Reader suggestions for "Name the Mom" contest:

John, With 100% conviction and no matter what name you choose I can tell you that this Mother's name is Edna Wank.  She resides in my nightmares on a regular basis.

Yes, Edna Wank!  Say it over a few times and you will realize that not only does it have a nice ring to it but it's also unforgettable.  Edna Wank, Edna Wank, Edna Wank... Oh no, Nightmare Flashback coming on!!!

--Vince DeLange

She looks like a "Hortense" to me...she also looks kinda like Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show, Robocop) in drag.  She's clearly one bit of backtalk away from putting her foot in someone's ass.

--Paul Baize

I have the perfect name. This name'll knock your socks off, so hold on to 'em.

I'm serious.  I'll wait while you grab your socks.

Ready?

Lorna Love.  Not only do you have the "lovelorn" pun, but Lorna is a good, grandmotherly name.  I should know - my maternal grandmother was named Lorna.

So, what'cha think?

-- Kim McFarland

Hortense Hoogenbotham. She and her husband, Hector Hoogenbotham, their immediate family and all the eccentric neighbors, live in the town of Crabapple Station, in New England (or maybe the Midwest).

--Richard Biren

Agatha Armstrong. She could also be a Brunhilda Cummings.  

--Lady Jane

Mom's name has got to be Delphinia.

--Andy Dunn

Bernice. It was the name of the woman who ruled the roost at the Gudmundson household, my grandmother.

--Erik Fox

John, I used to do crossword puzzles with my elderly mother.  She was unable to see the puzzles, even the large prints.  So I would read to her, "Mom, I need a five letter word that means_______."  Her reply, "_________________."  "But, Mom, that's a nine letter word."  Her reply was always, "Well, make it fit!"  A loving daughter always tries to comply to her dear mother's wishes...

--LuAnn Fenton

The mother looks like a Gertrude to me. Gertrude Haselkopf .don't know why, it was the first name that popped into my head and it won't go away - kinda like her...

--Melis Behlil

How about Esther Fahrquat, that has a nice ring to it!

--Dean T. Moody

We've been arguing all evening: I say she's a Greta but my

daughter insists she's a Myrtle. Either way, she evokes passion.

--Judika123@aol.com

How's about...Marge Kravitz?

--Quenton Shaw

Mildred Lox?

Mildred Barlyon?

Mildred Mordred?

--Korey Watkins

Edna Mae Gazordenplatz...

Is it me, or does she look like Jonathon Winters?

--Mark Stratton

Gertrude!

--ilagiggles@gmail.com

With that strong muscular chin, that steely gaze, the stern wagging figer....there can be only one name that truly captures the personality of this Mom: Roscoe.

I await my due riches and rewards.

--Claypatch

Give her white hair and granny is a dead ringer for my granny. And I believe her name is perfect: Murtle. I mean, who in god's sweet heaven names their kid Murtle?

Before she married my Grandpa to become Murtle Monlux, she was Murtle Eshe, which is a pretty darn good name.

--Mark Monlux

Looks like Mrs. Frances Delaney Roosevelt

--still_dvs@yahoo.com

That mother has got to be a Gertrude.

--Susan Byra

I'd go with "Ruth". Ruth Ratzenest. If she dies, her daughter will just have to go on Ruthlessly.

--Kevin Boze

With a mug like that, the name absolutely has to be: MRS. MANNISH. (She once defeated Teddy Roosevelt in a bare-knuckled boxing match...)

--jhallock@gmail.com

The mom's name is Mildred

--Luke Hackenberg

Melva

--Dan

I think she looks like a Mildred or a Betty.

--CBagoon@GrahamDunn.com

Let's hope she just has gas. The alternative is too ugly to contemplate. Does remind me of my "accidental" wife, Maxine...that I caught (like a virus) on the rebound of a beautiful 12 year marriage. It lasted 3 months and I don't remember her last name nor where she lived. So I don't count her in our family tree. Is that legal?

--Old friend, Jack

Fredricka A. Humperbottom!

--Pat Boroughs

As far as a name for the mother, the minute I saw her face I came up with Mabel Orser.  Don't know why, it just popped up.  

--Allen Duzak

MOTHER DIVA

--Tina Janek

My suggestion comes from the nickname of a friend's grandfather:  Bittaker. His last name was Pierce, which might be oddly apropos for the character.  Of course it was always said with a Maine Accent: Bitt-a-kuh

--Richard Boulet

Call her "Clanche". It's derived from the Old English words for "clamp" and "clenched". Of course, she may be older than Old English. In that case, "Clanche" is a Druid term meaning "restless stump".

--Chris Martin

Esther Vanderbrook.

--Benjamin Nason

Charlene "Char" Whapinski.

--Michael Noble

"Emmy Pennybreaker"

--Allen Smith

Opal Anne

--Jo Seaver   

She looks like my great Aunt Sis.  Her name was Martha Earle.

--Penny Register

She looks like an "Edna (or Edith) Buddinski" to me.  A perfect name for what she likes to do.  :-)

--Dave Morris

Momma Nemanishen or Aunt Laverne. say them in your head before you disregard them. they are jewels of names. YES!

--Melissa MacMaster

Hortense! The mother's name should be Hortense. (Would be Hector, if she were a man; she is rather "manly" looking). But, Hortense sprang to mind as soon as I saw her.

--Richard Biren

I have to tell you that the drawing reminds me of my great aunt Mabel (long since departed), so I would vote for the name Mabel.

--Grace Reamer

Edna Pearl Mcjowelsaggs

 -- Russ

Hortense Snodgrass

   or

Bertha T. Butt

   or

Mildred Potts

   or

Gladys Happybottom

--Shelagh Lustig

How about "Dunn - Irene Dunn"  When she's dunn with you, you will most definitely know it!  And you will pray that you never have to deal with the "Sweet old girl" ever again.

Jerry Pickard

How about Lurline Knickerstarcher? (Oh, that's right, you Yanks don't know what knickers are....)

--Geoffrey Blum

Mabel Reeder. Because she absorbs information like a sponge.

--Blackjack Gabbiani

Fern Trundlehopper.

--Thomas Heald

Agnes Pepperdine

--Bart Starr

She looks like a Winifred to me.   

--Laura Drake

This woman has to be an Irene!

 --Laura Juozunas

Eye Gouge Gertie came to mind.  Been hanging out with the roller derby gals too long.

--Scooter Harras