Conversations with Lynn Johnston / edited by Jeff McLaughlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLaughlin, Jeff, 1962- editor.

Series:

Conversations with comic artists http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/515302f6-9b3e-c3a0-da54-1eb01c0417ee

Conversations with comic artists series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnston, Lynn Franks, 1947---Interviews.

Johnston, Lynn Franks.

Johnston, Lynn Franks, 1947- For better or for worse.

Women cartoonists--Canada--Interviews.

Women cartoonists.

Women comics artists--Canada--Interviews.

Women comics artists.

Cartoonists--Canada--Interviews.

Cartoonists.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Physical Description:

xx, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2025]

Summary:

"Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston (b. 1947) is best known for creating the comic strip For Better or For Worse. This widely acclaimed strip debuted in 1979 and ran until 2008 before being reintroduced as reruns. It chronicles the lives of the Patterson family and, more specifically, new mom Elly Patterson, as she tries to manage a household and family. For Better or For Worse is celebrated for its relatable portrayal of everyday family experiences and, notably, for the way the characters age in real-time, adding depth and authenticity to a narrative readers return to again and again. This book, presented in sequential order, offers a collection of interviews with Johnston ranging from 1980, shortly after the debut of her best-known work, to a conversation with Kate Beaton and Raina Telgemeier at the 2014 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, to a new, unpublished interview with editor Jeff McLaughlin conducted in 2023. Many of the early interviews were published in Canada and are presented to US readers for the first time. These interviews explore the evolving narrative of For Better or For Worse, including the introduction of a gay character--a historical moment in comics--in the early 1990s and the death of the beloved family's dog. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1994, Lynn Johnston has wrongly been overlooked by comics scholarship. This book seeks to establish her in the comics canon and offers readers an all-encompassing study of the creator and artist behind one of the most enduring comic strips still being published in reruns"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chronology

A profile of Cartoonist Lynn Johnston / Adrienne Clarkson

1980

A cartoonist for Better or for Worse / Ann Finlayson

Canadian import with USA appeal / Kathy Alter

1988

The Lynn Johnston interview / Tom Heintjes -1994

Parenting ups and downs with cartoonist Lynn Johnston / Seamus O'Regan

2003

Life's issues are just "Stuff" for Lynn Johnston / Karen Gram

2004

It's for the "Better": as Lynn Johnston's comic strip marks its twenty-eighth anniversary, it's in for some changes. But then, so is she / Alex Chun

2007

Maclean's interview: Lynn Johnston / Anne Kingston

2008

Lynn Johnston and Kate Beaton "In conversation" / Raina Telgemeier

2014

Cartoonist Lynn Johnston answers the Proust Questionnaire / Shelagh Rogers

2015

Lynn Johnston

after the strip / Lisa Laco

2016

Interview: Lynn Johnston / Kurtis Findlay

An interview with Lynn Johnston, creator of the classic for Better or for Worse / Jason Sacks

2019

/ Blockhead: Lynn Johnston parts 1 and 2 / Geoff Grogan

2020

A conversation with Lynn Johnston / Adam Chapman

2021

Are we good? Conversations with Lynn Johnston / Jeff McLaughlin

2023

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Conversations with lynn johnston

ISBN:

9781496860217

1496860217

9781496860224

1496860225

OCLC:

1511384806