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1. almost 15 years ago on Stone Soup

   Whoops, way late but yes tabbylynn my avatar is from Robots. :)

2. almost 15 years ago on Stone Soup

   Ounce in a wile, spell check dozen get it write….

3. about 15 years ago on Adam@Home

   Thanks so much for the information, Tigger!

4. about 15 years ago on Adam@Home

   What, has Brian Basset retired?

5. about 15 years ago on Stone Soup

   Amen!

6. over 15 years ago on Pickles

   Ewww…

7. over 15 years ago on Stone Soup

   They are sleeping…

8. over 15 years ago on Stone Soup

   Maybe this year she’ll buy Cheap Table Wine instead!

9. over 15 years ago on For Better or For Worse

   trainguy - First of all, if you’d been following more closely, you’d know she’s not running repeats. What you are seeing is all NEW MATERIAL. Since the end-point where Elizabeth and Anthony got married, she closed off the adult version of the strip in order to go back to what she really enjoyed about comic strip writing. Simpler concepts with simple gag writing. If you go to her website, you’ll see that she semi-retired, retiring from writing and drawing the complex graphics, extra characters, and serious content. She said she was getting exhausted trying to continue the complex modern-day version and all the research she had to put in to it.

   “For the past 7 years or so I was aware that the stories were becoming more complicated, the drawings more controlled and the characters more realistic. Gone was the loose, funny, free-hand line I had started with. As the adventures of the characters became more defined, so did the drawing, until I researched everything, from forklifts to faces, from aircraft to arcades. I was out for accuracy. Every house, every apartment had a floorplan. The furniture and the color schemes had to be consistent- as did the information I gave about the “players”, and if I made an error, you would let me know!”

   “For Better or For Worse begins again on September the 1st with new material, new art and new enthusiasm! Without the need to visit all of the auxiliary characters, I can concentrate once again on the insular little Patterson household. I have the children all to myself again. I can do spot gags and silly stuff. I can fix what I don’t like about my early work as I add and subtract…redraw and just improve everything.” -excerpts from Lynn Johnson’s letter posted on the official website on Aug 29, 2008.

   To best understand what she’s doing and why, I would recommend you go read her letter in its entirety. I wish her the best of luck and happiness in being able to continue the strip in some form, even if it isn’t the modern day version I was used to seeing.

   http://www.fborfw.com/news/003373.php

   Personally, I wish her the best. She hasn’t stopped completely - she’s returning to a style that she can continue. Not many people get the chance to “start over again”. I’m glad that she does, and its making her happy.

10. over 15 years ago on For Better or For Worse

    Man, I heard she was thinking of retiring, but this really bites! There were still so many things I wanted to watch unfold! (Sigh) That’s life, though. Ending a strip like this well must be really, really hard. It is a good place to end.

    Should you read this, best wishes to you, Lynn. Your strip has been a part of my life for almost 20 years, and I’ve always enjoyed it. Now I hope you enjoy your semi-retirement. You’ve certainly earned it.