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Commentary and analysis of the controversy surrounding the introduction of a gay character, Lawrence to the syndicated strip.
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GAY SEGMENT IN COMIC STRIP Johnston is a resident of North Bay, ON, Canada. She is better known as the creator of a popular, syndicated comic strip, For Better or For Worse. It is distributed to over 1700 newspapers throughout North America. Her comic strip...Official site: Archives, books, and latest installments.
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Unofficial Yahoo Groups forum for fans of the strip.
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Yahoo! Groups fbofw Keep connected to your friends and family through blogs, photos and more. Create your own 360° page now. Home Activity within 7 days: 19 New Messages Description A listserv for discussion of Lynn Johnston's comic strip, For Better or For...Article by Ed McGeehan for the Comic Artists Professional Society, concerning the strip's syndicator switch.
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Article by Tom Zucco, about the mother-in-law strips and the on going controversy surrounding the Lawrence character.
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Floridian: Comic controversy Click here for larger cartoons By TOM ZUCCO St. Petersburg Times, published September 4, 2001 The cartoonist who creates the slice-of-life strip For Better or For Worse brings back a gay character, despite hate mail and cancellations when he came...About the animated adaption of the strip. Includes episode guides, cast and character guides.
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Summary and overview of the strip.
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Don Markstein's Toonopedia: For Better or For Worse If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, Please contribute to its necessary financial support. Amazon.com or PayPal Soap opera comics started with The Gumps and Gasoline Alley, cartoon-style strips about families involved in little 133; continued below 133;...Article about the strip creator, focusing on how it was affected by her life.
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Lynn Johnston, Creator of For Better or For Worse, Part One What dinnerware does for me? More My Recent Articles What’s better than having a Comic Strip Collection Book? Having Two! Justin Thompson, Creator of MythTickle Comics Sherpa: The Insights of Cartoonist Justin Thompson Related Online Courses Preserving Your Memories Through...Interview with the strip creator, with particular focus on dealing with her personal experiences through the strip.
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Article by Ed McGeehan for the Comic Artists Professional Society, concerning the strip's syndicator switch.
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For Better or For Worse Moves to United Media No sooner did the oversized September newsletter go to press, then the mail arrived with a press release from United Media on what may become the biggest comics news story of the year. If you haven't heard, or it wasn't...About the animated adaption of the strip. Includes episode guides, cast and character guides.
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For Better or for Worse TV Show For Better or for Worse Television Show TV.com Johnston hosts this animated adaption of her acclaimed comic strip. The series presents the Patterson's adventures in three different periods of the growing years of the 1980's, the middle years of the early 1990's and contemporary times as we see...Interview with the strip creator, with particular focus on dealing with her personal experiences through the strip.
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Hogan's Interviews Lynn Johnston Thinking myself rather well-informed, I had known her to be a fantastically talented woman masterminding one of the most successful strips-critically and popularly-in recent comics history. I also knew she loosely modeled For Better Or For Worse on her own...