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For Better or For Worse (FBorFW) is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that began in September 1979.
Set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Millborough, Ontario, the strip chronicles the lives of a Canadian family and their friends. The father, John Patterson, is a dentist whose hobby is model railroading; he appears less often than the mother, Elly, a housewife turned book store owner.
The happy couple have three children: Michael, Elizabeth, and April. Michael is married to Deanna, Elizabeth teaches on an Indian reserve, and April is in high school. The strip also features Elly's father, Jim Richards, and his second wife, Iris.
Unlike most comic strips (the best known exception being Gasoline Alley, but also the newer strip Baby Blues), the characters age. The strip may be unique in that this occurs in real time and has from the beginning, and fans have been known to express surprise and dismay at passing time in the story (e.g., "Michael is married?! He can't be that old!").
The comic's characters were based upon Lynn Johnston's real family. However, the characters are substantially different from her real family. When her children were younger, she asked their permission before depicting events from their lives; and she only once used a "serious" story from their lives. [HTTP ] When Johnston had the urge to have another child, she settled on creating a new daughter (April Patterson) for her alter ego from the strip.
Source: [wikipedia: for better or for worse]

comic_strips_and_panels:comics

	For Better or For Worse
		official site: archives, books, and latest installments.

	For Better or For Worse - Toonopedia
		summary and overview of the strip.

	Gay Segment in For Better or for Worse Comic Strip
		commentary and analysis of the controversy surrounding the introduction of a gay character, lawrence to the syndicated strip.

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