momma

Momma is an English language comic strip by Mell Lazarus which debuted on October 26, 1970. It is currently distributed by Creators Syndicate to about 400 papers.

The main character is Sonja Hobbs, a short, opinionated senior citizen with three grown children and who appears to get major kicks out of nagging them:

• Francis, a chronic slacker with no interest at all in working for anyone or anything (he always looks for loopholes in work contracts), is the single biggest source of her exasperation. It suits him perfectly to sponge off her and sometimes other people, yet he can't be bothered to lift a finger to clean up his own apartment or otherwise help out.
• Mary Lou has frequent relationship problems (particularly with her mother, as evidenced by her comment that she was living the comic strip Momma was talking about in the October 6 2006 strip). She has a thing for losers and outcasts — the very types of men Momma loathes.
• Thomas is employed and happily married, but his wife Tina is another target of Momma's loathing; the feeling is mutual.

Momma also has a variety of dream sequences, some of which include her late husband Jerome.

Though based on Lazarus' own mother, he reports that she thought the character was based on his Aunt Helen.[1]

External links

• Momma
• Toonopedia entry

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