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''For Better or For Worse'' is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran originally from 1979 to 2008 chronicling the lives of a Canadian family, The Pattersons, and their friends. The story is set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Milborough, Ontario. Now running as reruns, ''For Better or For Worse'' is still seen in over 2,000 newspapers〔(Popular Cartoon Will Stay On — As Old/New Hybrid ), a Universal Press Syndicate news release〕 throughout Canada, the United States and about 20 other countries. ==History and background== Johnston's strip began in September 1979, and ended its original daily black-and-white run on August 30, 2008, with a postscript epilogue (as a full-colour Sunday strip) running the following day. Starting on September 1, 2008, the strip began re-telling its original story, using a mixture of straight reruns and retouched strips which featured altered dialogue. This new format, however, was dropped after less than two years and in July, 2010 the strip switched entirely to reruns. A signature element〔 of ''For Better or For Worse'' during its original run was that the characters aged in real time.〔Although some other comic strips feature aging, including ''Gasoline Alley'', ''Doonesbury'', ''Funky Winkerbean'', ''Baby Blues'', and ''Jump Start'', they are usually not aged contemporaneously with the strip.〕 The strip's title is a reference to the marriage service found in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer as well as in the wedding ceremonies of other faith traditions: :''...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health...'' Johnston's work on the comic strip earned her a Reuben Award in 1985 and made her a nominated finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning in 1994.〔(The Pulitzer Prize Nominated Finalists ) Retrieved 10 October 2007. 〕 The strip led the Friends of Lulu to add Johnston to the Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.〔(Past Lulu Awards Winners ) from the Friends of Lulu website〕 In the same year, Will Eisner described ''For Better Or Worse'' as "the best strip around currently," saying "It's humane, human, it has humor to it, and good artwork."〔''Eisner/Miller'', Dark Horse Books, 2005, p.222〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「For Better or For Worse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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