For Better or For Worse

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For Better or For Worse
The Patterson family, the centre focus of For Better or For Worse
Author(s)Lynn Johnston
Websitewww.fborfw.com
Current status/scheduleConcluded; reruns
Launch dateSeptember 9, 1979
End dateAugust 31, 2008 (original) July 11, 2010 (new "reruns")
Syndicate(s)Universal Press Syndicate (1979–1997,[1] 2004–present)
United Feature Syndicate (1997–2004)
Publisher(s)Andrews McMeel Publishing
Genre(s)Humour
Family
Drama
Slice of Life

For Better or For Worse is a Canadian comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran originally from 1979 to 2008 chronicling the lives of the Patterson family and their friends, in the town of Milborough, a fictional suburb of Toronto, Ontario. Now running as reruns, For Better or For Worse is still seen in over 2,000 newspapers[2] throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and around twenty other countries.

  1. ^ "News Watch: For Better Or For Worse, Johnston Changes Syndicates," The Comics Journal #199 (Oct. 1997), p. 36.
  2. ^ Popular Cartoon Will Stay On — As Old/New Hybrid, a Universal Press Syndicate news release