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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Foolish Mortals by Tom Horacek
For Heaven's Sake by Mike Morgan
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templo SUD said, 4 months ago
Like those bubs’ll ever find love.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Typical of a girl to be more mature at that age than the boys.
papamac630 said, 4 months ago
I’m guessing none of them got invited to the wedding…
kfccanada said, 4 months ago
Ah, the memories from childhood….Michael did marry Deanna and Gordon and all those other school chums …laughing like donkeys…were indeed his friends throughout adult life. These types of embarrassing situations, horrible as they seem at the time, will increase their bonds as they age. They will all be laughing together in their 80’s at some senior’s centre in Smalltown, Canada.
Tin Can Twidget said, 4 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
So true.
ReneTray said, 4 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Yes. Just like I asked a girl but she wanted someone else. Of course in one day everyone knew.
ReneTray said, 4 months ago
@papamac630
Yes in around 20 years.
JanCinLV said, 4 months ago
@papamac630
Actually Gordon (with his wife Tracy) was the one who stood up for Mike & Deanna at their first (secret) wedding.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
re: night-gaunt
depends on the generation. I don’t doubt Boomer girls were more mature at that age.
GenX girls by comparison were trained in several doctrines that set them up to fail, most notably “no consequences to actions.”
lightenup
said, 4 months ago
Ah the “joys” of being the first one to be caught liking someone of the opposite sex.
Hedgehog52 said, 4 months ago
Jealousy deflected into humor.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 4 months ago
Where the hell is the school principal when you REALLY need him/her???
prrdh said, 4 months ago
@SUSAN NEWMAN
I think this is the sort of thing kids need to work out among themselves without adult intervention. A lot of ‘trauma’ is actually manufactured by ‘experts’.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Writing a series of strips about Valentine’s Day brought back so many memories. In grade two, my girlfriends and I thought the boys in our grade were SO immature!
ossiningaling said, 4 months ago
@JanCinLV
Yep. Gordon turned out alright.