For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 15, 2022

o’ corset supposed to be a family-friendly comic strip

He’s a metrosexual!

I used to wear a Merry Widow…how?…why? They were so uncomfortable.

Elly, don’t tell us you wear it when wearing nice clothes?? Did you cheat??

Why does Mike look like he is wearing glasses in panel 2, but he isn’t wearing glasses in the other panels? And why did the mother speak to Mike as found your report card, but then says Mike’s cub scout pin as if Mike wasn’t there in the room?

French couturier Paul Poiret campaigned vociferously against the corset around 1912, and most women abandoned them or turned to much lighter foundation garments.

Poiret designed straight up-and-down suits for women that didn’t require corsets.

Lee Marvin wore one and won an Academy Award.

Uh-oh… Does this mean that Lynn Johnston is going to get canceled by the Fascist Woke Brigade?

Well, at least he is to old to get scared and run outside in that thing. Of course, if it’s working properly, he can’t run far without passing out anyway.

Since when, in Ely’s distant past, did she need a girdle? It must’ve been a keepsake item from her mother.

Coulda been worse. A thong?

The lacing says corset, but, given when the strip was originally drawn, I would think she’d have a girdle, not a corset.

Those dangly tabs were necessary to hold up the nylons, Baby. Accidently-on-purpose flash a bit of those, and you would have men vying to do your bidding.

He’ll look better with stockings and heels

Quick! Take a photo to post on Insta & FB. Mike’s friends will love it.

Quick Liz, take a picture and Michael will never bother you again.

At least he didn’t try on your Day-of-the-Week panties!!!

It’s nostalgia time.Beloved by adults,hated by children

Right, like Elly ever wore that thing!

Funny Elly doesn’t look 100 years old.

I do not even have a corset.

SPOILERS!!

That’s quite a trick for Mike and Elizabeth to switch shirts from panel 1 to 2, and back again in 3!

Or maybe that’s actually Mike in panel 2, having swiped Elizabeth’s glasses?

To wear anything that has touched Elly’s belly or Elly’s smelly.

Lace him up tight…