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For Better or Worse

Why was every female so dykey?

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by Anonymousreply 53November 21, 2020 8:39 PM

Not dykey -- Canadian.

by Anonymousreply 1December 9, 2017 2:35 AM

Did they contract Bryan Singer to draw the Michael character?

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by Anonymousreply 2December 9, 2017 2:37 AM

It was the 80s; women didn't have to project delicate femininity. And yes, Canada.

by Anonymousreply 3December 9, 2017 3:01 AM

Was April retarded?

by Anonymousreply 4December 9, 2017 1:20 PM

The whole thing was a mess and got worse when Johnson went all politically correct, with her mulatto gay character, then when her husband dumped her loser ass in real life, she tried to take revenge on him by rewriting the strip so the father is now an asshole.

by Anonymousreply 5December 9, 2017 1:42 PM

I don't know OP. Why are you so faggy?

by Anonymousreply 6December 9, 2017 1:45 PM

R5 LOL. She got dumped?

by Anonymousreply 7December 9, 2017 2:22 PM

I love how almost every female character has a mushroom cut.

by Anonymousreply 8December 9, 2017 2:23 PM

Most boring comic strip ever.

by Anonymousreply 9December 9, 2017 2:23 PM

I had TOTALLY forgotten this strip. Anybody remember The Circus of P.T. Bimbo? I only remember it for having what I thought was one of the greatest character's names ever.

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by Anonymousreply 10December 9, 2017 2:37 PM
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by Anonymousreply 11December 9, 2017 2:48 PM

Agree with everyone. Canadian AND from the prairies. A different league of aggressively unfeminine.

by Anonymousreply 12December 9, 2017 2:59 PM

Her husband left.het just as she was to.retire from drawing the cartoon.

She called it a Viagra breakup. He wanted to give approval the time and she was tired.

by Anonymousreply 13December 10, 2017 1:11 AM

In 1993, Lynn Johnstone had a teenage character come out. It caused her much turmoil, and money, as she was dropped from several newspapers.

In my opinion, she is one of the the few, true, straight heroes of the movement.

We speak your name.

by Anonymousreply 14December 10, 2017 1:25 AM

From t13:

"Give approval' was written as "screw all the time."

by Anonymousreply 15December 10, 2017 4:41 AM

She is a really nice lady.

by Anonymousreply 16December 10, 2017 4:42 AM

I have to give her credit for that coming out series. It meant a lot to me as I came out around the same time. I remember our local paper printing some hateful letters to the editor about it, though to their credit the paper didn't pull the cartoon.

by Anonymousreply 17December 10, 2017 8:38 AM

I didn't know this comic was made into an animated show. Was it good? Was it like The Simpsons?

by Anonymousreply 18December 10, 2017 8:53 AM

I thought it was cool that the characters aged in real time

by Anonymousreply 19December 10, 2017 9:54 AM

I always wanted to see Michael and Lizzie fuck. That would be hot. And have Picky-Picky watch.

by Anonymousreply 20December 10, 2017 10:03 AM

r16

Then why did her husband give her the Big A?

by Anonymousreply 21December 10, 2017 10:03 AM

That jazzy closing theme is hot fire, makes me want to grab a sax and play along.

I love the animation style; from character design to movement to shot-framing the show is a refreshing change from what we’re used to. The women look normal, like women I know, which is a credit to the art.

It’s a shame the script isn’t funny, at least not the episode OP posted - but it’s not American Dad! or Ren & Stimpy so perhaps we cynics need to appreciate it for what it is, a gentle slice-of-life family dramedy.

by Anonymousreply 22December 10, 2017 10:23 AM

I don't know how to link on my phone but if you Google her name there are several interviews where she talks about her divorce and the role Viagra played.

by Anonymousreply 23December 10, 2017 2:59 PM

For R22

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by Anonymousreply 24December 10, 2017 4:36 PM

I loved the comic strip. The coming out of Laurence was a big deal. Michael rejected him at first; his stepdad kicked him out of the house and he ran away before his mom had a change of heart. Later, when he got older, Laurence had a partner, who also became a regular character in the strip, too. Just another boring couple. (i.e. normal).

It's easy to dismiss this comic strip as a frau comic because it centered on Ellie, but really it offered something for everyone because of its diverse range of characters. Another memorable character was Elizabeth's teacher, who used a wheelchair. The death of the family's dog had some readers in tears. There were actual storylines, and there were surprises too; sometimes a character would reappear after years away. This strip was 100 times better than "Peanuts" or "Beetle Bailey."

by Anonymousreply 25December 10, 2017 6:52 PM

This thread got me to check out the For Better or Worse website.

