For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- April 15, 2008
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About For Better or For Worse
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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Mark Kausler
said,
about 1 year ago
What’s with those pink people and dogs in the first panel? Is that a primitive form of motion capture for comic strip artists which wasn’t drawn over?
tobybartels said, about 1 year ago
The lack of detail gives the impression of distance. It’s a bit odd because the size is so large; it would work better with a wider shot. Also the colour is not ideal; I suppose that it’s supposed to be washed out by the bright sun behind us, but that doesn’t fit with the vivid greens in the background (and then panel 3 is inconsistent, with washed-out dogs in the distance but shadowed humans up close).