For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- January 16, 2009
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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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wndrwrthg
said,
10 months ago
“Thems fightin’ words”.
Akenta said, 10 months ago
I’ve been enjoying this week’s strip since I never got to see Mike and Deanna when they were young. Makes me curious who April will end up with - I always thought Jeremy.
Silverpearl said, 10 months ago
The truth will out. Oh, to be young again? Not me.
summerdog said, 10 months ago
Akenta, according to “the end” back on the last day of August, April graduated from vet school, got a job with the Calgary Stampede taking care of the horses, and stayed out west with a boy she met there.
krusher2 said, 10 months ago
Michael’s startled expression in the 4th panel is a lot like his adult version of the same expression.
Macushlalondra
said,
10 months ago
Hey Lawrence, you got a BIG MOUTH!!!!!!
marvee
said,
10 months ago
How old are they at this time? I thought girls had cooties then.
Wildmustang1262 said, 10 months ago
Boys always challenged to fight each others all the time! Who will win?
LOLs!
OPCgnat said, 10 months ago
marveePro says:
How old are they at this time? I thought girls had cooties then.
Depends on the kid - my cousin was picking up girls in the supermarket when he was five!
ewennick said, 10 months ago
Wow, Burlington, Ontario gets a mention … my hometown. Woo hoo!
jackofstories said, 10 months ago
I’m so glad Lynn’s doing these strips. In the original run Deanna just disappeared, now we get a foreshadowing of things to come.
arceedee
said,
10 months ago
krusher2 I think that expression runs in the family; the other Pattersons wear it often. A similar great take done by the father in ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ was a reax to being called ‘Dopey Dad’ - priceless.
StripesCnH-GF said, 10 months ago
I actually think Lynn is Retired so these ones are actually in syndication like few of the other comic (eg. Calvin & Hobbes)
dakabn5 said, 10 months ago
Lynn said herself that she is redrawing and may focus more on the funny this time around. :D