The death of Farley the dog had me in tears. Like, sobbing.

by Anonymousreply 26December 10, 2017 7:12 PM

Peanuts was the superior strip. It went to shit in the '80s.

by Anonymousreply 27December 10, 2017 8:20 PM

That's nice that the comic strip had diversity and everything, but couldn't it have tried to be funny occasionally?

by Anonymousreply 28December 10, 2017 8:27 PM

Charles Schultz got a crush on Lynn which resulted in a brief estrangement

by Anonymousreply 29December 10, 2017 8:29 PM

Did it ever feature a Fat Broad?

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by Anonymousreply 30December 10, 2017 8:35 PM

Ellie was a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 31December 10, 2017 9:34 PM

bump

by Anonymousreply 32December 10, 2017 11:45 PM

Peanuts is the best strip there ever was. Followed by Calvin and Hobbs. You can't judge by '80s or '90s Peanuts. In the '60s and early '70s it was a beautiful, melancholy, and sometimes hilarious strip. Schutz ran out of steam around 1982.

For Better or Worse was never very funny. But it was compelling. And interesting as hell to watch the family grow.

by Anonymousreply 33December 11, 2017 4:42 AM

"Connie" looks EXACTLY like my dyke former boss.

by Anonymousreply 34December 11, 2017 6:03 AM

[quote]He wanted to give approval the time and she was tired.

[quote]"Give approval' was written as "screw all the time."

And people continue to use autocorrect WHY?

by Anonymousreply 35December 11, 2017 8:09 AM

This page goes into great details about health problems Lynn may or may not have, events leading up to her divorce that may or may not have happened, and whether sex or money or was behind her husband decamping.

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by Anonymousreply 36December 11, 2017 2:51 PM

Wow that blog reminds me of the nutcase who stalks that female cancer comedian Tig. Weirdness.

by Anonymousreply 37December 11, 2017 5:27 PM

That seems to be an invested group...

by Anonymousreply 38December 11, 2017 6:19 PM

It was no Cathy...

by Anonymousreply 39December 11, 2017 6:19 PM

Ack!

by Anonymousreply 40June 9, 2018 3:02 PM

[quote]Why was every female so dykey?

This really shows we live in Kardashian ho world.

by Anonymousreply 41June 9, 2018 3:17 PM

Notice how she made the illegitimate, mix race guy the gay one?

by Anonymousreply 42June 9, 2018 3:52 PM

I had a crush on Michael growing up and loved it when she drew him masturbating in bed to a nudie magazine (featured at the beginning of this clip):

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by Anonymousreply 43October 29, 2020 2:33 AM

They were so Canadian. Everyone going "to university"!

by Anonymousreply 44October 29, 2020 2:38 AM

"Most boring comic strip ever."

Allow me to introduce myself. . .

by Anonymousreply 45October 29, 2020 2:41 AM

Well, this strip was certainly no "Nancy" or "Family Circus". Meh.

by Anonymousreply 46October 29, 2020 2:45 AM

I also remember For Better Or Worse as being completely boring.

by Anonymousreply 47October 29, 2020 3:42 AM

It's true that lots of Canadian women have a dykey look about them.

by Anonymousreply 48October 29, 2020 3:44 AM

The strip should've ended with the whole family being picked off one by one by a serial killer.

by Anonymousreply 49November 21, 2020 7:19 PM

What was “revolutionary” about it was that the characters aged IRT. I was actually moved by the strip where the family dog died, rescuing the youngest girl from a river current. It took a week’s worth of strips, but you could see it coming, as the dog lay to rest while the rest of the family was joyously celebrating that the child was alright.

by Anonymousreply 50November 21, 2020 7:32 PM

The purpose of reading Nancy was that you KNEW it wasn’t gonna be funny. Just lots of slashes on top of their heads on the last frame.

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by Anonymousreply 51November 21, 2020 7:36 PM

R51 is like slapstick as a frame-by-frame cartoon. Set-up, punchline. The 3-pump chump of cartoons.

by Anonymousreply 52November 21, 2020 8:36 PM

No Datalounge cartoon discussion should miss this old website.

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by Anonymousreply 53November 21, 2020 8:39 PM
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