Welcome to the 936th installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. In the first legend, see how For Better or For Worse handled the controversy over its gay character, Lawrence.
As I noted when discussing notable Christmas strips a while back, Lynn Johnston’s For Better or Worse, which launched in September 1979, was one of the most successful comic strips of the 1980s. Johnston’s stories featured the adventures of the Patterson family (Ellie, her husband John, their two children, Michael and Elizabeth, and their family dog, Farley) really resonated with readers based on how realistic Johnston captured the family dynamic in her strips (the strip was originally based on Johnston and her family, but it obviously went off on its own direction very quickly).
One of the areas where the realism of the strip factored in was when Johnston had Michael’s best friend, Lawrence, come out, in 1993. This was obviously a bit of a big deal at the time, and how Johnston handled the controversy was a bit unusual, including having an alternate storyline a decade later!
Welcome to the 936th installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. In the first legend, see how For Better or For Worse handled the controversy over its gay character, Lawrence.
As I noted when discussing notable Christmas strips a while back, Lynn Johnston’s For Better or Worse, which launched in September 1979, was one of the most successful comic strips of the 1980s. Johnston’s stories featured the adventures of the Patterson family (Ellie, her husband John, their two children, Michael and Elizabeth, and their family dog, Farley) really resonated with readers based on how realistic Johnston captured the family dynamic in her strips (the strip was originally based on Johnston and her family, but it obviously went off on its own direction very quickly).
One of the areas where the realism of the strip factored in was when Johnston had Michael’s best friend, Lawrence, come out, in 1993. This was obviously a bit of a big deal at the time, and how Johnston handled the controversy was a bit unusual, including having an alternate storyline a decade later!
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