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I cried reading the FBoFW strip where the Patterson's older dog died saving April from drowning in a river.

― mushy, Thursday, 18 August 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I have been obsessed with reading lately, it's so soap opera and cheesy. Liz should run away from Anthony, he looks like he's 80, for real.

Did you know there's a bunch of websites dissecting and satirizing this strip? Here's a couple of links:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/binky_betsy/

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ellcee/

http://aprilsrealblog.blogspot.com/

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 August 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link

I suspect people don't like FBoFW because they expect it to be funny.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 18 August 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I hate nothing more than the traditional shocked/wistful/melancholy look on the faces of the parents (or "'rents" in FBoFW world) in the last panel of a "they grow up so fast" strip. Sometimes this facial expression is also inexplicably included in a strip about the dogs and fucking rabbit.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

There is one good thing about For Better or For Worse which is that eventually all the characters will die.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link

lol I swear I didn't read those blogs until just now.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Ugh! That April, she's a real hoser sometimes! Like, could she be any ruder to her mom this morning? I mean, Elly was just trying to be helpful! Sheesh!

― Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gentleee as you move (Leee), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

If I had a nickel for every final FBOFW panel that featured a character's eyes bugging out in a reaction shot, I'd be almost as rich as Lynn Johnston.

I just went to the syndicate's website to steal some of these priceless images and ran across this:

As of September 1st "For Better or For Worse" will no longer be available on Comics.com due to the fact that the creator has not renewed her contract with Comics.com.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I read it at www.ucomics.com now. In color!

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link

The "April has acne" storyline is getting really old. I want to find out if Lizzie's gettin it on with the cute cop.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Bah, color.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Almost any story having to do with April gets old really quick.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Friday, 9 December 2005 03:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Ape! Sometimes I can't stand her, but today: "Sometimes it's hard to know if I'm being useful... or just being used." So wise beyond her years!!

― Obsessing over the unobtainable and nonexistent. (Leee), Friday, 9 December 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

That's quite a hip outfit and hairstyle that she's got, too.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Friday, 9 December 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link

The high school switched to a uniform dress code a couple years ago.

Cripes, the shit that lives in my brane...

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 9 December 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Whoops, good catch. I read FBoW on Sundays, and figured it was individual choice as to why April was wearing a grey pants outfit and her friend was in a skirt.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Saturday, 10 December 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9559/theinhkocomic1sc.jpg

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 11 December 2005 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks, Shannon.

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes! Those inferior to us will always be great mascots to remind us how much fortunate we are!

I like the last Sunday strip!

― Obsessing over the unobtainable and nonexistent. (Leee), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Seriously, the funny! I'm not joking!

― c(''c) (Leee), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually chuckled, god damn you.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 04:36 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread really should have been titled "For Better Or For Worse: B/W?"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

mods?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

You sound like Sinbad.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:00 (eighteen years ago) link

the brave & heroic sailor, i hope!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

i take that as a compliment!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

Looks like Jim's a goner.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link

The paper I read here doesn't have FBOFW, but they do have Rex Morgan, MD!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I appreciate the moral worldview she articulates in today's strip -- she approaches death's solemnity with a generically derivative joke about prime rib. Indeed, death be not proud! Brava, Ms. Johnston.

But I don't get slocki's joke thatis the true tragedie! :(

― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

OH WAIT HAHA.

― c('°c) (Leee), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

The blinking on the website is creepy.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Looking upthread I see that we're about a year from the end forever and for real of FoFW. I guess the culminating event is going to be April's graduation from high school and moving out, creating a newly empty nest for Ellie and John, but in the meantime we have lots of milestones for the cast to get through.

I'm particularly looking forward to the series of strips where Liz testifies about her assault, and when the assailant is released on a technicality, Anthony goes berserk and shoots the guy, then as Liz' cop boyfriend who's name I forget tries to stop the murder Anthony kills him, and then finally himself.

...what?

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link

even cathy is better than this

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link

it would be awesome if today's strip signals Johnston's resolve to KILL EVERY RECURRING CHARACTER before the strip ends next year.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been telling you people this strip is as good as Hamlet.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 02:04 (seventeen years ago) link

its no brewster rockit: space guy

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 02:34 (seventeen years ago) link

> it would be awesome if today's strip signals Johnston's resolve to KILL EVERY RECURRING CHARACTER before the strip ends next year.

I'm saying, yo! My scenario only ends with three minor characters dead and one major one utterly traumatized, alas.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 02:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Yours sounds like the ending of Homicide: Life On the Street

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 04:20 (seventeen years ago) link

the canadian comics hall of fame will give lynn their highest award next year at the wright awards

― anthony easton (anthony), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 05:37 (seventeen years ago) link

...unless one man can stop them.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I haven't regularly read the comics in years now, and never particularly cared for FBOFW, but knowing that it'll be ending relatively soon kinda bums me out. It was never really funny, but at least it was inoffensive. It was workmanlike. Yeah.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Ditto. Dependably enjoyable on Sundays.

― lumberingwoodsman (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i can wrestle chester brown to the floor easy

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Insert Joe Matt joke here.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Hahaha the metaphysical ontology of mind, as distinct from body today! Hahaha Johnston you are a treat!

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

April, yeesh! Way to be selfish and not think about the BAND.

― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 2 October 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Hey! Grandpa Jim was the one who got her started on the guitar. He'd want her to follow her musical dream!

(I guarantee we see this sentiment in print by the end of the week.)

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Monday, 2 October 2006 23:33 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...

APRIL!!! Give your sister some PRIVACY, for CORN'S SAKE!!!

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 4 January 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link

This Elizabeth-being-cheated-on thing is really fucking irritating because it was so telegraphed months ago. But then I realized everything in this strip is telegraphed months in advance. Why does this irritate me more?

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh gross I hope Anthony at least shaves for the wedding

― A B C (sparklecock), Friday, 12 January 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

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WUHoh! Does Liz go for veal??

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link

WAHT, do you mean fuck-want for Jesse? No, she's just a sentimental sap.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link

MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!
MILE HIGH CLUB THEN CHOPPER CRASH!

― Candy: tastes like chicken, if chicken was a candy. (Austin, Still), Friday, 19 January 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

OH GOD APRIL.

― Leee, Monday, 26 March 2007 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Prepare yourself for three weeks of explicit heavy petting. You know Johnston has the pull to make it happen.

― Deric W. Haircare, Monday, 26 March 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

awwwww shit april's going roadside

― A B C, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

This is gonna either get ridiculously hilarious (if Patterson tries to be serious) or grimly dull (if she tries to be funny.)

― Oilyrags, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Also:

http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2007/03/25/

― Oilyrags, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link

that lio!

― chaki, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Re: FBOFW Strip 03-27-07

OMG.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Should I ban myself for having searched the internets for FBOFW pr0n???

― Leee, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link

You'll find it soon enough!

― R Baez, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Aww yah!

― Leee, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link

That was perhaps more than you would liked to have known.

― Leee, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

what a letdown!!

― A B C, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 12:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I kno! (-_-#)

― Leee, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

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