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I've Got the One-More-Washload Blues (1981)

by Lynn Johnston

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Comic strips show the daily trials and pleasures of family life for Elly, her husband John, a dentist, and their children Michael and Elizabeth.
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Done with a sense of humor that only a mother with young children can truly relate to, Lynn Johnston has had me lauging for years and I have grown up (as a mother) with her books helping me to see the humor of raising young children, and sharing with me some wisdom as well. This first book tells you that you are not alone and that women everywhere are all going through this too! ( )
  kpolhuis | May 15, 2010 |
This book is the first For Better or For Worse collections, reprinting strips from 1979 and '80. It's an amusing look at family life, though the late '70s background sometimes gives the strip a nostalgic feel. The influence of Peanuts on Ms. Johnston is most evident in this volume--both in the art and writing. Some of the strips could be Charlie Brown or Lucy all grown up. It's only the start of tone of he best comic strips that have been out there these past 50 years or so, but it's well worth reading.
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1 vote Hamburgerclan | Jan 6, 2008 |
This is the first book collection of my favorite current comic strip. It introduces the Patterson family, with John and Elly, and Michael (5) and Elizabeth (1). I love this strip for its gentle humor, the breadth of the storylines and the depth of the characters, and the likeable and accessible artwork - but most of all for Lynn Johnston's decision to age the characters at a "real" pace. The result has been a strip which has allowed me to know and love the Patterson family through nearly a whole generation of happenings, silly and serious, joy and pain, birth, marriage, death and those other things that make real life so fascinating. Only Frank King's "Gasoline Alley" has rivaled this strip in that respect. This book introduces the Pattersons, Elly's next-door friend Anne, Michael's friend Lawrence (son of Connie, Elly's best friend), John's assistant Jean, John's philandering friend Ted, Elly's parents, and Deanna Sobinsky, who will marry Michael 20 years later. Michael's first words to her in the strip were "Hi, Wart-head!" Love this strip. ( )
  burnit99 | Feb 2, 2007 |
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