A Look Inside For Better Or For Worse:


Book Description

Lynn Johnston's own family bears an uncanny resemblance to the fictional Patterson family. In A Look Inside For Better or For Worse you'll find the evolution of Lynn Johnston's strip. From the turmoils of toddlerhood to the shock of "a teenager in the house," For Better or For Worse presents a decade of entertainment.







Home Sweat Home


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A collection of "For Better or For Worse" comic strips, following the Patterson family as John and Elly downsize, Mike and Deanna buy the family homestead, Elizabeth has her heart broken, and April turns sixteen.




Middle Age Spread


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A collection of comics from Lynn Johnston's daily strip "For Better or For Worse", which chronicles the daily ups and downs of the Patterson family.




For Better of For Worse


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The cast expands and roles that will play a big part down the road are just starting to bud. New adventures await Elizabeth as she enters kindergarten and has to spend some time in the hospital. Michael has to deal with a bully at school and takes a flight to Vancouver--all by himself! John has an unfortunate accident and is arrested for breaking and entering! And Elly finds a worthwhile cause in heading up a campaign to save the historic city hall which has been scheduled for demolition. Plus, Uncle Phil begins a new relationship and the Enjo family moves next door. Lynn Johnston's signature style becomes more defined and her storylines more complex as we carry on through the eighties. Volume Two collects the complete daily and Sunday comics from January 1983 through July 14, 1986, with all Sunday comics printed in color.




What, Me Pregnant?


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In What, Me Pregnant? A For Better or For Worse Collection, Elly, who is juggling a new job, the adolescent traumas of Michael and now Elizabeth, plus the usual housework woes, finds out she is pregnant!! The shock finally wears off and the family deals with the idea of another person in their household. Then one stormy night, baby April is born at home, and the Pattersons forget their worries and focus on the beautiful new baby girl, while getting used to midnight feedings and changing diapers!




Graduation A Time For Change


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This collection includes cartoons from June 1999 to March 2000 from the "For Better or Worse" nationally syndicated comic strip. It follows the adventures of the Patterson family as they age, cope and navigate life with love and humor.




Senior's Discount


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Johnstons "For Better or For Worse" is the worlds most popular family strip in which characters evolve through age and experience, rather than remaining frozen in time. Syndicated since 1979, this comic was named Best Syndicated Comic Strip.




For Better Or for Worse


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"For Better or For Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston will be published to coincide with an international touring exhibition of Lynn Johnston's work, organized by the Art Gallery of Sudbury. The book features some of Johnston's most popular narratives, interspersed with an essay that chronicles the development of her drawing, her life, influences both personal and artistic, and the history of her wildly successful comic strip. This book also gathers together a generous selection of Lynn Johnston's daily comic strips and Sunday pages, spanning the lives of the Patterson family."--




Family Business


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A collection of cartoons captures everyday life in the Patterson family, as John and Emily confront middle age, Elizabeth deals with college life and independence, Michael secretly marries Deanna, and April learns about bullies.