She's Turning into One of Them!

Ah, now this is the collection where For Better or For Worse jumped the shark. It's the era when the moralizing started to started to overtake the jokes. Which is not to say that the book is totally lacking in the latter. It just makes me wonder if it's worth slogging through the sermonizing to enjoy a few chuckles. Maybe I could mark up the book so I could enjoy the strips about Weed's relationship problems, the Ned controversy and Grandpa Jim's new avocation while blipping over April's witchy friend, the Mtigwaki social study lessons and the marshmallow who has replaced Anthony.
--J.

Kortney is fired from the bookstore after the extent of her malfeasance is learned. Michael and Deeanna are pregnant with their second, eventually giving birth to a boy, Robin. Weed and Carleen start a relationship. April turns 13. Liz graduates from college, and borrows a motorcycle from Gordon's shop for summer transportation. Jim and friends form a band, the New Bentwood Rockers. Liz gets a teaching job in an isolated Northern Mtigwaki village. Anthony and Therese are pregnant. Liz adopts an orphaned kitten. April meets a new friend, a mentally challenged student named Shannon. Liz dislocates her knee when leaving a New Year's party where Therese has again shown her jealousy, and her mom drives her back to Mtigwaki and gets to know show more her new community. show less