Yes, but neither will happen for many years yet. April won’t be born for another nine years or so, and I think the bookstore is still at least ten years away (that is, assuming that Lynn even bothers to follow the original timeline; she’s already said that she doesn’t intend to let the characters age in real time, so whether April or the bookstore even come into existence at all remains to be seen.)
Hello I’m new here. I only wish the author of the this strip kept going. There could be a whole new generation of family to write about. I still enjoy FBORFW. I guess show more stuff the kids can do. Have a great weekend.
One of the reasons Lynn Johnston ended the strip and went into repeats is because the storylines were getting too complicated and there were getting to be too many characters. She went back to running and updating her old strips because she could focus on just the core Patterson family with relatively simple artwork.
When you consider that during the 29 years of the original strip, Michael grew up, got married, and had two kids of his own, Lynn Johnston already wrote about a whole new generation of family.
I really like the strip, but even cartoonists need to retire (well, sort of in Lynn’s case).
me too, but didn’t Lynn have some sort of health issues that made it difficult for her to continue as she had been? i seem to remember reading something to that effect.
It seems to me that with the new rendition of the family growing up, things are happening more quickly than they did the first time around, which makes sense considering how long the old strip was in existence.
Ok this has been said before but I don’t mind writing it again. Originally Lynn was going to retire completely and spend time with her husband and travel the world. However while they were going over how to end the strip, Lynn found out her husband was cheating on her with a woman that was at least 20 years younger. She decided to come back and only semi retire to get her life refocused.
ladywolf17 almost 15 years ago
If memory serves me correctly, she does in the near future.
legaleagle48 almost 15 years ago
Yes, but neither will happen for many years yet. April won’t be born for another nine years or so, and I think the bookstore is still at least ten years away (that is, assuming that Lynn even bothers to follow the original timeline; she’s already said that she doesn’t intend to let the characters age in real time, so whether April or the bookstore even come into existence at all remains to be seen.)
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Morning Tribe!
Silverpearl almost 15 years ago
She doesn’t have a computer to keep her busy either.
alondra almost 15 years ago
Another kid is just more work. She should take up a hobby.
kab2rb almost 15 years ago
Hello I’m new here. I only wish the author of the this strip kept going. There could be a whole new generation of family to write about. I still enjoy FBORFW. I guess show more stuff the kids can do. Have a great weekend.
dstufff almost 15 years ago
kab2rb -
One of the reasons Lynn Johnston ended the strip and went into repeats is because the storylines were getting too complicated and there were getting to be too many characters. She went back to running and updating her old strips because she could focus on just the core Patterson family with relatively simple artwork.
When you consider that during the 29 years of the original strip, Michael grew up, got married, and had two kids of his own, Lynn Johnston already wrote about a whole new generation of family.
I really like the strip, but even cartoonists need to retire (well, sort of in Lynn’s case).
bald almost 15 years ago
no matter how many kids that you have, life is never boring there is always something to shake up your day be it good or bad.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I would’ve like to have seen more done with Elizabeth and Anthony before she called it a day!
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
me too, but didn’t Lynn have some sort of health issues that made it difficult for her to continue as she had been? i seem to remember reading something to that effect.
cleokaya almost 15 years ago
It seems to me that with the new rendition of the family growing up, things are happening more quickly than they did the first time around, which makes sense considering how long the old strip was in existence.
Wolfdreamer250 almost 15 years ago
Ok this has been said before but I don’t mind writing it again. Originally Lynn was going to retire completely and spend time with her husband and travel the world. However while they were going over how to end the strip, Lynn found out her husband was cheating on her with a woman that was at least 20 years younger. She decided to come back and only semi retire to get her life refocused.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 15 years ago
whenever april showers commme alonnnng!
coffeeturtle almost 15 years ago
Wolfdreamer, that is so sad. Do you have a link for that? I’d like to read it too.
Sternvogel almost 15 years ago
Here’s an article from last September that mentions the breakup of Johnston’s marriage:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-for-better-or-for-worse-ends-0904,0,2345637.story
Grandpa Jim’s death was mentioned in the Sunday wrapup strip last summer:
http://www.forumopolis.com/showthread.php?t=77370
hookedoncomics almost 15 years ago
Thanks for that Sternvogel. I didn’t know the reason for their departure either.