For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- July 29, 2010
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Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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myming said, about 15 hours ago
did they start w/ this car ?
baslim_the_begger
said,
about 15 hours ago
^Yes, but not the trailer for the stinking dog.
Start saving your money John. The next vacation is going to cost you… and Elly deserves it.
catlady1
said,
about 12 hours ago
Sorry Farley. You’ll be in exile for quite some time.
You can tell this is an old strip. No seat belts.
ladyfingers86 said, about 12 hours ago
Seems they couldn’t get the skunk “fragrance” out of Farley.
WebSpider said, about 11 hours ago
You can tell this was in theory decades earlier.
Can you imagine a cop pulling them over these days with that poor dog locked in a U-Haul trailer in the middle of summer with no windows or barely any ventilation holes?
I wonder how many letters Lynn got from angry pet owners when she originally posted this strip.
lightenup said, about 8 hours ago
One good thing is that you got through it without a visit to the hospital.
summerdog said, about 8 hours ago
I’d like to be there when they try to turn in the smelly rented trailer.
And when everything in it has to be washed down from the dog being in there.
algurka said, about 7 hours ago
Did we ever find out what was moving in the mattress?
Lewreader
said,
about 6 hours ago
As a male reader, I shudder at the smile on Elly’s face.
milano99 said, about 5 hours ago
I have laugh at this – and I should have posted this yesterday. When I was 16, a few of us piled in my old Corvair and snuck into an old MGM lot in Culver City, CA (we did it all the time). One of the dimmer bulbs in our group saw a skunk and decided to chase it. Of course, it stopped dead and sprayed him from about 3 feet away. Dude rode the 5-6 miles home in the trunk which, unfortunately for the rest of us, was in the front on a Corvair.
arsmall
said,
about 5 hours ago
LOL @milano99! Great story!
I love the smelly fumes coming out of the U-rent trailer!
poohbear8192
said,
about 5 hours ago
Where are Iris and Mrs. Luke when you need them?
milano99 said, about 5 hours ago
Oh, and did anyone figure out what happened to Joe-Alan Doty? I also live in the Tulsa area, and I checked the local paper, and don’t see anything that would indicate that he left us prematurely.
puddleglum1066 said, about 4 hours ago
So, re panel three… for a preview of next year’s vacation, see the current arc in “Cathy”
Wildmustang1262 said, about 4 hours ago
Where and how did John and Elly get that kind of “U-Rent” trailer to put their stinky dog, Farley in before they headed home? X-D hahahahahaaa… Poor Farley for stucking in the trailer for long time to get home. hee hee hee hee hee heeee ;-D