The Lawn was developed in the spring and summer of 2005, and made its debut in The Cornell Daily Sun on September 20th, 2005. The Lawn is created by Liz Popolo, '08 Human Ecology, originally from the Boston area. She has been involved with art for most of her life, and has been cartooning for the past seven years. Liz originally began drawing the characters of The Lawn on her class notes in high school, as commentators on subjects such as calculus and chemistry (oddly, Liz's weakest subjects). Eventually, she began creating dialogues between different characters and drawing a wider variety of creature types. She now keeps a book of finished comics.

Some little-known facts about the Lawn:
   · The Lawn's first readers outside of the U.S. were in Iraq.
   · The characters of The Lawn were originally developed by Liz in 2002.
   · Some organic weed controls (such as corn gluten) also act as fertilizers.
   · Other names that were considered instead of "The Lawn" included:
        > Fuzzy Faust (suggested by Toph)
        > Zoo Camp (suggested by Mer)
        > The Nation of Islam (suggested by Ellen)
        > cR1t4rs!!@!1 (suggested by 5L)
        > Fruits and Animals: Animals Think Fruits Have Super Powers (suggested by Hal)
        > Toad the Wet Sprocket (suggested by Kevin)