Via the Houston Chronicle comes this story about Lynn Johnston’s upcoming retirement of her daily strip, “For Better or For Worse,” or semi-retirement as the case may be.
“We’re starting to get to the stage when you go to funerals and that’s where you reunite with friends,” she continues. “I want to be able to spend time with friends while they’re still alive.”
The good news, however, is that Johnston isn’t retiring. Instead, the strip — which appears in more than 2,000 newspapers … will be transformed in September into what Johnston calls “a hybrid” of new and old material.
The most revealing part is where she admits she has dystonia, which apparently is what plagued Charles Schulz’s shaky hand in his later years. She also calls Bill Watterson and Aaron McGruder “wusses,” which is always fun to read.
February 5th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
This really makes me sad. As much as I loved Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts, you never really got as involved with the characters’ lives as with For Better or For Worse. Just thinking about some of the story lines still bring a tear to my eye (particularly Farley’s passing). I’ll really miss watching the people in this strip (which is only four years youger than I) grow older with me.
February 5th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
MacGruder IS a wuss, but only because he’s a whiny Naderite.
February 5th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
“She also calls Bill Watterson and Aaron McGruder “wusses,” which is always fun to read.”
Never mind the fact that Bill Watterson’s art was virtually without peer during his run on Calvin and Hobbes, and that instead of regurgitating the same story-lines for the next twenty years he decided to retire the strip with dignity while he was at the top of his game. If that makes him a “wuss” I wish there were more “wusses” in the comic-strips.
February 8th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
>>Never mind the fact that Bill Watterson’s art was virtually without peer during his run on Calvin and Hobbes, and that instead of regurgitating the same story-lines for the next twenty years he decided to retire the strip with dignity while he was at the top of his game. If that makes him a “wuss” I wish there were more “wusses” in the comic-strips.>>
It’s good to read things in context. Check the article…It sounds very much like she was probably joking.