For Better or For Worse

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Canadian comic strip comic strip

For Better or For Worse is a long-running Canadian comic strip by Lynn Johnston that chronicles the everyday lives and aging of the Patterson family with a blend of humor and realistic drama.

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For Better or For Worse canonical 2
For Better or For Worse animated television series 1
For Better or For Worse animated television specials 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian comic strip ⓘ
comic strip ⓘ
adaptation For Better or For Worse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: For Better or For Worse animated television series

For Better or For Worse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: For Better or For Worse animated television specials
author Lynn Johnston ⓘ
awardReceived Cartoonist of the Year (National Cartoonists Society) ⓘ
Hilary Weston ⓘ
surface form: Order of Canada for creator Lynn Johnston (related honor)

Reuben Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
creator Lynn Johnston ⓘ
endDate 2008-08-31 ⓘ
feature Patterson family ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1979 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
family comic ⓘ
humor ⓘ
hasCollectedEditions For Better or For Worse book collections ⓘ
hasReprints rerun strips and updated versions after 2008 ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.fborfw.com/ ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter April Patterson ⓘ
Elizabeth Patterson ⓘ
Elly Patterson ⓘ
John Patterson ⓘ
Michael Patterson ⓘ
narrativeFeature blend of humor and realistic drama ⓘ
characters age in real time ⓘ
depicts everyday family life ⓘ
notableCharacter Farley (family dog) ⓘ
notableFor one of the first mainstream comic strips to have characters age and change over time ⓘ
originalMedium newspaper ⓘ
publisher Universal Press Syndicate ⓘ
setting suburban Ontario, Canada ⓘ
startDate 1979-09-09 ⓘ
subjectMatter aging ⓘ
growing up ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
parenting ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
syndicate Universal Press Syndicate ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
life milestones ⓘ
work–life balance ⓘ
timeSpanCovered multiple decades of the Patterson family’s lives ⓘ

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Peanuts comic strip → influenced → For Better or For Worse ⓘ
subject surface form: Peanuts
United Feature Syndicate → notableWorkDistributed → For Better or For Worse ⓘ
For Better or For Worse → adaptation → For Better or For Worse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: For Better or For Worse animated television specials
For Better or For Worse → adaptation → For Better or For Worse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: For Better or For Worse animated television series