Comments on: For Better or For Worse to begin ‘new-runs’

By: Joan Miller

Joan Miller — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:52:05 +0000

Thank You Lynn Johnston for Many Endearing Moments Never to be Forgotten. Not having seen the “Wedding” or many of the beginning comics, I welcome the opportunity to start again. One of my favorites was in the Sunday, May 8, 2005 Times Union, where John is trying, at the very last minute, to do something special for Elly on Mothers Day. Perfect – Just Perfect.

You will be hearing from the rest of my family, I’m sure.

By: Barbara French

Barbara French — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:13:13 +0000

Very few of the datly comics are worth reading.

By: Barbara French

Barbara French — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:02:42 +0000

Love this strip even as a rerun! Life is very real in this family with heart aches and joys. Please never drop For Better For Worse.

By: Gary Weiss

Gary Weiss — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:28:10 +0000

Lynn, I enjoy reading your comic strip.
And I liked your wedding story so much that I saved that whole story everyday and put it in a scrap book. Why? Because it reminded me of a couple that were friends of mine and they let me speak at thier wedding ceremony.
It was a wonderful day too.

So keep up the good work Lynn.

By: Pat Neeley

Pat Neeley — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:08:07 +0000

I love FBOFW any way I can get it. The last episode was satisfying in that the futures of the family that we have grown to know so well were revealed. I like going back to the beginning. Then i can say “Oh look, there’s Farley as a pup!” Keep it up. I’d really miss it if it were to end.

By: J.G. Moore

J.G. Moore — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:37:29 +0000

Move along people, nothing NEW to see here…

By: Joseph Craig

Joseph Craig — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:23:48 +0000

I have to admit, I won’t miss this strip terribly. Although, I always read it and have enjoyed it, the “real time” strips make me uncomfortable. I have a hard enough time watching the Olsen twins grow up, let alone the fear of opening up the Sunday funnies to learn of Grandpa’s imminent death. It’s just a personal reaction, but watching these kids marry and get old makes me nervous!

By: SJ Doss

SJ Doss — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:07:37 +0000

*sigh*
all good things come to an end.

it’s a wise money move, she’ll be able to attract new readers while retaining most of her current audience. serial cartoons just aren’t the money-makers.

i have been reading this strip for years and years, but unfortunately, it’s time for me to stop reading it. when the storyline ended the strip ended. i don’t need to read, what in the past few days, feels like every other strip on the comic page.

By: Lois Garcia

Lois Garcia — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:12:04 +0000

I just loved this comic strip and will be very disappointed to see it end. Before I went to work every day, I had to read your strip. I think there was much so potential to continue it forward. However, the ending of Elizabeth and Anthony made me glad; I guess because I am a romantic and believed that they belonged together.

Best wishes to whatever direction you follow. Maybe, in time, you will want to restart this series.

By: patricia scarbary

patricia scarbary — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:06:51 +0000

i will really miss For Better or Worse. i loved the way the characters and pets grew and changed as in real life.
One of my favorite comic strips is Opus which is not in my local paper.
Sparky Schultz happily wrote his Peanuts strip every day until his untimely death. he did not forsake his loyal readers. so now we have lost a third very good comic strip. i do not understand why Ms Johnston cannot create a Sunday only strip with fresh happenings,this would give her the desired leisure time.If she feels she must end the strip could she not at least have drawn a large strip in the Sunday paper showing all of the characters saying “good by”? At the risk of sounding mean, i think she left her readers in the lurch. i really have no desire to see the very old scripts rehashed.