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, 3 months ago
Elly, better have a BIG talk with Gordon’s folks.
Mr. Peterson said, 3 months ago
Gordon will end up owning all of you. ALL OF YOU!!!
KenTheCoffinDweller said, 3 months ago
Templo SUD,
Quite obviously you are not familiar with the first run of the series so I won’t spoil things for you or others. But the behavior is not surprising and back in the time frame that this takes place going to Gordon’s folks would not have been done.
trekman58 said, 3 months ago
@Mr. Peterson
SPOILERS!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Gordon Mayes was a composite of a number of people – kids I knew who had problems too big to talk about. We all knew who had troubles at home – without knowing what those troubles were. Sometimes the signs were too evident to ignore. The surname “Mayes” was for Carol Mayes – a friend of mine in elementary school.
Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago
We can say that Gordon goes through a lot of grief but ends up doing very well for himself!
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 3 months ago
“Just the usual.”
Meaning the usual crabbiness, eh, Mike?
mightaswellbe said, 3 months ago
Back when I was little I had a ‘Gordon’ friend. When my mom would ask me who had peed my pants I always blamed Tommy Tucker. :-) I think mine and Tommy’s mom had some good laughs over that.
franbarces said, 3 months ago
i like your comments lynne i am also glad you divorced your husband… i hope you have found happiness i like you
JanCinLV said, 3 months ago
@trekman58
“SPOILERS!”
Not so much. Predictions like that are made all the time. The kid who seems to have the least going for him can end up being the biggest man in town, whether in fiction or in real life.
The Life I Draw Upon said, 3 months ago
RUN! Forrest RUN!
kaecispop said, 3 months ago
@templo SUD
Having a talk with Gordon’s folks would prove to be fruitless. Their “little darling” is never the problem. Even when there are witnesses to their son or daughter committing a felony, it is somebody else’s fault. Their child is always innocent.
Teresa said, 3 months ago
“Blame MUST be assigned!”
loves raising duncan said, 3 months ago
@JanCinLV
Very well put!
loves raising duncan said, 3 months ago
Ellie’s been wrong before, and forbidding children to hang-out with each other doesn’t always work. Forgive me for being a spoiler but Gordon does turn out nice.