For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 28, 2024

Kind of dangerous. Edgar is not Farley and he is known for his vicious biting. Just ask John’s foot. John looks pretty alarmed in that last panel for good reason.

That kid STILL can’t pronounce her sister’s name correctly??

She hasn’t got a six-shooter, either—thank goodness!

I tried to ride our dog when I was a toddler. She would just stand up and slide me off.

Yeah, please don’t kill this dog as well, April..

I hope that outfit doesn’t come with spurs.

Gawth, I shure with Halloween Month was over

From Lynn’s Comments:We had a neighbour in Lynn Lake who had three boys. Their dog was used to all kinds of crazy treatment. One of the things the youngest did was straddle the dog like a motorcycle and make engine sounds while twisting his ears as if he was turning the throttle. Amazingly, the dog was perfectly fine with this!

(SPOILERS: This comment will contain a spoiler and if you don’t like spoilers without reading the archives, do not read my comment. Thank you):

This is the very beginning of April’s career path, believe it or not because it states in the epilogue that she moves to the country to go to college and becomes a veterinarian. It’s actually very interesting because we don’t know that Mike wants to be a writer until he’s halfway through high school and we have no idea that Liz wants to be a teacher until she graduates from Grade 13th (yes, it was a thing during the original run) and is in university. With April, we get very subtle hints throughout the series and I like that for her character. This is why the final strips shouldn’t have been so Liz-heavy, I would have appreciated it more of the Pattersons sending their youngest to college and saying, “We did it. Now we can retire.” But beggars can’t be choosers.

GET OFF THAT POOR PUPPY YOU LITTLE MONSTER!

Try getting a stick horse instead.

Aypo doing what she does best: torturing dogs. Sad.

Woof! I did NOT sign up for this!

Shouldn’t she be a cowgirl?

I hope Edgar wasn’t sleeping….that’s a startling way to be woken up!

April: “and you don’t have a boyfriend”

Hi Ho Edgar, and away!

poor Edgar… Don’t think he wants to be the horse. :j

I’m still stuck on “You haven’t got”, That would be translated to “You have not got”, a very poor choice of words. “You don’t have”, would be the correct sentence.

A dog’s ears are not handles!

Never allow kiddos to “ride” a dog. They aren’t built to do that and can be severely hurt.

Poor ‘Edgar’ ! ! !

You don’t have a song either April.

Well I wake up in the mornin’, I brew my coffee hot and strong.

I get out my ole guitar, and try to write a song.

An them larks are singin, oh lord, just outside.

And I’m stuck here in this kitchen tryin’ to write.

And I’m writin’ these cowboy songs. yodellehe, cowboy songs…

Just me and my beat up ole guitar.

Cowboy songs, yodellehe, cowboy songs…

Well maybe one of these cowboy songs is gonna make me a star.

Now Hank Williams jr. writes ’em rough, and sings ’em tough.

And charlie daniels sings a song about the devil.

And waylon and willie sing about… whatever they like.

And I’ll probably be sing these cowboy songs for the rest of my life.

And writin’ these cowboy songs. yodellehe, cowboy songs…

Just me and my beat up ole guitar.

Cowboy songs, yodellehe, cowboy songs…

Well maybe one of these cowboy songs is gonna make me a star.

Well this don’t sound like strawberrie row, or that lonesome cattle Call.

And you might think that it don’t sound nothin’ like a cowboy song at All.

But it is, ‘cause I wrote it… and I’m a real life buckaroo.

And I wrote this silly little cowboy song, especially for you.

Here it is… cowboy songs, yodellehe, cowboy songs.

Just me and my beat up ole guitar.

Just a cowboy song, yodellehe, cowboys songs.

Well maybe one of these cowboy songs is gonna make me a star.

She can always get one of those toy horses with the head and the wooden stick.

One more thing:

Giddy up, um-poppa-um-poppa, mow, mow

Edgar is startled!

Saw that one coming ! ;-) Poor Edgar, it’s a Dogs Life !

The easiest costume is a ghost. A single sheet does it

‘Livabeff’ is thinking that she has a big mouth

All cat and no hattle.

John will end up being the “horse” on Thursday.

How many dogs is that kid gonna kill?

Please don’t let children sit on the back of a dog – any dog! It can permanently injure the animal.

Edgar is thinking… "I sure hope this kid grows up fast "

When is that kid going to stop talking like an idiot?

She will get it, eventually

She looks SO dumb in that ridiculous hat.