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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Gokie5 said, 5 months ago
To my fellow GoComics commenters: Happy New Year to you and yours!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9T3V0PTmWU
The J.A.M. said, 5 months ago
…and yes, they got divorced. Good riddance.
NightShade09 said, 5 months ago
@The J.A.M.
Wow. You go beyond troll, and straight to ogre.
gmartin997
said, 5 months ago
Ellie never did have a sense of humor.
psychlady said, 5 months ago
There’s a switch. Today Elly is the one sliding off the rails!
Jenn said, 5 months ago
@The J.A.M.
Actually, Johnston really DID get divorced.
Jenn said, 5 months ago
Ellie, Ellie, Ellie…when will you learn not to set yourself up for judgmental responses. Even I would’ve said something.
mabrndt
said, 5 months ago
Happy New Year (eCard, more for yesterday than today)
Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
One of Rod’s dentist friends actually did wire a woman’s teeth together after she demanded he do so in order to help her lose weight. With the wiring job, he gave her a set of wire cutters so she could open her mouth immediately in case of an emergency. I think she lasted about a week before she cut herself loose.
jim12345 said, 5 months ago
Grouch !!!!!!!!
masnadies said, 5 months ago
It’s true that meeting self-loathing with an insult doesn’t really help, though what would help doesn’t really fit in a strip and seldom happens. This is probably more realistic than most of us make out. Weight isn’t a big deal in my world, but it is in the worlds of many.
Happy New Year, all!
IndyMan said, 5 months ago
That’s the way with all women—they start a ‘train of thought’ but if a man(usually the husband) adds a thought as well meaning as is it meant or a joke to lighten the mood, we are all wrong. Is it any wonder, men are ‘tongue-tied’ around women, when whatever we say is the ‘wrong thing to say’, no matter what it was that we said.
John Pike said, 5 months ago
@IndyMan
That’s the truth. Sometimes I get an argument when I agre with my wife(The Boss Lady).
yldchyld
said, 5 months ago
offering to wire your wife’s mouth shut is not ever a good thing to say. That should be pre-programmed into the male brain.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 5 months ago
First day of the new year, and already Elly is a b***h and John an idiot.
Only in the funnies can such a marriage last.