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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 07:33 AM Original message |
Lynn Johnson's "For Better or for Worse" gives her 2 cents on gay marriage.... |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. This comic does not hold back |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I will miss it |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sigh..... |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I just googled the strip |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. According to the FBoFW site |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. She's already been doing flashbacks of the early years |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I understood that it had been a hybrid |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. It's ending on August 30th... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's just the opposite of that staunch, wonderful, Free-thinking American Comic.. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. And don't forget the always subtly insightful and hilariously apropos Mallard Fillmore. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. The comic may be lame, But Bill Keane is a Democrat |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. he is? |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. A touch of HP Lovecraft makes a vast improvement in Family Circus. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. whoa it does wonders! |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. There are parody versions... |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. I googled it,...Whoa !! |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
45. http://www.theotherfamily.com/ |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is going to be among the last of the truly great strips.... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. that's a wonderful strip |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. WOW I am impressed |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. I loved it, along with the ones regarding her dad's stroke! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. no no, she can't end it. That makes me sad too. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I love her for doing that, but I HATE HATE HATE where she's taken Liz's story. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. But we've all known that was going to happen eventually for YEARS... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. See my reply downthread. n/t |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. As opposed to whom? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Why did she HAVE to get married at all? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Why? Because she's the creator |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oh, for crying out loud. Now I'm not even permitted an opinion? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Very well |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Actually, Deanna's still working |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Sorry bub, but artists should listen to fans. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. If artists always listened to fans, all art would be like Britney Spears |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. To a point yes. Unless everything you do is offensive. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Disagree |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. That's the whole problem then. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. I hated that mustache that Anthony had - so glad he shaved it |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Amen! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Liz and the Milquetoast Boy Wondah were destined for each other. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. THANK YOU. You just enumerated all the icky negatives, including the pass/rape incident. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. And why, pray tell, did she have that emotional crisis? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Yeah, they were the Rachel and Ross of the comic strip world |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. one of my favorite toons |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. I always loved this strip... been reading it since i was a teen. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hate--absolutely hate--FBOFW. The characters have become flat. The women are |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ha......the eyes in the last panel |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. LOL |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Even the gay friend is only brought out about once a year |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've been following this strip since my early teens... |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. If you hate it so much |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. It's kind of like watching a trainwreck... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Many regular FBOFW readers started back when it was great, and have read it |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I know there are challenges with FBOFW but I appreciate her getting the issues out |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. I love that strip... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. See, I told you comic strips don't need to be funny! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
50. I remember when the Middletown Journal (OH) didn't run their strip because they talked about "Gays" |
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