For Better or For Worse
The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston
$71.38
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2015
Summary
For thirty years, cartoonist Lynn Johnston made daily additions to what would become a monumental body of work: her newspaper comic strip, For Better or For Worse. Chronicling the daily lives of the middle-class suburbanite Patterson family — Elly and John and their children, Michael, Elizabeth, and April — Johnston’s strip was ground-breaking in its adherence to narrative and emotional realism, and its refusal to engage in melodrama, superpowers, or anthropomorphic animals. As the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780864928641 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0864928645 |
| Author: | Lynn Johnston, Katherine Hadway, Amber Landgraff |
| Publisher: | Goose Lane Editions |
| Imprint: | Goose Lane Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 883g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 216mm x 276mm |
Critics Review
“This retrospective … digs deep into Johnston’s archives and biography, in order to illustrate the stories behind the creation of the iconic family who aged in real time on our funny pages.” * The Globe and Mail *
Lynn Johnston
Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, best known for her strip For Better or For Worse, attended the Vancouver School of Art and worked as a medical artist before turning to comic art. For thirty years, her popular strip appeared in newspapers around the world before Johnston retired. Amongst many other honours, including several honorary degrees, Johnston is a member of the Order of Canada, has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and is in the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame. Katherine Hadway is the daughter of Lynn Johnston and works in her studio as her mother’s executive assistant. She has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Western Ontario and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Amber Landgraff is an artist/curator.
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