old, but somewhere in between. ... A professional is required to possess a large knowledge derived from extensive academic and practical training. ... Faces of mother and child; detail of sculpture at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Female mallard duck and ducklings A mother is the biological or social female parent of a child. ...

The strip is also unusual for including characters of different races. Of the three main characters, Kim is black; Maeve and Susan are white. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Books

1. Hello, Daughter, Plan Nine Publishing
2. Coffee, Tea, and Reality: A Between Friends Collection, Andrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 0740741349

Characters

All the minor characters are connected to Kim, Maeve, or Susan.

Kimberly previously wrote a column on women's issues from home. She is currently a homemaker and struggling to find a new source of intellectual fulfillment. A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and/or home; the term is originally an American feminist phrase, but it has entered mainstream English. ...

• Derek, high school English teacher, was a single father before his new marriage to Kim.
• Danny has adjusted from being Derek's son to Derek and Kim's son. He is always in the latest kids' fads such as Pokémon, Crash Bandicoot, and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Maeve is a spicy divorcee who always has a snappy comeback. She's the one that a person always remembers at parties. She's a great Sales Director at the office, less great with her personal life. now. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... // Crash Bandicoot is a popular series of video games. ... Yu-Gi-Oh! , literally Game King [1]) is a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise from Kazuki Takahashi, that mainly involves characters who play a card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), wherein each player purchases and assembles a deck of Monster, Magic, and Trap Cards in... Look up Divorcee in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Traditional hat toss celebration at a graduation ceremony at the United States Naval Academy A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. ... Sales, or the activity of selling, forms an integral part of commercial activity. ...

• Helen is Maeve's coworker, sounding board and voice of experience at the office. She's married with two kids in their pre-teens.
• Simon is Maeve's ex-husband. He periodically drops in and spreads chaos.

Like Maeve, Susan works in a professional office. Previously she and her husband Harvey were DINKs. After struggling with infertility treatments, they adopted a daughter, Emma. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Yuppie. ... Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or to carry a pregnancy to full term. ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ...

• Harvey is a laid-back funeral director and Susan's supportive husband.
• Emma is Susan and Harvey's adopted daughter.
• Tina is Susan's office buddy and frazzled mom with two kids in diapers.

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See also

Women in Comics It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of female comic book writers and artists. ...

External links

• Sandra Bell-Lundy's official website
• Strips about Susan and Harvey's Infertility and Adoption